Auckland Council offers a range of funding opportunities supporting arts and culture delivery – open now, closing from early-February 2016.
Open now, in order of closing dates:
- Regional Event Fund Round 2 – Strategic Priorities, closing Monday 15 February 2016 at 5pm
- Auckland Mayoral Writers Grant, closing Friday 19 February 2016 at 5pm
- Creative Communities Scheme, closing Friday 26 February 2016 at 5pm
- Regional Arts and Culture Grants Programme, closing Friday 4 March 2016
- Local board grants – 21 local boards with various closing dates from early February 2016
Advance notice:
- Accommodation support fund 2016/17 (Albert-Eden and Waitematā local boards), opening in February 2016
If you’re not sure which fund to apply to, read the information about the fund first, then contact our team in our shared mailbox . We will connect you to the right team in council. We are also available to provide advice. We are back in the office on 6 January 2016.
Regional Event Fund Round 2 – Strategic priorities focusses on
- Māori Events – celebrating Māori culture, or involving significant participation or attendance by Māori
- Youth events – involving g significant participation or attendance by youth
- Low season events – occurring in the months May–September
- Diverse communities – providing an opportunity to showcase cultures and communities to a wider Auckland audience
Arts and culture festivals are events. David McIntosh, Senior Advisor – Events, is happy to answer your questions about this funding round. Here is the link to the form and more detailed information: http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/newseventsculture/communityfundingsupport/Pages/findagrant.aspx#303
Auckland Mayoral Writers Grant: The mayor requests proposals for a quality new text work about living in Auckland. The work may be in English, Te Reo or a combination of the two languages. Text work encompasses poetry, short story, novel, novella, script (theatre, film), children’s fiction, graphic fiction, graphic non-fiction, non-fiction, essay or other nominated literary form. Here is the link to the form and information, including the previous recipient:
Creative Communities Scheme supports arts-focussed projects with community engagement.
Here is the link to the form and information, including previously funded projects: http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/newseventsculture/communityfundingsupport/grantsfunding/Pages/findagrant.aspx#277
Arts-focussed projects must start after 1 May 2016 and do at least one of the following:
- Participation: create opportunities for local communities to engage and participate in local arts activities
- Diversity: support the diverse artistic cultural traditions of local communities
- Young people: enable young people (under 18) to engage and participate in the arts*
Do read the Guide for applicants (PDF 65KB) written by Creative New Zealand. It gives:
- examples of projects that can get CCS funding
- types of projects that cannot get CCS funding
- costs that are supported
- costs that cannot be supported.
*Schools update: Creative New Zealand has updated guidelines for projects in schools to take into account co-curricular activity which may be eligible for funding. Letter required – applications for projects in schools that meet criteria require a letter from the school principal verifying that the activity or project is not part of the school’s curriculum and teaching programme, has not been identified by teachers as an activity they would offer students themselves and is not primarily a vehicle for assessment.
Regional Arts and Culture Grants Programme activates Toi Whītiki (PDF 9.3MB) with grants for
- Audience Development and Programme, and/or
- Business and capacity development, or
- Strategic relationship
You may be a community organisation, a commercial entity or an individual artist. The service, project or activity must primarily address regionally determined priorities, be regional in terms of scale and/or significance and/or regional in terms of impact and/or reach. Applications are evaluated against the Arts and Culture Regional Assessment Matrix (PDF 204KB).
Here is the link to the form and more detailed information: http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/newseventsculture/communityfundingsupport/Pages/findagrant.aspx#308
Local board grants support local delivery to local board priorities which include arts and culture activity. Search council’s Find a grant http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/newseventsculture/communityfundingsupport/Pages/findagrant.aspx for 21 local boards’ grant programmes. These grants are administered by the community funding team. Contact
Accommodation support fund: Albert-Eden and Waitematā local boards for community organisations, opening in February 2016 for the financial year 1 July 2016-30 June 2017. Administered by the community funding team, , information will be available closer to opening time.
Project reporting and eligibility
Thank you to all our successful applicants who have provided project reports. Your reporting supports the value of the funding schemes enabling your activity. To be eligible for future funding, a project report is required within 2 months of delivery of your project. If you have not done so, please complete your project report before Friday 12 February, ahead of applications closing. We are undertaking an audit of reporting.
Toi Whītiki was officially launched on 15 December 2015. In his address Mayor Len Brown said:
“Our strength is our cultural diversity. Toi Whītiki commits Auckland Council, the creative sector and the community to harness this potential over the next 10 years as we work to make Auckland the world’s most liveable city.”
