The Creative Communities fund is open!

The Creative Communities Scheme is a partnership between Stratford District Council and Creative New Zealand. Through the scheme, individuals, groups, and organisations can receive funding for local arts projects.

The fund opens twice a year and the first funding round for 2024 is now open!

If you’ve got a creative project that supports one of the following goals, make sure you get your application in before the funding round closes on Sunday 7 April.

To be eligible, projects have to support at least one of the following:

• Access and participation: Create opportunities for local communities to engage with, and participate in local arts activities
• Diversity: Support the diverse artistic cultural traditions of local communities
• Young people: Enable young people (under 18 years) to engage with, and participate in the arts

Funding can be used for:

• Materials for arts activities or programmes
• Venue or equipment hire
• Personnel and administrative costs for short-term projects
• Promotion and publicity of arts activities

Interested in applying?

Visit Stratford.govt.nz/CCS and take a look at the Application Guide for a full list of criteria and what you should consider when making your application.

Applications close on Sunday 7 April 2024