2024 Community Partnerships Fund - Expression of Interest

Submissions closed at midnight 3 May 2024 (AEST).

Community Partnerships Fund

Program Guidelines

Applicant Guide

  • Expressions of Interest will be received under the Community Partnerships Fund for project proposals that deliver significant and broad benefit to the community and align with the program categories contained within the Program Guidelines.
  • Non-capital projects will generally be of an ongoing nature and be delivered annually or across multiple financial years.
  • The Expressions of Interest process will take 12 weeks and may require the applicant to pitch their proposal to Council.

Program Categories

City-wide community services and development

Partnership threshold: > $50,000 over four years

Partnerships funded to develop and build significant capacity within the community may include, but are not limited to, supporting the following:

  • Citizen science services
  • Wildlife rescue and rehabilitation

Large scale community activations

Partnership threshold: > $100,000 over four years

Partnerships funded or sponsored to deliver a significant community activation may include, but are not limited to, supporting the following:

  • Large scale events that attract more than 25,000 attendees

Note: you will need to complete a Park Booking Form for activities within City parklands.

Equipment and resources

Partnership threshold: > $50,000 over four years

Partnerships funded for the purchase of significant equipment and resources that support city-wide services which may include, but are not limited to, supporting the following:

  • Motor vehicle purchases
  • Commercial white goods

Major Capital works

Partnership threshold: > $250,000 over four years

Partnerships funded for significant capital works.

Note: you will need to complete and attach a Proposed Project Form for works at a Council premise.

Eligibility

Applicants

Who can apply?

A community organisation will be eligible to apply for a community grant if they:

  • Are an incorporated association or are auspiced by an incorporated association; or
  • Are a registered charity; and
  • Are located in or primarily provide services to the City of Gold Coast Local Government Area; or
  • Primarily provide services outside the City of Gold Coast Local Government Area, but the initiative is in the public interest of the City of Gold Coast community.

Who can’t apply?

  • State or Federal Government agencies/departments
  • Unincorporated entities
  • Political participants and advocates

Projects

Projects must:

  • align to an outcome within the City Vision
  • demonstrate a significant economic or social benefit to residents of the Gold Coast

Projects must not:

  • provide a direct financial benefit to an individual

Assessment

Criteria applied to the assessment of projects will consider:

  • alignment to the City Vision
  • value for money and competing priorities
  • advice provided by subject matter experts
  • quantity of applications previously received and funded
  • consultation with the Mayor

Note: applicants will be required to pitch their proposal to Council as part of the budget cycle.

Acquittal

All grant funds provided under this program must be acquitted within agreed milestone timeframes.

A register of community grants will be maintained for inspection.

Submitting your application

You will find a review and submit button at the bottom of the Navigation Panel. You need to review your application before you can submit it.

Once you have reviewed your application you can submit it by clicking on 'Submit' at the top or bottom of the screen or on the navigation panel. You will not be able to submit your application until all the compulsory questions are completed and there are no validation errors.

Once you have submitted your application, no further editing or uploading of support materials is possible.

When you submit your application, you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your submitted application attached. This will be sent to the email you used to register.

If you do not receive a confirmation of submission email then you should presume that your submission has not been submitted.

Supporting documentation

You may need to upload/submit attachments to support your application. This is very simple, but requires you to have the documents saved on your computer, or on a storage device.

You need to allow enough time for each file to upload before trying to attach another file. Files can be up to 25MB each; however, we do recommend trying to keep files to a maximum of 5MB – the larger the file, the longer the upload time.