RFPs: Placemaking Grant Program (Australia)

The program aligns with the goals of City Renewal and the objectives of the City Centre Marketing and Improvements Levy (CCMIL) to create a more connected and dynamic city, encouraging economic growth and community development through a people-focused and design-led approach.

Categories

• Art Grant: To enhance the cultural vibrancy of their City Centre and its community by supporting local art initiatives.
• Event Grant: To facilitate the activation of public space by creating engaging and accessible events that drive visitation to their City Centre.
• Marketing Grant: To create content and market their City Centre as a destination for tourists and visitors to Canberra.
• Place Grant: Enhance the appeal and functionality of public spaces within the precinct to increase community use and social connection.
• Space Grant: To activate and enhance ground floor and first floor tenancies with diverse cultural and community driven activations.

Objectives

• Art Grant: Deliver work/s that strengthens their community’s sense of belonging and enhances the City Centre’s artistic/cultural value.
• Event Grant: Deliver a flagship event that will boost footfall and the profile of the City Centre.
• Marketing Grant: A marketing campaign that increases awareness and drives visitation to the City Centre.
• Place Grant: A physical intervention that increases dwell time and enhances comfortability and safety in the City Centre.
• Space Grant: The activation of an underutilized tenancy with a unique idea that is inclusive and accessible to draw people into the City Centre.

Funding Information

• Art Grant: up to $50,000.00
• Event Grant: up to $50,000.00
• Marketing Grant: up to $50,000.00
• Place Grant: up to $50,000.00
• Space Grant: up to $50,000.00

Eligibility Criteria

• Placemaking Grants are open to individuals, groups and organisations that meet the following criteria:
  • Be Australian citizens, have permanent resident status in Australia or, if not a permanent resident, be on a temporary Australian Visa that expires no less than two years from the date of the application.
  • Have an Australian Business Number (ABN) or auspice funding.
  • Demonstrate that they will attain (upon successful receipt of the grant) or currently hold Public Liability Insurance coverage to a minimum of $10,000,000.
  • Have satisfactorily managed and acquitted all previous grants provided by City Renewal and any other ACT Government agency (except for any ongoing grants).
  • Be registered for Goods and Services Tax (GST) if applicable.

Ineligibility Criteria

• City Renewal will not consider grant applications from:
  • Commonwealth, State or ACT Government Departments.
  • Any political party.
  • Projects that City Renewal considers the primary purpose to be political.
  • Projects that City Renewal considers to denigrate or exclude parts of the community or have an adverse effect on public health, safety, the environment or heritage.
  • An applicant that City Renewal considers supporting, promoting or facilitating violence, gambling, intolerance or discrimination.
  • An employee or elected member of City Renewal, or their immediate family. However, this does not include an application from an organisation that an employee, elected member or their immediate family member may be part of.
  • An applicant that has outstanding debts to the ACT Government.
  • An applicant that is in legal conflict with the ACT Government.
  • An applicant that has failed to provide satisfactory acquittal reporting for any previous ACT Government funding.
  • An applicant that has already received City Renewal funding (including in-kind) for the same project within the same financial year.
  • An applicant that conducts, or has conducted, themselves in a way that City Renewal considers to be injurious or prejudicial to the character or interests of the ACT Government.

For more information, visit ACT Government.