Community Funding Application

The City of Kalamunda is seeking to support creative and innovative projects that enhance Kalamunda’s community connectedness.

The funding will stimulate our local community and economy post COVID-19 with timely projects to strengthen our community.

Applications must demonstrate:

• the benefit to the City of Kalamunda community.
• innovation and creativity to improve social connections.
• how the project is assisting the community to recover from COVID-19.
• increased participant resilience through connection to community.

Note: This funding does not replace other available support to assist organisations and businesses affected by COVID-19, e.g. Federal and State Government Economic Stimulus packages.

Applications will be assessed against the following eligibility and assessment criteria:

• Applicant has discussed the project with the Community Development team, prior to application (Note: Arts and Cultural applications will be redirected).
• The project meets the fund’s primary objective by clearly demonstrating how it will enhance and strengthen Kalamunda’s community connectedness.
• The project demonstrates understanding of, and responsiveness to, challenges faced by the community.
• The project demonstrates quick and effective outcomes for the community.
• The applicant demonstrates organisational capacity and ability to deliver the project and manage the funds.
• Community engagement and partnerships in the project planning.
• A project budget listing any income or expenditure by line item associated with the project.
• All projects must be completed by 30 March 2021.

The following criteria are eligible/ineligible funding elements:

Eligibility criteria

Eligible

Not Eligible

One off funding Materials Training and development costs Venue and facility hire Staffing costs for proposed project/service Marketing and communication costs related to the program Applicants must reside, be located and/or operate in the City of Kalamunda Grants up to $5000 Clubs and community groups Arts and Cultural Groups, Not-for Profit organisations, Unincorporated groups

Retrospective costs (expenses incurred before the funding is approved) Projects that will rely on recurrent funding Projects with political or religious purposes only Core organisational operating costs, for example a permanent staff position for ongoing work Fundraising activities Commercial activities Political parties Government agencies Applicants that have an outstanding grant acquittal with the City of Kalamunda, unless there is evidence of exceptional circumstances approved by the City’s Chief Executive Officer.

 

The City of Kalamunda reserves the right to amend these Guidelines and application terms as required.

Applicants should be aware that the City of Kalamunda is subject to certain legislative and administrative accountability and transparency requirements of the Local Government Act and Freedom of Information Act, including public disclosure in accordance with the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2003.

The City of Kalamunda will treat all information provided by applicants sensitively. Any information contained in, or relating to, an application, including information identified by an applicant as confidential, may be disclosed by the City of Kalamunda:

• to its employees, advisers or third-parties in order to assess and process an application
• where information is authorised or permitted by law to be disclosed and/or
• where the information is already in the public domain.

The City of Kalamunda will not contact you via text message regarding your application. Please ignore any text message claiming to relate to the COVID-19 Crisis Relief Fund.

COVID-19 Crisis Relief Funding will be provided to successful applicants by the City of Kalamunda.

Whether an applicant is successful or not will be determined by City of Kalamunda in its absolute discretion.

To access grant funding, applicants will be required to agree to Terms and Conditions at the time of application stipulating obligations and conditions under which assistance will be given to eligible applicants.

The City of Kalamunda will not be legally obliged to pay any grant monies to an applicant.

Potential applicants should note that information received in connection with an application may be used and communicated outside the City of Kalamunda for due diligence purposes and may also be provided to the Western Australian Government and third parties engaged by City of Kalamunda to assist with the assessment and processing of the applications received, together with program monitoring, reporting and evaluation purposes.