Image: Outback Theatre for Young People 'The Echoes in Our Walls', 2016. Photo by Victoria Anderson.

Regional Arts Fund (RAF) Community Grants

Applications open: 9:00AM AEST, Tuesday 19 June 2018
Applications close: 5:00PM AEST, Friday 10 August 2018
No extension to the closing date is possible.

ABOUT THE REGIONAL ARTS FUND

The Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund supports sustainable cultural development in regional and remote Australia and meets the strategic priorities of supporting participation in, and access to, the arts and encouraging greater private sector support for the arts. The Regional Arts Fund is designed to benefit regional and remote arts practitioners, arts workers, audiences and communities.

OBJECTIVES

The objectives of the Fund are to support and promote participation in, and access to, Australia’s arts and culture in regional and remote Australia by:

Encouraging and supporting sustainable economic, social and cultural development in regional communities.
Developing partnerships and networks which leverage financial and/or in-kind support for specific projects and encourage ongoing collaboration.
Developing audiences and broadening community engagement with the arts.
Increasing employment and professional development opportunities for, and raise the profile of, regional and remote artists.

RAF LOGO USE

Successful RAF recipients must display the RAF logo (a combined set of the Australian Government logo, Regional Arts Australia logo and Regional Arts NSW logo) on promotional material relating to the supported project. Logos are available here. If you have any enquiries regarding logo usage please contact the Manager, Communications & Administration at Regional Arts NSW. Tel 02 9270 2509 Email katelyn@regionalartsnsw.com.au.

APPLYING VIA SMARTYGRANTS

The following link will take you to the Regional Arts Australia online application system. Click on RAF NSW Community Grants 2017-18 Application Form. If you have not used SmartyGrants before you will need to set up an account. This account and password can be used to go back to your application at any time and will be the same for any other grants you might apply for in the future using the Smartygrants system. Your application will be available to you until you click SUBMIT, or the closing date is reached.

ENQUIRIES

If you have any enquiries about the RAF contact your local RADO (link to network page) or the Manager, Grants & Projects at Regional Arts NSW Tel 02 9270 2502 Email funding@regionalartsnsw.com.au. Successful applicants can download the RAF Logos HERE.