Development & Operations Grants

• Eligibility Criteria
  – You are eligible to apply for a Development & Operations grant if you are a recognised community media organisation (radio and TV), a Remote Indigenous Media Organisation or Remote Indigenous Broadcasting Service.
• Type of Funding: Programmatic
• Target Region: Australia
• Application Language: English

Applications are now open for the Development & Operations Grants to support a resilient, thriving community media sector that reflects, amplifies, and enriches the ever-evolving communities of Australia.

Objectives

The objectives of Development & Operations grants are to support community media organisations to:

• Strengthen governance policies and practices that support longer term thinking.
• Enhance capacity and capability that drives sustainability.
• Increase resilience through preparations for unexpected change.
• Deepen engagement with identified communities.
• Expand partnerships to maximise opportunities.
• Develop and embed inclusive and accessible practices.

What can you use the grant for?

You can apply for any combination of the following organisational costs in your application:

• Activities: including strategic planning, updating policies and processes, training, business development, marketing, events.
• Infrastructure: including production/transmission/administration equipment, website/software development, solar panels, capital works.
• Operations: including salaries, utilities, administration, professional development including conferences.
  Administration for the grant up to $1,000.

Funding Information

• You can submit one Development & Operations grant application. There is no limit to how much you can apply for. The more funding you request, the greater detail assessors will expect in your responses.
• Funding support is available from either one or a mix of General and Transmission, Ethnic, First Nations, Radio Reading, National Training Project and Business Skills Training funding lines, depending on eligibility to those funding lines.
• Applications requesting $25,000 or more must demonstrate financial contributions from other funding sources. These can include other funding partners, sponsors, crowdfunding or financial contributions from your organisation’s own resources. Co-contributions cannot include other CBF funding, in-kind or volunteer support. The proportion of the co-contribution will be considered in assessment.

See here to learn more and apply.

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