Multi-million dollar funding for local businesses, culture and communities
At the June Council meeting, more than $6.2 million was approved for local businesses, community groups, cultural programs and environmental initiatives.
At the June Council meeting, more than $6.2 million was approved for local businesses, community groups, cultural programs and environmental initiatives.
156 projects were funded in one of the City of Sydney’s largest ever grants rounds. The funding, $5.2 million cash and $1 million value-in-kind, will be allocated to projects in the 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 financial years.
“I’m constantly awed by the ideas and enterprise of our community,” Lord Mayor Clover Moore said. “The City of Sydney is proud to fund these wonderful projects and initiatives, which will foster and celebrate Sydney’s culture and creativity, support our local economy and encourage sustainability.”
Council approved $2.58 million in funding under the social grants program across 17 community services grants, 18 festival and event sponsorships and 16 matching grants.
Projects include:
“Post lockdown, we’re encountering more and more isolation-related issues in the community like depression and social anxiety.
"We are also beginning to see the real effects of inflation causing food insecurity for many as our free weekly pantry has more than doubled in a matter of weeks from 60 to 70 recipients to over 155 recipients,” Living Hope Food Program’s Nuno Viveiros said.
“We’ve introduced a pop-up mental health clinic to our weekly food pantry and with the City of Sydney’s funding, this will enable us to increase community engagement and interaction by providing more weekly hot meals at our premises and hosting other community events from time to time.”
More than $2 million has been approved under the cultural and creative grants and sponsorship program for initiatives that enhance creativity across the city and strengthen the sustainability and capacity of local cultural and creative industries. The funding will be shared across 29 cultural and creative grants and 10 festival and events sponsorships.
Projects include:
17 knowledge exchange sponsorships have been approved to the value of $637,000.
Projects include an annual incubation program to build knowledge, capability and connections between the cultural and property sectors to address Sydney’s creative space shortage.
Under its business support grants program, Council approved $605,000 in funding across 13 live music and performance grants, 5 night-time diversification grants and 6 place and industry grants.
Projects include:
“The chamber’s project is important because it is focused on gathering insight into what local businesses need from a transport perspective.
"It is important as we continue to focus and support the growth and recovery of the visitor economy in our local business precinct,” president, Pyrmont Ultimo Chamber of Commerce and owner of local business, Smile Marketing, Alex Gibbs said.
$402,000 will be shared among 25 environmental performance grants recipients.
Projects include:
The City of Sydney is ensuring that there are no barriers to accessing support and ensuring our grants go where they’re most needed. We have now established dedicated grants for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Our next round of grants will open later this year.
Find out more about the City of Sydney’s grants and sponsorships programs.
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