Grants - Ruapehu District Creative Communities Scheme

The Creative Communities Scheme makes funding available to support community-based arts activities in our area.
The Creative Communities Scheme is a partnership between Creative New Zealand (the national arts development agency) and local councils in New Zealand. Each council takes responsibility for delivering the scheme in its area.  Local decision-making is the key to the scheme: applications are considered by assessment committees with knowledge and experience of the arts on our area.

Can I get funding for my project?

The project must:

• Have an arts focus
• Meet one or more of the three funding critera (see below)
• Be completed within 12 monhts after funding is approved
• Benefit local communities
• Take place within the city or district where the application is made, or benefit local communities within that city or district
• Not have started before funding is approved
• Not have already been funded by Creative New Zealand for the same purpose.

Funding criteria

Your project must meet one or more of the following funding criteria:

• Broad community involvement - the project will create opportunitites for local communities to engage with and participate in arts activities.
• Diversity - the project will support the diverse arts and cultural traditions of local communities, enriching and promoting their uniqueness and cultural diversity.
• Young people - the project will enable and encourage young people (under 18 years) to engage with and actively participate in the arts.

Types of projects or activities that could be funded include:

• exhibitions, productions, concerts, festivals, workshops and presentation that offer opportunities for community involvement in the arts
• activities that support the traditions and arts of ethnic communities
• youth arts events
• artist-led projects involving local communities
• materials for arts activities or programmes
• personnel costs for on-off, sort term projects
• promotion and publicity of arts activities to communities

Type of projects or activities that cannot be funded include:

• activities that are not arts-focused
• activities that are the direct responsibility of schools or other education institutions
• ongoing administration costs not related to a specific project
• projects that are the core business of an organisation or service provide
• retrospective project costs (for projects already started or completed)
• catering costs of an event
• fundraising activities
• developing facilities such as gallery lights, stage curtains or building restoration
• buying capital items such as computers, cameras or musical instruments

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Ruapehu District Council runs two Creative Communities Scheme funding rounds per financial year.

Round 1:  Open 23 August 2011  Close 23 September 2011

Round 2:  Open 25 April 2012 Close 25 May 2012