Regenerate Regional Event Initiative (COVID-19, Quick Response) Guidelines
Arts and Cultural Funding Program 2019/20
Fanny Lumsden, Country Hall Tour, Gunbar. Photo by Dan Freeman.
Applications for the Regenerate Regional Event Initiative are now closed.
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Guidelines
The information on this page is the full guidelines and will not be made available as a download. We recommend reading the full guidelines on this page before completing your application.
Accessibility
If you are an applicant with disability, and you require this information in a format which is accessible to you, or if you require this information in another language, you can contact us on the details below between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday.
Telephone: (02) 8289 6520
Email: arts.funding@create.nsw.gov.au
Direct contact details to the Arts Funding team.
Create NSW staff are available to provide information to potential applicants on interpretation of these Guidelines, including types of projects eligible for funding and advice on the online application process. Staff cannot help directly with your application. To maintain a fair and equitable process, staff are unable to edit or correct any applications.
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Overview
The Regenerate Regional Event Initiative supports organisations to commission the creation and development of a community/cultural event featuring local artists with a focus on music and performance. It is open to arts and cultural organisations in regional NSW. Regional organisations in areas affected by the recent bushfires are encouraged to apply.
Regional organisations can apply for up to $10,000 to support an event for the community to take place after public health orders relating to social distancing and travel restrictions have been lifted.
Applicants will be notified of the outcome of grant assessments no later than the week of 1June 2020.
Create NSW’s new Regenerate Regional Event Initiative has been developed in response to public health orders relating to COVID-19. It responds to the difficulties experienced by regional arts organisations doubly effected by bushfire and COVID-19 and seeks to offer employment to artists and encouragement to create work for their communities for future presentation.
NSW Government – Coronavirus (COVID-19).
The Regenerate Regional Event Initiative can support organisations to produce and present the following (non-exhaustive) range of events:
- A contemporary, folk or classical music or event
- A multi-artform event featuring live performance and music
- A concert series
- A series of live performances
The Regenerate Regional Event Initiative is intended to support the development of an event while both organisation and artists/groups are in lockdown – with a view towards presentation and celebration when public health orders are lifted.
It is anticipated that the majority of event development will be undertaken by the host/commissioning/presenting organisation while in isolation.
When can I apply for funding?
The Regenerate Regional Event Initiative opens on Tuesday 28 April 2020 and closes at 5pm AEST, Tuesday 19 May 2020
Your project may start as soon as you are notified of the outcomes of your application.
Who can apply for funding?
To be eligible for a Regenerate Regional Event Initiative grant you need to meet the following two criteria:
- Applicant type
You must be:
- A regional arts and/or cultural organisation
- based in regional NSW.
- Project focus
Your project must be a clearly defined arts and cultural activity.
You are ineligible to apply for a Regenerate Regional Event Initiative grant if:
- your organisation is not based in regional NSW
- your project has commenced or already taken place
- you are already receiving funding from Create NSW for the same project
- you are applying for filmmaking, screen production, mainstream animation or film festivals (see screen.nsw.gov.au for funding opportunities in this area),
- Your project contravenes advice from the Federal or NSW State Government in relation to COVID-19 restrictions. If you are undertaking development or preliminary work that requires artists or employees leaving their place of residence during the lockdown period, you must provide evidence that it is both safe and lawful for you to do so.
Funds Administration
Successful organisations will be contracted and paid by Create NSW within a month of the application being assessed.
How will my application be assessed?
Assessment Criteria
You must address the following three assessment criteria:
- Project Merit
Your application should demonstrate:
- the creative/artistic rationale for the event
- the quality and reputation of the selected artists or groups, including previous work.
- Project Impact
Your application should demonstrate:
- how your project will impact your organisation, artists, audiences or your community
- an identified area of creative and cultural need in the community, which this application addresses.
- Project Viability
Your application should demonstrate:
- effective planning, use of resources and demonstrated ability to deliver the event
- a realistic and accurate project budget.
Assessment process
The organisation will receive an automated response from our secure online grants system, Smartygrants, once your organisation’s application has been submitted. All applications then proceed through an assessment process as outlined below.
Eligibility check
Once received through the online grants system, all applications will undergo an eligibility check.
Eligible applications proceed to the two-stage assessment process.
Assessment Stage 1
Create NSW staff will assess all applications against three assessment criteria: Merit, Impact and Viability.
Assessment Stage 2
Create NSW staff will make final recommendations with reference to the assessment criteria, artform, demographics and the distribution, range and scale of recommended applicants.
This may include prioritising applicants living and/or working in regional NSW, people living and/or working in Western Sydney, Aboriginal people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) backgrounds, people with disability and young people. Prioritisation of recommended applicants ensures equity across the state and the best outcomes for NSW Government investment.
Further advice and/or clarification may be requested from applicants by Create NSW during the assessment process. Create NSW may seek further advice from representatives of the Artform Advisory Boards with regards to applications.
Further advice and/or clarification may be requested from applicants by Create NSW during the assessment process.
The NSW Government typically receives far more applications than it can support and even if your application meets the assessment criteria, you are not guaranteed funding. If you are successful, your application may not be funded to the amount you have requested.
When will I know if my application is successful?
All applicants will be notified of the outcome of their applications no later than the week commencing Monday 1 June 2020.
What happens if my application is successful?
Successful organisations will be required to sign a funding agreement that covers the following:
- Acceptance: Return a signed contract, and completed invoice, within two weeks of receipt.
- Payment: Will be in line with State Government payment processes – all attempts will be made to pay successful applicants no later than 4 weeks after notification.
- Publicity: The NSW Government must be acknowledged in any marketing/publicity collateral.
- Timing: Planning for your activity must commence after notification of the outcome of your application, before 31 August 2020 and be completed within 12 months of commencing.
- Overdue acquittals: If you have received a grant or administered a grant from Arts NSW/Create NSW in the past and that grant has not been satisfactorily acquitted, payment of new funding may be delayed until acquittal has been submitted and approved.
How do I get feedback on my application?
When you are notified of the outcome of your application, you will also be provided with information on how to receive feedback.
What support is available to me?
Resources are available to assist you with your funding application. If you are applying for activity that involves working with Aboriginal communities or Aboriginal cultural heritage, please refer to Create NSW’s Aboriginal Arts and Cultural Protocols.
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