Community Impact grants are provided to support worthy initiatives that enhance the community.

Your community and not-for-profit organisation can apply for funding to support projects that offer clear community benefit, contributing to social outcomes, community welfare, environmental, health, education, or cultural areas.

Creswick and District Financial Services (CDFSL) / Community Bank Creswick and District is a community-based company run by the community for the community. We have an emphasis on providing funding for community building initiatives that have generational benefit or assist in providing general community advancement Projects may demonstrate outcomes in:

• Animal welfare 
• Choice and empowerment 
• Community resilience 
• Digital 
• Disaster recovery 
• Environmental 
• Financial 
• Health 
• Housing 
• Learning, skills and development 
• Safety 
• Social cohesion 
• Infrastructure upgrade

General rules

Before you attempt to apply for funding it will be useful for you to understand the following general rules that apply to any application. Generally, the CDFSL is unlikely to approve event or project funding applications if: 

• You have already received funding from CDFSL in the last 12 months;
• You apply for funding as or on behalf of an individual person;
• You do not already have a banking account or list your attention, in your application, to open a banking account with the Community Bank Creswick and District; 
• You have failed to supply acquittal details or to comply with previous funding conditions on any previous funding grant or sponsorship; 
• You are applying on behalf of a commercial enterprise; and/or
• Your application seeks 100 percent of funding from CDFSL. (It is expected that community organisations will detail what funding or in-kind effort they will supply to the initiative/project which is the subject of the application).

Who is ineligible?

• individuals 
• for-profit organisations 
• applicant organisations (or partner organisations) with an unsatisfactory result to the Anti Money Laundering / Know Your Customer search.

• Email: admin@cdfsl.com.au