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Each year Council offers Heritage Grants with the support of the NSW Heritage Office.
These grants help residents with works to preserve their heritage buildings.
Eligible properties may be:
- listed in one of the applicable local environmental plans
- on the State Heritage Register as it applies to Braidwood
- or within a heritage conservation area in the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Local Government Area
Applications open on 13 August 2024.
Make sure you read the grant guidelines(PDF, 103KB) and apply through the webform below. For more information or to ask specific questions you can get in touch with our Land-Use Planning Team on (02) 6285 6276 or email landuseadmin@qprc.nsw.gov.au
Download the guidelines for the Local Heritage Grants(PDF, 103KB)
Each year through the ClubGRANTS Scheme, clubs across NSW provide tens of thousands of dollars to help support community organisations provide a range of initiatives in areas of community welfare or social services, community development, community health services or employment assistance activities.
The ClubGRANTS generally open in February each year and close in May. To be eligible to apply, you must be a not-for-profit organisation that provides the following project and/or services: community welfare or social services, community development, community health services or employment assistance activities. Organisations involved in community or professional sport are also eligible to apply. Grant requests in the past have ranged from $2k - $40k depending on the needs of the organisation.
All applications must be completed online at https://www.clubgrants.com.au. For further information contact the QPRC ClubGRANTS Committee at ClubGRANTS@qprc.nsw.gov.au.
Tips for completing your ClubGRANTS application
- Ensure you have completed and supplied your Standard Funding Report Form for any previous grants.
- Read the grant guidelines before you start your application.
- Demonstrate the direct outputs, outcomes and impact of your project for the community.
- Be clear about what you want to achieve.
- Use clear language and avoid jargon.
- Present any relevant supporting material (e.g. data, supporting letters) and make sure it's presented clearly.
- Do your homework and know the aspirations, questions and needs in the community. Pay particular attention to, and document, what projects are already running in the community, and where the gaps may be.
- Discuss your project ideas with similar/specialist organisations in Queanbeyan, make connections with other local organisations and where possible consider and develop partnership projects.
2024 Club Grant recipients
| Project |
Organisation |
| Support Christmas luncheon for clients and volunteers |
Meals on Wheels Queanbeyan |
| New computers to assist with their volunteer work |
Meals on Wheels Queanbeyan |
| Storage shed for gross motor equipment and children's learning resources |
Mura Preschool |
| Support their Kindy gym classes |
Queanbeyan Schools as Community Centres |
| Support their mobile vet clinic staffed by volunteers that provides vet care to those who are unable to afford it |
ACT Pet Crisis Support |
| Assist with providing a part-time support worker to assist migrant and refugee families |
Queanbeyan Multicultural Supported Playgroup |
| Support a Googong Pathways to School playgroup at Googong Public School |
Queanbeyan Schools as Community Centres |
| Defibrillator |
Queanbeyan Park Tennis Club |
| Support early-intervention youth mentoring programs at Queanbeyan High School. |
Raise Foundation |
| Café Project |
Braidwood Life Centre |
| Support children to attend the Stewart House 12-day health and wellbeing program |
Stewart House |
| Support outdoor learning and gross motor skills |
St Gregory's Primary School |
| Support the Ted-E-Bears program for children with epilepsy |
Epilepsy Action Australia |
| Support young people with cancer |
ACT Eden Monaro Cancer Support Group (Rise Above) |
| Improve education, discipline, life skills, self-esteem, and employment prospects of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men |
Clontarf Foundation |
| First Steps to First Sounds program which supports parents with education and support |
The Shepherd Centre for Deaf Children |
| Kidscape play, art, and music therapy program |
The Shepherd Centre for Deaf Children |
| Acoustic Skills group music therapy program |
The Shepherd Centre for Deaf Children |
| Confident Kids program which develops crucial social skills and confidence to support children through primary school |
The Shepherd Centre for Deaf Children |
| Ready Steady Think school readiness program |
The Shepherd Centre for Deaf Children |
| Educational toys and resources |
The Shepherd Centre for Deaf Children |
| Provide nutritious meals for vulnerable people in the community |
St Benedict’s Community Centre |
| Emergency food vouchers for those in the local community experiencing financial hardship |
High Street Care |
| Music Play at the Library |
QPRC Libraries |
| Veteran Wellbeing Centre to provide vital support services to veterans and their families |
RSL LifeCare |
| New carpet bowls set |
Bungendore Seniors Association |
|
Respite Care for Queanbeyan |
| Support local clients with low vision |
Vision Australia |
| Support expectant and parenting women |
First Steps Pregnancy Support |
| Regional food relief |
Foodbank NSW & ACT |
| Water safety program for children with a disability |
Treehouse Queanbeyan |
| Support of children with disability |
Treehouse Queanbeyan |
2023 Club Grant Recipients
| Project |
Organisation |
| Confident Kids: A group education program developing the social and communication skills of deaf children in Queanbeyan |
The Shepherd Centre for Deaf Children |
| Emergency Food Relief |
High Street Care Queanbeyan |
