Support for Special Achievers Program 2024/2025

The Support for Special Achievers Program supports gifted and talented people who live in the Camden LGA. The program provides a monetary grant to assist to meet the costs of participation in cultural, academic or sporting events. Applicants must be representing either NSW or Australia through a recognised sporting or cultural organisation and been selected on merit.

Applicants representing NSW may apply for up to $750 and applicants representing Australia may apply for up to $1000. Successful applicants will receive 10% of the total cost of their application. (E.g. if the total of the application is $5000, a successful applicant will receive $500)

Applications under this program can be made at any time.

The program guidelines and operating procedures ensure that monetary or in-kind donation requests to Council is dealt with in a fair and equitable manner and are consistent with the principles of community wellbeing.

• The cultural/academic/sport activity shall be of amateur status and generally promoted by a non-profit organisation;
  
  
• A special achiever, for the purposes of this program, is one who has been selected on merit, to represent NSW or Australia in their chosen fields of endeavour;
  
  
• Evidence of selection involving a merit based process must be provided;
  
  
• Council may grant a donation to an applicant under this program once every Council term (4 years);
  
  
• The recipient shall be a resident of the Camden Local Government Area;
  
  
• Payments under the policy will be calculated on the basis of 10% of costs with a maximum payment of $1000 for applicants representing Australia or $750 for applicants representing NSW;
  
  
• Evidence of the costs incurred must be provided with the request.

• Written applications must provide information to meet the eligibility criteria;
  
  
• An applicant can only apply for the grant once during a Council term (4 years);
  
  
• Applications can be made retrospectively within 12 months of the event;
  
  
• Applications are assessed by Council officers against the eligibility criteria and approved by the Mayor and General Manager;
  
  
• Applicants must provide invoices/receipts for each of the costs they have included in their application;
  
  
• Details of approved support are reported to Council annually.