Make your place community grants
Have you got a great idea to improve your local park or street but need a few dollars to kick things along?
Make Your Place Community Grant Program
The Make Your Place Community Grant Program provides for grants of up to $2,000 (inc GST) for projects that:
- Benefit existing users of the place with potential to increase community use in a positive way - by providing physical improvement to the place, eg additional activity, comfort, appearance, or by encouraging use of the place through a community gathering
- Show evidence of collaboration and/or partnerships
- Involve community members in doing the project.
The next round closes on Monday 25 March 2013 at 5pm.
Grant criteria and associated forms
Place Making Grant Criteria (82kb)
To be eligible for consideration, your application needs to:
- relate to public space within the Newcastle Local Government area
- be proposed by a group of at least three people, not by an individual
- have not applied for or received funding from Council's Community Assistance Program in the same or previous financial year, for the same project.
Download the project proposal to apply for a grant (60.5kb).
Download the project achievements form (89kb) to find out what we would like you to tell us when you have finished your project.
For more information
Contact Council's Place Making Facilitator on 02 4974 2857.
Contact us
City Administration Centre
282 King Street
Newcastle NSW 2300
Tel: 02 4974 2000