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.
Closing dates for the grant rounds in 2012 are: 5 March, 2 July and 8 October.
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 Councilā€™s Place Making Officer on 02 4974 2820.
Contact us
City Administration Centre
282 King Street
Newcastle NSW 2300
Tel: 02 4974 2000