| Kidscape: A life-changing program developing the communication and social skills of children with hearing loss in Queanbeyan |
The Shepherd Centre for Deaf Children |
| Acoustic Skills: A life-changing music therapy program for children with hearing loss and their families in Queanbeyan |
The Shepherd Centre for Deaf Children |
| Talk Together: A life-changing program of support for parents of children with hearing loss in Queanbeyan |
The Shepherd Centre for Deaf Children |
| Supporting local cancer patients - Making the Cancer Journey a little bit easier |
ACT Eden Monaro Cancer Support Group |
| School and employment support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander boys
|
Clontarf Foundation |
| Water safety and physical activity program for children living with disability |
Treehouse Queanbeyan |
| Queanbeyan Legacy Village Eco transition |
Legacy Queanbeyan |
| External upgrade of Lions Community Book Cottage |
Lions Club of Queanbeyan Inc. |
| Googong Pathways to School Playgroup |
Queanbeyan Schools as Community Centres |
| St Benedict's Community Centre |
St Benedict's Community Centre (auspice body Life Resources Centre Inc) |
| Queanbeyan Kanberri Connections Rugby League Knockout |
Queanbeyan Kanberri Connections Aboriginal Corporation |
| Queanbeyan Multicultural Supported Playgroup |
Queanbeyan Multilingual Centre Inc |
| Essential preventative health and mental wellbeing education for vulnerable children |
Life Education NSW |
| Diwali Lantern Festival |
Queanbeyan Multicultural Centre Inc. |
| Transition to School Playgroup |
Queanbeyan Schools as Community Centres |
| Support for local Queanbeyan-Palerang area residents with low vision or blindness |
Vision Australia
|
| Courageous Play in the Natural Environment |
Waratah Preschool |
| Terry Campese Foundation Mentor Program |
The Terry Campese Foundation |
| Let's Do Yoga |
Queanbeyan Schools as Community Centres |
| Shipping Container for equipment storage |
Queanbeyan Rotary Club |
| Assistive technology equipment for people with low vision or blindness in the Queanbeyan-Palerang region |
Guide Dogs NSW/ACT |
| Junior Lifesavers - teaching vital survival skills to local youth |
The Royal Lifesaving Society NSW |
| Meals on Wheels - Community Promotion |
Meals on Wheels Queanbeyan |
| Helping local children with essentials |
Roundabout Canberra |
| Meals on Wheels - Volunteer support |
Meals on Wheels Queanbeyan |
| Meals at HOME |
HOME in Queanbeyan |
| Replacement of old, inefficient air conditioning units at Beth Shalom |
Queanbeyan and District Anglican Church |
| Harris Park Riverbed Project |
Harris Park Preschool |
| Kindy Gym |
Queanbeyan Schools as Community Centres |
| Music and Movement |
Queanbeyan Schools as Community Centres |
| Circus Quirkus tickets for local children |
Rotary Club of Canberra Inc |
The Cultural Grants Program aims to assist local arts, artists, musicians, performers, writers and arts/cultural groups to start and develop their own projects, and to improve the community’s opportunities for involvement in cultural and arts activities. Applications are open throughout the year, or until funds have been exhausted.
Cultural/community organisations, individuals or groups of individuals are welcome to apply for projects. These need to meet the Cultural Grants aims and eligibility criteria, and demonstrate that they are of benefit to the community through their cultural or artistic outcomes.
Applicants should ensure that all previous grant funds received from Council have been acquitted.
Applicants are advised read the attached Cultural Grants Guidelines(PDF, 77KB) and seek guidance and advice from our Grants Officer on (02) 6285 6044 or our Culture & Arts Team Leader on (02) 6285 6170 when making an application.
Apply now for a Cultural Grant
The Annual Community Grants Program is open to non-profit community organisations or groups based in or affiliated with the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area. Assistance of up to a total of $3000 annually per applicant organisation is competitively available under the Program.
Category A
Category A (general assistance) projects must be for charitable purposes of either relief of poverty, advancement of education or other community purposes that there is agreement by resolution of Council. The emphasis of the Program is supporting the community’s wishes from our Community Strategic Plan. We may provide financial assistance for eligible organisations upon application each year under our Donations Policy.
Applications for Category A Grants will not be considered until previous projects have been completed; and financial reports have been provided through the acquittal process.
Download the guidelines for Category A grants(PDF, 70KB)
Apply online for Category A grants
Category B
QPRC Annual Community Grants Program Category B funding provides financial assistance to community not-for-profit or charitable organisations that wish to hire a Council facility but are unable to meet the cost of hire. This grant will be non-monetary, however, and will be recognised both financially as a donation and as income for the facility. Grants will be considered for either full or partial payment of venue hire.
Applications for Category B donations can be submitted by completing the online form below and attaching evidence of the venue hire booking.
Download the guidelines for Category B grants(PDF, 83KB)
Apply online for Category B grants
Category H
To encourage the increased use and availability of Council owned community spaces, a no fee hire of some spaces will be available for regular community, not-for-profit or charitable organisations who are unable to afford to hire these spaces. Special conditions apply including that availability can only be confirmed two weeks in advance of any regular booking. A minimal annual fee and key deposit will also apply.
Download the guidelines and application for Category H grants(PDF, 180KB)