Creative Communities NZ - Local Arts Funding Scheme
Are you involved in an arts project, festival, performance or workshop?
If so, Hastings District Council along with Creative Communities New Zealand are giving you the opportunity to apply for funding in the arts.
The purpose of the Creative Communities Scheme is to increase participation in arts in the Hastings district and increase the range and diversity of arts available to communities.
About the scheme
Hastings District Council administers the Creative Communities Scheme, which is funded by Creative New Zealand. Creative New Zealand is a central government agency and is New Zealand’s main organisation for funding of the arts.
The purpose of the Creative Communities Scheme is to increase participation in arts in the Hastings district and increase the range and diversity of arts available to communities.
There are two funding rounds per year - March and September.
Decisions made: Council's Assessment Committee will meet to finalise recommendations for funding two weeks after the close-off date.
Application forms
- Application form (will be posted here when the funding round is open)
- Information sheet (PDF 23KB)
Who can apply?
You can apply for funding through Creative New Zealand as long as your project meets all of the following:
- Have an arts or cultural focus
- Take place within the Hastings district and/or benefit the district
- Meet at least one of the three funding criteria (listed below)
- Benefit local communities
- Not have started before an application or funding is assessed
- Not have been funded by Creative New Zealand for the same purpose
Criteria
Creative New Zealand has three funding criteria for this scheme. They are:
1. Projects that increase active participation in the arts
2. Projects that increase the range and diversity of arts available, and
3. Projects that enhance and strengthen the local arts sector
The allocation of any funding for Creative New Zealand requires 30% of the total cost of the project to be met by the applicant.
Activities that will not be funded
- Facility development i.e. the cost of buildings or items necessary to make a facility functional such as plumbing, floor coverings, furnishings, whiteware
- The purchase of art works for galleries
- Ongoing administration costs that are not directly related to a specific project
- Projects already started before the Committee's decision date
- Projects that have already received Creative New Zealand funding
- Elimination of accumulated deficit or debt servicing
- Catering costs or fundraising costs
- Applications from groups which have not returned Accountability Forms from previous funding
- Arts activities in education institutions normally funded through their curriculum and operating budgets
Projects funded in the past
- Exhibitions, installation and performances
- Arts-related promotional activities
- Materials for an arts event or activity
- Seminars, workshops for local artists and arts groups
- Costs associated with artist in residence schemes
- Equipment, provided it is related to an arts activity and will be owned by a legally constituted group
- Events or festivals
- Personnel costs for one-off, short term projects
- Dance that has an arts and culture focus, for example, ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary dance, taiaha, highland dancing, cultural dance, rock 'n roll. Dance that focuses on fitness, for example, aerobics, line dancing, is considered a sport
- School-based projects that are outside of the school's normal activities provide opportunities for community participation or provide benefits for the wider community
Assessing your application
Council's Assessment Committee meet two weeks after the round's closing date. Decisions will be notified by mail within seven working days.
We assess the applications on the criteria mentioned above, plus the following:
- Quality of the project
- Artistic merit
- Impact on the local arts community
- Your ability to make it happen
- Good project planning and budgeting
- Level of financial need
- Not business-as-usual or ongoing operational expenses, and
- Financial risk where a project cannot be fully funded
How much can I apply for?
Because demand is always high, the average grant made is usually less than $2,000.
If you need to apply for over $8,000 you should consider discussing your project with Creative New Zealand to see if it qualifies for national funding. Visit Creative New Zealand's website, or info@creativenz.govt.nz
Contact
Contact Christine Ennis, Scheme Administrator at the Council if you have any questions about Creative Communities on 06 871 5000 or christinee@hdc.govt.nz.
