Community Grants Program - Health and Wellbeing/Events and Sponsorship

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS GRANT IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO INCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS, NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANISATIONS, COMMUNITY GROUPS AND REGISTERED CHARITIES.

BUSINESSES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.

Council recognises and values the strengths of the Camden community, including the strong sense of belonging, demonstrated through participation in a range of community, sporting and cultural activities implemented by community organisations and groups.

Community organisations and groups delivering essential services to the Camden local community have been impacted during the COVID-19 pandemic and the number of residents accessing these services has increased as a direct result.

The 2021 inaugural COVID-19 Community Grant Program (the Grant) has been adapted from Council’s Community Small Grants and Sponsorship programs and designed to address the challenges faced by community organisations, groups and the wider community during the COVID-19 pandemic and throughout the recovery period.

The Grant will make funding available to incorporated associations and not-for-profit groups located in or servicing the Camden Local Government Area (LGA). Applications should promote community wellbeing, resilience and encourage social connections throughout the local community, addressing issues such as social isolation, community welfare, mental health and engaging and encouraging residents through community and sporting participation.

Funds can be applied for projects or programs that can show evidence of providing direct benefit to the local community, sporting community and assist with community recovery and resilience. Be as creative as you like, the grant can encompass any idea within the framework below. Digital or online delivery is also applicable for health and wellbeing and sponsorship grants.

This application form is for Health and Wellbeing/Events and Sponsorship. 

• Health and Wellbeing – Projects that support access to physical and social resources to promote quality of life and create an inclusive and cohesive community as part of the community recovery of COVID-19. Applications should take into account projects that are able to bridge the gap of social isolation for vulnerable residents, promote social cohesion and resilience and rebuild connections and partnerships with groups and community members through project delivery. Applications will be accepted for consideration for up to $10,000. Successful applicants will have up to 24 months to complete the project.
  
  
• Events and Sponsorship – Projects and events that support community recovery by reconnecting community through events and activities. Applications should identify how the event promotes resilience throughout the community i.e., how the event promotes a response to both engage and provide wide community benefit during COVID-19 recovery.

  This funding round is for events held between July 2021 to December 2022 and may need to encompass or shift to digital programs if COVID-19 restrictions are re-imposed, or the event/activity postponed. Successful applicants will have up to 18 months to deliver their events, so strong planning is encouraged as part of the application.  Applications can ask for up to $10,000, however the successful grants will be assessed on the size of the event/location/attendance/benefit to the local community as well as the other priorities listed on the guidelines.   

Applications to this Grant can be made at any time from 5pm 17 March 2021 until 19 April 2021 through this portal. 

Information sessions regarding the grants will be held on zoom: 

• 6pm 29 March 
• 10am 30 March

Registration for the information session can be found here: $113.8 Million Recovery Package » Camden Council (nsw.gov.au) 

Please refer any questions to grants@camden.nsw.gov.au