Draft Grants and Subsidies 2023-24

Consultation has concluded.

Feedback closed 11.59pm, 7 June 2023

On 26 April 2023, Council endorsed the Draft Grants & Subsidies 2023/24 for 42 days public exhibition, for the period 27 April to 7 June 2023.

The purpose of the public exhibition period is to advise the proposed community grants and subsidies budget for for the 2023/24 financial year, which aims to strengthen the community’s social cohesion, mental health and wellbeing, social equity, and contribute to the celebration of the work of volunteers in the North Sydney LGA.

The grants have made possible an important range of services benefiting the North Sydney community. The projects they support represent community initiatives displaying creativity, co-operation, originality and access and equity principles. All funding requests submitted to Council are evaluated in terms of:

• the type of need being met, the unique qualities of the project, its level of innovation and the degree to which it meets the objectives of Council's social planning programs.

• the financial status of the organisation or service provider, the quality of its management and organisational structure, its funding levels and sources and its ability to account for funding sources, fund applications and outcomes.

• Council’s Community Grants and Subsidies Policyand criteria.

Grant funds will assist the following community groups and areas of need:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders

• Aged Care Accommodation

• Arts and Culture

• Children and Families

• Community Centres

• Community Childcare Centres

• Community Housing

• Cultural Centres

• Community Transport

• Food Grants

• Migrants and Refugees

• Older People

• Recreational Facilities

• Small Grants - New and Innovative Projects and Sporting Organisations

• Volunteers

• Youth Services

For further information contact Council’s Director Community & Library Services, Rebecca Aukim on 9936 8100.