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Applications for Council Assistance - Major Festivals, Events and Promotions

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GUIDELINES

Eligible events:

The Council will consider requests for assistance by community, sporting and non-profit organisations holding major festivals, events or promotions in the Northern Midlands.

Major festivals, events and promotions are defined as significant events that are the only one of their kind in the Northern Midlands in any one year, and attract significant numbers of people to the event (generally in excess of 2,000) and/or attract significant media coverage for the Northern Midlands.

Eligible organisations:

Any community group, organisation or club that is legally incorporated or operating under the auspices of an incorporated body. The organisation must hold and produce evidence of public liability cover for the event.

Eligible assistance:

In-kind support includes provision of such items as wheelie-bins, barricades, photocopying paper and provision of services such as preparation of fliers, delivery and collection of bins, erection of barricades and advertising of street closures. The cost to Council of any in-kind assistance approved will be calculated and costed against the application.

Requests for direct financial assistance may be considered eg. by an organisation in the south of the municipal area where it is impractical for photocopying to be done at the Council Chambers in Longford and therefore application is made for funds to cover photocopying expenses incurred locally.

The maximum allocation to an event is $1,000, except in the case of a major new event which can be eligible for a one-off seeding grant of up to $3,000. Major events that are held annually are eligible for up to $1,000 in-kind support each year.

Assistance will not be provided for money already spent on events previously held.

Priorities:

The funding available is limited. Priority will be given to events that:

Have a significant benefit for a wide range of Northern Midlands residents and businesses
Are unique within the Northern Midlands
If profit making, put the funds back into the community, preferably through community projects that will benefit a wide cross-section of the community.

Applications:

Applicants are requested to complete the application form in its entirety, and return the completed form by Friday 27 October 2006 to: The General Manager, Northern Midlands Council, PO Box 156, LONGFORD TAS 7301.

Organisations seeking clarification when completing the form are welcome to contact Council's Executive and Liaison Officer, Mr Lindsay Harwood on ph 63977303.

Assessment of applications:

All applications received will be referred to Council who will determine which event, festival or promotion will be assisted, and to what extent.

Applicants will be notified as soon as possible of the outcome of Council's deliberations.