Local Family & Community Events Smarty Grants Now Open

Oaky Creek Coal is excited to announce as part of the ‘Community Development Plan and Local Voices survey findings’ a new Smarty Grant for local family and community events. This grant has been introduced to increase the number of family friendly events to benefit the Tieri community.

“The grant will provide eligible community groups, organisations or individuals the opportunity to plan and host an event that brings the community together in celebrating everything that makes Tieri great. “

“We are looking forward to supporting the community’s innovation for this year’s family events” Commented Hannah Murphy – Environment & Community Advisor at Oaky Creek Coal

To be considered for this grant, whether financial or in-kind, applications must demonstrate how the initiative will make a positive contribution to the community and should target at least one of the following focus areas:

• Family based activities
• Tieri Community Events

What funding is available?
Maximum funding per organisation is generally capped at $2,500 so as to allow for multiple organisations to benefit from the program. However, we will accept applications for higher amounts and assess them on merit and value to the community.
NB: Projects or initiatives that apply for a portion of the total project costs will not be
considered unless the remaining project costs are secured – either from the applicant
organisation or other funding sources.

Is your community project eligible for funding? To be eligible, the application must:

• be from a not-for-profit, incorporated organisation operating a separate, auditable
  organisational bank account
• demonstrate the organisation’s ability to manage the proposed project/activity in a
  professional manner
• primarily benefit at least one of the communities where we operate
• address a substantiated need in the community
• demonstrate how the initiative will directly benefit the local community
• demonstrate a high level of community involvement i.e. be widely beneficial to the community
• demonstrate financial sustainability, i.e. not become reliant on ongoing funding from Glencore
• have clearly defined objectives and time frames
• be received at least 8 weeks prior to the planned project/activity implementation or within the funding round timeframe.

For further information or to apply for a grant you can visit https://glencore.smartygrants.com.au/2021OakyCommunity

Grant Applications Close 15.12.2021