The funding aims to support local events that encourage community connectedness and wellbeing.
Eligible examples of events include:
- Events that bring communities together for social purposes
- Events with a focus on personal and community health and wellbeing
- Events with a focus on preparedness and resilience
- Events that build community skills and capability
- Community preparedness workshops
- Skills workshops
Applications will be assessed on a range of factors, including capacity to build beneficial partnerships within the community, accessibility and inclusion, suitability of the event within the community and the event’s impact on strengthening community networks and resilience.
Up to $500 is available per community to deliver a community event, with a total funding pool of $20,000.
This event funding is provided from the Community Recovery Committee Support Package for Local Government Authorities’ through the ‘Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA)’, a Commonwealth-State cost-sharing arrangement.
Administered by Alpine Shire Council, this funding is designed to provide financial support to locally led and responsive programs that support the recovery of communities in Victoria’s bushfire affected regions.
Contact Council on 5755 0555 or info@alpineshire.vic.gov.au for more information.
