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CULTURE BANK WOLLONGONG : A NEW FUNDING ROUND WILL BE OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS FROM Friday 26th January 2024 UNTIL 23rd February 2024, 5PM.

Please remember to not submit applications before the date and send in your applications through our website.

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Culture Bank Wollongong’s core purpose is to help create a vital cultural life in the greater Wollongong area. Our aim is to inspire the imagination of our community and galvanize our creativity. Anyone who lives or creates in the Illawarra and wants to:

Get inspired by previous projects funded by Culture Bank Wollongong

CULTURE BANK GRANT WINNERS

PROJECTS

Explore a passion, initiate an idea, dance, present a comedy routine, recite some poetry, and create something uniquely expressing life, stories, and shared experience – or CULTURE!

Just fill out the application form below with information about yourself and your project details.

What we ask from you, the applicant:

If your application is successful, your project will be supported freely and without conditions from Culture Bank Wollongong (apart from – see below).

All work produced remains the property of the artist/s.

However, we do ask that you show your appreciation for this gift from Culture Bank Wollongong by agreeing to:

Conduct your project within six months of receiving the money from Culture Bank Wollongong (unless otherwise negotiated).

Keep Culture Bank Wollongong informed about the date, times, and location/s of your project so that we can be part of an enthusiastic audience and assist you with promoting your event.

IMPORTANT: You must provide Culture Bank Wollongong with good quality/high-resolution images of your activity/event for promotion. We also require written statements and updates that we can use to promote and give feedback to Culture Bank members. If you do not provide Culture Bank with these things, it will, unfortunately, impact your chance of gaining future funding from Culture Bank.

Promoting and acknowledging Culture Bank Wollongong in public talks, media, marketing & publicity material promoting your activity (this could be the logo or any other creative way to demonstrate support). We stress the importance of acknowledging Culture Banks’ contribution to any additional material produced to promote your project. This also means remembering to tag# images used on social media which depict projects Culture Bank has supported.

Applicants must have a valid ABN and be able to provide Culture Bank with an invoice.

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Application for Culture Bank grants.

Full Name of Individual or Organization*
Feel free to mention any additional individuals or organisations that will support this project.
Name Role
Address*
Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code
Email*
Enter Email Confirm Email
Phone*
Website or Social Media Address
Supporting file
Accepted file types: jpg, gif, png, pdf, mp3.
Upload a photo, flyer or media file related to your project
Please write one sentence to explain your idea. For example: My idea is to create temporary art galleries and studio space from empty storefronts.*
Culture Bank Wollongong's core purpose is to help create a vital cultural life in the local government area of Wollongong. In a paragraph, explain how your project will do this. Tell us what excites you about this project with specific emphasis on its impact on the community around you. If it excites you, chances are it will excite us.*
How will a grant help you? Can your project happen without a grant from Culture Bank? Keep this brief and clear; pitch the project, not the details.*
When and where do you expect your project to take place?*
How much are you applying for from Culture Bank? Is this amount the whole of your budget, or part? Would your project happen if you received less than this amount?
What will this money be used for?

Include estimated amounts and line items (for example, $500 for website design). You can include up to 5 lines.
Will this project be run by someone under 18, or is it targeted to youth?
- Conceived or directed by youth
- Targeted primarily to youth
- Both
- None of the above
How will you share this project with the community? Please list as many as you can reasonably commit to (for example, exhibition, print media, concert, festival, etc.).*
How did you hear about Culture Bank?*
Terms:*
- If my application is successful I am willing to provide what is requested of me by Culture Bank Wollongong. This includes, but is not limited to, event invites for members, publicity photos and videos, mentions of Culture Bank in announcements and media, etc.

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