Creative Communities Scheme (CCS) helps to fund local arts activities. Gisborne District Council distributes the funding in Tairāwhiti and we have 2 funding rounds each year. There is $42k annually and most CCS grants are under $2k.
Can I get funding for my project?
Yes if your project creates opportunities for local communities to engage with, and participate in local arts activitites such as:
- performances - community choirs, dance groups, theatre companies, musicians, poets etc
- workshops - such as printmaking, writing, dancing
- exhibitions by local craft groups promoting weaving, pottery, carving etc
- festivals featuring local artists
- creation of community film or a public artwork by a community
- artists residencies involving local artists or communities
- seminars for local artist development
- creation of new tukutuku, whakairo or kowhaiwhai for a local marae
Your project must also
- take place within Tairāwhiti
- be completed within 12 months of funding being approved
- benefit local communities
- not have started or finished before CCS funding is approved
- not have already been funded through Creative NZ's other arts funding programmes.
- materials for arts activities or programmes
- venue or equipment hire
- personnel and administrative costs for short-term projects
- promotion and publicity of arts activities
- Reasonable requests to provide food for artists, participants, and audiences for community arts activities
- projects without an arts focus eg: puzzles, upholstery, magic, model-making, commercial design, commercial fashion design, film festivals, fitness-based dance (such as aerobics or gymnastics or martial arts (such as tai chi or karate)
- arts projects in schools or other educational institutions that are the core business of that institution or are normally funded through curriculum or operating budgets
- projects that mainly deliver outcomes for other sectors, such as health, heritage, or the environment that only have a small arts component.
- local council projects
- fundraising activities
- ongoing administration costs not related to a specific project
- developing or restoring facilities eg: galleries, marae*, theatres, and other venues, including the costs of fixed items and furnishings
- entry fees, prize money, awards, royalties, loan repayment and buying equipment
*Applications for funding for marae facilities or restoration projects should be made to the Oranga Marae fund which is administered by Te Puni Kōkiri and the Department of Internal Affairs.
Application form and closing dates
Funding applications close on the last Friday of February and August.
For more information on the criteria and eligibility of Creative Communities Funding
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