Entries open for Creative Communities Scheme (New Zealand)

Funding Information

• Most successful Creative Communities Scheme applications are for $2000 or less.

Eligible Costs

• The Creative Communities Scheme will fund:
  • Materials for arts activities or programmes
  • Venue or equipment hire
  • Personnel and administrative costs for short-term projects
  • Promotion and publicity of arts activities

Ineligible Costs

• Specific costs that can’t be funded:
  • Ongoing administration and service costs (such as salaries) that aren’t related to a specific project
  • Travel for individuals or groups to attend events, presentations or shows outside the local area
  • Buying capital items or equipment, such as cameras, computers, instruments, costumes, lights or uniforms
  • The costs of running fundraising activities entry fees for competitions, contests and exams
  • Prize money, awards and judges’ fees for competitions
  • Payment of royalties
  • The paying off of accumulated debt or debt servicing
  • Buying existing artworks for collections held by, for example, councils, museums, galleries, community groups or individuals
  • Projects without an arts focus
  • A film-festivals presenting movies made outside of the funding area
  • Fundraising activities (eg benefit concerts raising funding for capital equipment)
  • Projects within the scope of other organisations (eg art classes in school or educational organisations that are part of their core business, or projects that mainly deliver outcomes for other sectors, eg health, heritage or the environment
  • Council projects
  • Facilities (including projects to upgrade galleries, marae and other venues)

Eligibility Criteria

• All groups and individuals involved in local arts and cultural projects can apply. By ‘arts’ they mean any creative practice relating to language, literature, performing arts and visual arts.
• To receive funding, your project must meet at least one of these three funding criteria:
  • Encourage participation – opportunities for local communities to engage with, and participate in, local arts activities.
  • Support diversity –  supports diverse artistic cultural traditions of local communities.
  • Enable young people – enable young people (under 18 years) to participate in the arts.

For more information, visit Far North District Council.