The Creative Communities Fund (CCS Fund) helps make our district a vibrant place to live. It is a rolling contestable fund for creative projects available to craftspeople, artists, musicians, dancers, actors, writers, community groups, non-profits, and organisations. It has total annual budget of $28,000.00 which is spread across two ‘rounds’ held at six-month intervals.
For this round there is $ 7,240.06 available.
The CCS Fund is supplied by Creative NZ and administered by the Ōtorohanga District Council. Members of the public are nominated to be on the decision panel (The Creative Communities Committee) and are joined by Elected members and Iwi Representation.
APPLICATION PROCESS
You apply online. The application window for Round 2, 2023/2024 is Thursday 1st February 2024 through Thursday 29th February 2024.
Applications will be considered by Council’s Grants and Awards Committee and the deliberation meeting to assess and allocate funding will be held in the Council Chambers, 17 Maniapoto Street, on 17 April 2024. All applicants will be informed of the results the following week. Remember this is a rolling fund, if you miss this round just apply for the next one in six months time.
If you are successful – fantastic! As an agreement for receiving funds, you must fill in a CCS Grant Accountability Form (found in the right-hand sidebar) this tells us all about your project and how it went. It’s a good idea to get it done as soon as you finish.
APPLY BY CLICKING HERE TO GO TO THE APPLICATION PORTAL
If you have any further questions, or find it difficult to apply online through the link below, please email;
[email protected]
In order to be able to pause and restart your online application at any moment, and to have quick access to completed applications, you will be asked to register to Connecting Ōtorohanga before starting your application.
Once registered you won't be asked again, and you will be able to easily apply to our other grants and participate in all our public consultations and engagements.
INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW:
Applications are encouraged from community groups and individuals whose projects:
Who can apply
Eligibility
To be eligible for the CCS Fund, your project must:
IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER;
Before you prepare your application you should read the Creative Communities Scheme Application Guide (found in the right hand sidebar). This guide tells you:
All applications must be;
Please note: Incomplete or late applications may be deemed ineligible and therefore may not be considered for funding.
Types of projects funded.
Projects that get funded do at least one of the following:
Projects that encourage participation are things like;
Projects that support diversity are things like;
Projects that enable young people to engage with, and participate in, the arts are things like;
What kind of costs are funded?
What types of projects are not funded?
What kind of costs are not funded?
WHO GOT FUNDED?
Since 2021, Ōtorohanga District Council has granted approximately $70,145.22 from Creative NZ to help our people! Over twenty artists and creative groups have been successful and have used these funds to develop their aspirations and share their creative vision.
Round 1, 2023-2024
Nimbus Media, Kawhia School, Ōtorohanga Creative Conduit/Ōtorohanga District Development Board, Mike Brown, Adam Te Kahara Wright.
Round 2, 2022-2023
Korakonui School, Janaya Waitere, Martha Ash- Encore, Carole Shepheard, Anna Crichton, Rebecca Ngapo.
Round 1, 2022-2023
John Andrew Thomson, Every Body is a Treasure Trust, Heather Clare Leonard, Move your Tinana Kawhia Festival.
Round 2, 2021-2022
Nga Roopu o Matariki ki Otorohanga, Nehenehenui Regional Management Committee,
Korakonui School, Encore, Carole Shepheard
Round 1, 2021-2022
Kaiewe Branch - Māori Women’s Welfare League, Glenys Carol George.