Regional Arts Development Fund (Round 2) – Australia

The Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) is an annual partnership between the Queensland Government and Redland City Council.

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. RADF is a flexible fund, enabling local councils to tailor RADF programs to suit the needs of their communities.

RADF Objectives

• Redland City Council RADF supports arts and cultural activities that:
  • Encourage creative and skills development within the arts and cultural life of Redlands Coast.
  • Encourage partnerships and cultural innovations within the arts and cultural life of Redlands Coast.
  • Support and nurture arts practices and development of local artists and foster a thriving creative community.
  • Build local cultural capacity, sustainability, and community pride.
  • Elevate First Nations creators and audiences.
  • Encourage all creatives and artists to foster an engaged and creative community across all art forms.
  • Support a robust living culture in Redlands Coast.
  • Provide public value for Queensland communities

RADF Funding Categories

• RADF funding is provided in the following categories:
  • Community Project Funding: Funding activities, projects and initiatives with grants of up to $10,000. Open to community, two rounds per year, providing support for individual artists, groups and organisations.

Eligibility Criteria

• Artform categories
  • The RADF grant provides opportunities for professional, semi-professional and emerging artists based in Redland City through project-based funding in the categories of:
    • Community Arts and Cultural Development
    • Dance
    • Developing Regional Skills
    • Heritage
    • Multi-arts
    • Music
    • Theatre
    • Visual Arts, Craft and Design
    • Writing
    • Digital Arts
    • Film
• Applicants must:
  • Be a permanent resident or Australian Citizen.
  • Be based in Redland City or demonstrate how the project will directly benefit Redland City’s Arts and Culture
  • Have an ABN or be auspiced by an individual or organisation (refer to page 10).
  • Be over 18 years of age or have the application co-signed by a legal guardian confirming responsibility for the financial management of the funding.
  • Be individual professional artists, emerging professional artists, arts workers, cultural workers or project coordinators.
  • Incorporated arts and cultural organisations and cultural organisations based in Redland City, or those based outside the council area that are able to demonstrate how the project will directly benefit arts and culture on Redlands Coast.
  • Unincorporated organisations, auspiced by an incorporated body, that are based in the Redland City area, or those based outside the Redland City area that are able to demonstrate how the project will directly benefit arts and culture in the Redland City area.
  • Must have met all acquittal conditions of previous Council grants.
  • Contact Council’s RADF Liaison Officer or Manager of Creative Arts to discuss the project prior to applying.

Ineligible

• Requests for 100% funding of the project. Applicants are encouraged to seek other sources of funding for their projects. Applicants are required to make a significant contribution, which may be in-kind. This contribution must be shown in the application budget.
• Applications submitted after the closing date or are unsigned.
• Activities that commence before Council approval has been given.
• Entertainment for events without a specific developmental outcome for artists.
• Funding competitions, prizes, or eisteddfods.
• Funding the purchase of capital items e.g., equipment, buildings or vehicles.

For more information, visit Redland City Council.