Community Events - 2023/24

Submissions are now being accepted. Submissions close at 12:00PM 14 June 2024 (AEST).

Allocated Budget $15,000

Applications Open 16 August 2023 – closing 14 June 2024.

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Community Event funding offers support up to $1,500 for community led events that are run by community organisations for broad public benefit.

Applicants can apply all year round, but must submit application eight (8) weeks prior to the event. If your event is within 8 weeks, the application form will go blank within Smarty Grants when you enter the date of the event. Contact communityinvestmentprogram@gladstone.qld.gov.au for further assistance.

Applications should demonstrate alignment to the fund objectives and are assessed on the below criteria:

KEY SELECTION CRITERIA (KSC)  Weighting
KSC 1: Provides an opportunity for people of the Gladstone Regional Council area to gather, celebrate and participate (broad public benefit).50%
KSC 2: Foster a sense of community pride in our region and our national identity.50%

 

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Before completing this application form, you should have read the Gladstone Regional Council Community Event Fund guidelines. and checked if you are eligible to apply for the Community Event Fund.

If you have any questions in regards to the guidelines, eligibility criteria or application, please contact Council's Community Partnerships team on 4976 6300 or communities@gladstone.qld.gov.au

Incomplete applications and/or applications received after the closing date of the funding round will not be considered.

If you need more help using this form, download the Help Guide for Applicants or check out Applicant Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

NAVIGATING (MOVING THROUGH) THE APPLICATION FORM

On every page of the form you will find a Navigation contents box, this links directly to every page of the application. Click the link to jump directly to the page you want.

You can also click 'next page' or 'previous page' on the top or bottom of each page to move forward or backward through the application.

SAVING YOUR DRAFT APPLICATION

If you need to leave a partially completed application, press 'save and close' and log out. When you log back in, click on the 'My Submissions' link at the top of the screen, you will find a list of any applications you have started or submitted. You can reopen your draft application and start where you left off.

You can also download any application, whether draft or complete, as a PDF. Click on the 'Download PDF' button located at the bottom of the last page of the application.

SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION

You will find a Review and Submit button at the bottom of the Navigation Panel. You need to review your application before you can submit it.

Once you have reviewed your application you can submit it by clicking on 'Submit' at the top or bottom of the screen or on the navigation panel. You will not be able to submit your application until all the compulsory questions are completed and there are no validation errors.

Once you have submitted your application, no further editing or uploading of support materials is possible.

When you submit your application, you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your submitted application attached. This will be sent to the email you used to register.

If you do not receive a confirmation of submission email then you should presume that your submission has NOT been submitted.

Hint: also check the email hasn’t landed in your spam or junk email folder.

ATTACHMENTS AND SUPPORT DOCUMENTS

You may need to upload/submit attachments to support your application. This is very simple, but requires you to have the documents saved on your computer, or on a storage device.

You need to allow enough time for each file to upload before trying to attach another file. Files can be up to 25MB each; however, we do recommend trying to keep files to a maximum of 5MB – the larger the file, the longer the upload time.

COMPLETING AN APPLICATION IN A GROUP/TEAM

A number of people can work on an application using the same log in details as long as only one person is working at a time. Ensure you save as you go.

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