My Community Grants aim to empower communities to be resilient into the future.

Create funding is available for creative professionals and not for profit organisations (up to $6,000) and unincorporated groups (up to $2,000) to support them to provide opportunities for community participation in creative processes.

The Create grant can be used for:

• creative workshops such as visual arts, music, performance, writing
• community involvement in a creative process culminating in a visual arts piece, exhibition or performance 
• projects that facilitate creative expression for people from diverse backgrounds.

• Creative workshops such as visual arts, music, performance, writing. 
• Community involvement in a creative process culminating in a visual arts piece, exhibition or performance. 
• Projects that facilitate creative expression for people from diverse backgrounds.

Eligibility 

The following eligibility criteria apply to the Create stream: 

• Incorporated not-for-profit organisations based in or providing a service within the City of Melville are eligible to apply.
• Eligible unincorporated groups include neighbourhood groups or local community groups. Unincorporated groups must:
  • be able to demonstrate an on-going program of activity which seeks to engage the City’s residents and ratepayers 
  • be unpolitical in nature
  • demonstrate that there is support for the project from the committee - this can be done by attaching meeting minutes/notes, or a group email to your application.

Ineligible applicants include:

• The Commonwealth, State or any Government Agency including Education excluding Parents and Friends associations;
• An employee or elected member of the City of Melville;
• An applicant that has failed to provide satisfactory acquittal reporting for any previous City of Melville funding;
• An applicant that has already received City of Melville funding this financial year.
• An applicant that the City considers to support, promote or facilitate violence, intolerance or discrimination 
• An applicant that has outstanding debts to the City 
• An applicant who is in legal conflict with the City
• An applicant that conducts themselves in a way considered to be injurious or prejudicial to the character or interests of the City

Ineligible projects include:

• A project that has already received City of Melville funding for up to three years and cannot demonstrate steps to sustainability 
• Fundraising events 
• Political events or religious practice 
• Proposals that directly contravene the City’s policies 
• Activities that are considered to be the responsibility of other government departments 
• General donations to charities, unless for specific projects run by the charity that meet the eligibility criteria 
• Large capital equipment, devices such as computers, tablets 
• Outstanding debts/loans 
• Travel and/or accommodation costs 
• Gifts 
• Alcohol 
• Facility/building maintenance or upgrades 
• Ongoing operational costs such as employee salaries, insurance, rent etc 
• Retrospective activity costs.

• Phone: 9364 0666 or 1300 635 845
• Email: grants@melville.wa.gov.au