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City of Wollongong

Funding through this program is open to:

  • Applicants who live in the Wollongong Local Government Area, between Windang and Helensburgh;
  • Organisations, individuals and groups who are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders or culturally and linguistically diverse;
  • Creative and cultural practitioners who can demonstrate strong collaboration with multicultural and/or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities;
  • Physically and socially isolated communities.

Applications will not be accepted from:

  • Activities that take place outside the Wollongong Local Government Area;
  • Artists or arts organisations that are party-political or whose purpose is primarily political;
  • Government departments, foundations, grant making or fundraising bodies;
  • Artists or arts organisations or applications that seek to exclude or offend parts of the community;
  • Artists or arts organisations that have an outstanding debt to Wollongong City Council or that have failed to comply with the terms and conditions of any previous funding agreement with Wollongong City Council;
  • Where projects will financially benefit a profit-making individual, organisation or Government Department;
  • Where an acquittal has not been received for a previous Wollongong City Council grant;
  • Current Wollongong City Council employees, immediate families and their contractors;
  • Artists who are currently supported by Wollongong City Council through a funding program for the same concept and/or activity;
  • Where applications are received by Wollongong City Council after the published closing date.

Applicants must identify and declare any actual, potential or perceived conflict of interest (if applicable) in accordance with Council’s Code of Conduct PDF, 658.08 KB .