Narrabri Shire Council’s Community Financial Assistance Grant supports the delivery of projects and activities that pursue our values of a connected, unique, and culturally rich community.

Narrabri Shire Council’s Community Financial Assistance Grant supports the delivery of projects and activities that pursue our values of a connected, unique, and culturally rich community.  The Community Financial Assistance Grant aims to support and empower local clubs and not-for-profit community organisations to deliver activities, programs, and events that contribute to the economic, infrastructure, social connections, and vibrancy of Narrabri Shire.

The financial support offered through Council’s Community Financial Assistance Grant seeks to achieve the following objectives:

• Increase the range of, and access to, recreational, social, cultural, and environmental activities, programs, and services to the people of Narrabri Shire.
• Encourage a sense of community pride that allow communities to promote their towns and villages through promotional activities.
• Reflect the community’s priorities and vision
• Provide for the inclusion and participation of all members of the community that enable vulnerable individuals and groups to participate in local activities and opportunities.
• Foster community partnerships and encourage cooperation between community groups, organisations, and Council to ensure that residents and organisations benefit from common resources.
• Promote Narrabri Shire as a vibrant, diverse place to live and visit.

Funding application rounds:

• Round 1 - Closes 23:59 on 15 August 2024
• Round 2 - Closes 23:59 on 15 November 2024
• Round 3 - Closes 23:59 on 15 April 2025

The 2024/25 Round 1 allocation is $40,000

Eligibility

In order to be eligible for a Community Financial Assistance Grant, applicants must be:

• A registered not-for-profit organisation;
• An incorporated community group;
• An unincorporated community group that meets the criteria in the list below;
• A community group that is affiliated that meets the criteria in the list below;
• A registered sporting club that has a management committee and meets the criteriain the list below;
• A school P&C Committee;
• A partnership arrangement between an eligible entity and a non-eligible entity;
• A not-for-profit Childcare Facility; or
• A registered charity.

Unincorporated groups, sporting clubs, or unincorporated affiliated groups must meet all of the below criteria in order to be eligible:

• A formal documented structure that establishes a management committee and governs the way the organisation operates;
• A management committee; and
• A bank account in the name of the group that requires at least two signatories to authorise

Ineligible

The following are ineligible to receive a Community Financial Assistance Grant:

• Individuals or unincorporated groups (ie teams);
• Unincorporated or unaffiliated individuals and groups;
• Groups without formal structures;
• Entities that seek to make profit, make profit, or operate for private gain;
• Government departments, agencies, bodies, or entities;
• Political parties or entities closely associated with political parties;
• Entities that have received a Community Grant, Community Sponsorship, or Community Financial Assistance Grant for two consecutive years, in the preceding three years regardless of their proposal’s merit;
• Entities that have received a Community Grant, Community Sponsorship, or Community Financial Assistance Grant in an earlier round in the financial year for a similar activity;
• Entities that have received a Community Grant, Community Sponsorship, or Community Financial Assistance Grant in the previous financial year for a similar proposed activity.
• Entities that do not produce a current certificate of currency for the requisite amount set out in this policy; and/or
• Entities that have previously breached Council’s funding deeds for Community Grants, Community Sponsorships, or Community Financial Assistance Grants.

• Phone: (02) 6799 6866
• Email: grantsofficer@narrabri.nsw.gov.au