Community Grants - February Round 2025

Before completing this application form, please read the Community Grant guidelines.

Applicants to this round must choose one of two funding tiers: up to $5,000 or from $5,000 to $10,000 for projects/programs or activities commencing after 1 June.

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

This section of the application form is designed to help you, and us, understand if you are eligible for this grant. It is crucial that you complete these questions before any others to ensure you do not waste your time applying for an unsuitable grant.

If you have any outstanding Clarence City Council grant acquittals from previous projects, you will not be eligible to apply this round.

Before applying, you must discuss your project with a grants officer.

If you have any questions in regard to the eligibility criteria, please contact the Clarence City Council grants team on 03 6217 9773 or via email at grants@ccc.tas.gov.au.

If you do contact us throughout the application process, please quote the application number below:

Eligibility criteria  

For an application to be assessed for grant funding by Council, the application must comply with the following criteria:  

1. The grant application:  

a) must be complete and include all required supporting documentation;  

b) must be received within the grant application period, late applications will not be considered;  

d) must be submitted by an authorised person of the organisation or entity and provide evidence of that authorisation; and 

e) must not be for an activity that has a start date which occurred prior to the grant round or that has already taken place.  

f) must not be for an activity which leads to a conflict with council's legislative obligations, including competitive neutrality (that is the requirement that activities compete fairly in the market and on equal terms to other businesses), and must not expose council to any unreasonable financial, legal, reputational or other risks.

2. The activity must be undertaken within the Clarence municipality or demonstrate that it will benefit the City of Clarence. 

3. The Applicant must not submit more than one application across council's available grant rounds. 

4. The Applicant must be an eligible entity for the given grant stream;  

5. The Applicant must not owe any reports or money to Council as a result of previous funding or grants. 

7. The applicant/s must have appropriate insurance coverage and have relevant workplace health and safety and risk management policies. 

9. The Applicant is not:  

a) a government agency or department of Local Government;

b) State or Federal levels of Government;

c) an organisation with gaming machines;  

d) a political party or an organisation whose core purpose is political lobbying, including the lobbying of councillors;  

e) a current council employee and/or councillor (this does not preclude irregular casual council employees whose work does not conflict with the grant activity or committees or organisations that councillors or staff participate on. All applications which involve council employees or councillors in any capacity must be declared as part of the grant application and will be subject to an eligibility conflict assessment by Council). 

If you have any questions in relation to eligibility please contact grants@ccc.tas.gov.au before applying. 

Evidence of Eligibility

Before applying, please ensure you have authority to apply, and upload the relevant documentation, as outlined below: 

Organisations and other entities

Organisations (including not-for-profit organisations, registered charities, incorporated organisations, sporting groups and community or resident groups):

• to provide evidence of authority to enter into the agreement, for example: Minutes of a meeting of the board or Organisation body authorising the application; and
• provide a copy of the organisation's Constitution and office bearers.

Auspiced applications:

• a letter of support duly signed by the organisation auspicing body (please note this may mean you need a decision of their board and to ensure the letter is duly signed)
• a copy of their Constitution and office bearers

Insurance

• Applicants must provide evidence of appropriate insurance coverage and relevant workplace health and safety and risk management policies with this application.

Conflict declaration:

Please outline any potential conflict you have with council. This includes but is not limited to:

• the applicant being an employee or councillor;
• if the applicant is an irregular employee of council (an employee of council on a casual basis without consistent hours and whose work does not relate to the grant activity)
• In the case of an organisation, if any members of the organisation are council employees or councillors and if so, any steps that have been taken to mitigate a conflict.