Regional Centre for Culture 2018Local Grants –Application drafting tool

Introduction

The online CreativeVictoriaGrants Portal will accept Regional Centre for Culture 2018 Local Grantsapplications until 5pm Thursday 31 August 2017.

Use this tool to draft your application. Once drafted you will need to copy and paste your drafted text into the corresponding boxes on the Grants Portal.

Before starting an application, make sure you have read and understood the program guidelines oncreative.vic.gov.au/regional-centre-for-culture-local-grants

Application Details

Section 1 – General Section

The fields in Section 1 are included in the drafting tool as they will need to be completed on the Grants Portal. The only field in this section that benefits from being drafted – that is, crafted and refined – is the Project Description.

Section 1 is a generic section that all applicants respond to across all programs.

Amount applying for ($)
Project start date
Project end date
Project title

Project description (500 characters max)

The description should be a simple overview of the activity in one to three sentences.

In addition to your projects details, Section 1 will also require you to answer the following questions.
Primary location of activity
(tick one only) / VictoriaStatewideNational
InterstateInternational
If you choose Victoria you will then be asked to submit a single Victorian address where the project is taking place. If you are touring or working in multiple locations within Victoria, choose Statewide.

Section 2 – Project/Program Details

It is important to provide a clear and comprehensive description of your project and what you are proposing to do. Each response can have a maximum of 2000 characters, including spaces.

Revisit the guidelines at creative.vic.gov.au/regional-centre-for-culture-local-grantsto make sure your application addresses the assessment criteria and aims of the program.

What is the artistic concept/idea of the proposed activity and how do you plan to deliver it?
What learning and development opportunities does the proposed activity offer the artists, organisations and/or participants involved?
What strategies will you employ to identify, engage and develop new audiences and/or which community will you engage with and how will you collaborate with them?

Section 3 – Artistic Personnel

Each response can have a maximum of 2000 characters

List all the artistic personnel and organisations involved in your project, and their role.
Artist's / Arts Organisation's biography (You must provide at least one artist's biography, and a maximum of five).
Artist's / Arts Organisation's biography
Artist's / Arts Organisation's biography
Artist's / Arts Organisation's biography
Artist's / Arts Organisation's biography

Section 4 – Project Activity Area

How many Victorian artists/artistic personnel are involved in this project/program?
How many non-artists are directly involved in this project/program (eg technicians, publicist, stage manager, etc)?
How many community participants from a specific community group will be directly involved in creating the work?
In which Local Government Authority area (LGA) will the public outcome/s occur?
(tick all applicable boxes) / Central Goldfields ShireGreater Bendigo
Hepburn Shire Mount Alexander Shire
Do you, your organisation or artists involved with this application identify as: / Child YouthSenior AdultWomen
Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander
Culturally & linguistically diverse (CALD)
People with a disability
LGBTI None/Not Applicable
Is your project aimed at a specific audience or group of participants that identify as: / Child YouthSenior AdultWomen
Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander
Culturally & linguistically diverse (CALD)
People with a disability
LGBTI None/Not Applicable

Section 5 – Budget

To submit an application you will need to include a complete budget online.

To draft your budget, download and complete the Excel CreativeVictoriaBudget Tool, available from the Regional Centre for Culture 2018 Local Grants pages of the Creative Victoria website at creative.vic.gov.au/regional-centre-for-culture-local-grants

When completing your budget please note the following:

  • We encourage applicants to seek funding from other sources to cover the complete costs of their projects. While it does depend on the size of your grant request to us, we would expect that applicants with large grant requests would also seek to secure funding from elsewhere to cover all costs associated with a large scale project, including earned income (eg: generated fees/income and/or applicant cash contribution and/or other funding partners such as government, corporate, philanthropic, private, etc).
  • Applicants are encouraged to include any in-kind support in the project budget, such as venue hire, sponsorship, volunteer time, etc.

Application Documents and Supporting Material

Applications should include uploaded supporting documents where appropriate. A full description of Application Documents and Supporting Material is available at creative.vic.gov.au/regional-centre-for-culture-local-grants

Where to get help

Aimee Barwick: (03) 8683 3116 or at

Rohini Sharma: (03) 8683 3157 or at