Quick Response Grants

Applications open 1 July 2023

Our Quick Response grant aims to fill a gap in funding for community groups requiring assistance outside the annual grant timelines.

These grants can provide funding to support community groups and not-for-profit organisations with emerging or unexpected needs, or help deliver one-off activities to support community initiatives that will benefit and engage the Nillumbik community

What can be funded? 

Funding is available to assist with costs such as:

• Expenses associated with establishing a new community group (e.g. incorporation, insurance and promotion costs)
• Communications, media and marketing
• Seed funding to support a new idea with potential for strong community benefit
• Equipment, tools or training that supports a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion
• Capacity building opportunities including skills development and training
• Facilitating community participation in local activities and enhancing access for those identified as having additional needs
• Volunteer recruitment and support costs (e.g. training and recruitment expenses)
• Purchase or hire of materials and equipment
• Consultant, speaker, or contractor fees
• Venue or meeting room hire

What won't be funded?

• Projects, events or activities that are held outside the Nillumbik municipal boundary
• Projects, events or activities that will not substantially benefit the Nillumbik community
• Ongoing operational expenses or core business costs (e.g. salaries, administrative costs, maintenance costs, uniforms, utility bills, etc.)
• Projects that are curriculum based or entirely student or congregation focused
• Projects solely for fundraising purposes without broad community benefit
• Competition games, uniforms, equipment or other infrastructure necessary to support the primary activities of sporting clubs
• Competitions with no community component
• Prize money and awards
• Projects or events with a political or religious purpose
• Events that are fully ticketed with no free or heavily subsidised component
• Alcohol or gambling related activities
• Projects that could be funded via other Council grant programs
• Projects that have received full funding from another source
• Funding requests that are the responsibility of other levels of government
• Retrospective funding for projects which are due to commence prior to the notification of the application outcome
• Applicants that are in debt to or have any outstanding commitments with the Shire.

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for consideration, applicants must:

• Be an incorporated not-for profit organisation or community group that lives, works, studies, volunteers or plays in Nillumbik
• If unincorporated, be auspiced by an incorporated body
• Hold a minimum of $10 million public liability insurance
• Have acquitted and is compliant with all Nillumbik grants previously awarded by Council
• Spend the funds before 30 June 2024

During the financial year applicants can apply for a total of $1,000 in Quick Response funding for multiple projects.