Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) – Australia

It is delivered as a partnership between the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and Townsville City Council.

RADF is a unique partnership between the Queensland Government and the Townsville City Council to support local talent, unite communities and celebrate the arts across the state.

RADF promotes the role and value of arts, culture and heritage as key drivers of diverse and inclusive communities and strong regions.  RADF invests in local arts and cultural priorities, as determined by local communities, across Queensland.

If you are a local artist, organisation or creative business, grants are available to bring your ideas to life through the Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF).

Objectives

• RADF has three key objectives:
  • Provide public value for Queensland communities.
  • Build local cultural capacity, cultural innovation and community pride.
  • Deliver Queensland Government’s objectives for the community.

Funding Information

• Applications for over $1,000 and up to $10,000 per application are invited.
• You can only receive one (1) grant from RADF per financial year.

Project Categories

• Townsville City Council’s RADF grant funding has specific categories that projects should fall into. These categories were determined as priorities following the engagement at the RADF workshop held in February 2016. Details of how your project fits within the relevant category/s should be addressed in your application. You can select more than one category:
  • Building Community Cultural Capacity
    • Support for professional career and capacity development activities for local artists and arts workers.
  • Concept development
    • RADF grants will support individuals and groups who wish to engage in professional research and the development of ideas and project proposals to the implementation stage. No specific art form product is required; however, the project should demonstrate how it will contribute to the future arts and cultural development of the city.
    • Potential funding sources for the implementation of the project should be identified prior to making an application.
  • Collaborative projects or multiple art forms
    • RADF grants will support individuals or groups that incorporate collaboration with other artists or cross art forms, to build inclusive communities, encourage partnerships and sharing of resources within the region.
    • Collaboration includes leveraging sponsorship, cross marketing of events, pooling resources and the development of a peer mentoring system to assist artists in project development, grant writing and skill development.
  • Community involvement
    • Support for projects that reach the community through participation and audience experience. Proposed projects should support the community’s access to and participation in a range of artistic, cultural and entertainment activities. As well as encourage active and healthy lifestyles through accessible public facilities and community initiatives.

Eligibility Criteria

• To be eligible to apply, applicants can be:
  • an individual professional artist, emerging professional artist, arts worker, cultural worker or project coordinator who holds an Australian Business Number (ABN) or will be auspiced by a not-for-profit, properly constituted incorporated body or individual with an ABN, or;
  • a not-for-profit, properly constituted incorporated body or be auspiced by such a body which is able to accept legal and financial responsibility for the project.
• To be eligible to apply, applicants must:
  • be based in the Townsville City Council Local Government area, or if based outside the council area, then be able to demonstrate how the project will directly benefit arts and culture in the council area;
  • be free of debt to Townsville City Council and have no outstanding acquittals from previous Townsville City Council grant applications;
  • hold, or have an auspicing organisation with, public liability insurance to the value of ten million dollars per claim; or occurrence giving rise to a claim; and
  • be able to demonstrate how the project will meet a local demand or need within the Townsville community.

Who cannot apply?

• Government agencies or departments of state or federal government.
• Educational, religious or medical organisations, where the application is for the organisations core business.

For more information, visit Townsville City Council.