Flame.Arts Access Leg Up grant application: Cairns Regional Council - Regional Arts Development Fund

Important notes

If you are experiencing access issues with this form, please contact the RADF liasion on radf@cairns.qld.gov.au or 4032 6603 for support.

The first step in applying for this grant is to make contact with Council's RADF liaison officer to discuss your project. Please do this before you fill in the form, allowing time for the RADF liaison officer to provide advice and feedback.

Email radf@cairns.qld.gov.au

Phone – 4032 6603

The Flame.Arts Access Program aims to create pathways to practice, career development and employment opportunities for artists who are often under-represented. We embed a strategic and targeted focus to ensure tailored engagement by people with a disability, young people and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and creative practitioners.

Flame.Arts Access – Leg Up Grants offer amounts of up to $1,000 for Young People (up to the age of 25) and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and up to $1,500 for people with disability to develop projects of an arts and cultural nature within our region, or further afield (or for individuals or organisations developing projects that specifically target/benefit one or more of the above groups).

This is an Out-of-Round grant. Applications must be submitted at least 10 business days prior to the activity start date. . Applicants will be notified of funding decisions as soon as the submission has been processed..

Funds can be used for professional development opportunities, project costs or materials.

Before completing your application, it is essential that you read the RADF Guidelines which are available on the RADF webpage and the sections:

Cairns Regional Council Assessment Criteria
Reporting and acquittal requirements
Capturing feedback with a public outcome.

Please address the assessment criteria as your application will be assessed on how well it meets these criteria.

For enquiries, contact the RADF liaison officer (Council’s Arts and Cultural Grants Coordinator) on 07 4032 6603

or email radf@cairns.qld.gov.au.

The Regional Arts Development Fund is a partnership between the Queensland Government and Cairns Regional Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.

SECTION 1 - Am I eligible for this grant?

Eligibility checklist: Professional / Emerging Professional Artists

First of all, let's check your eligibility to apply for this grant.

This checklist has been developed to ensure that the status of each artist applicant as 'pre-emerging', ‘emerging professional’ or‘professional’ is clearly identified.

Pre-emerging arists are at an early stage of their career and must provide a supporting letter of reference from an appropriate artist or mentor
Emerging and professional artists must meet at least three criteria, which includes experience such as arts qualifications, professional recognition, exhibition of works, membership of professional associations, strong cultural knkowledge and artist commissions.

Note: Please mark the checkbox for Professional Artist/ Emerging Professional to preview the complete list of criteria.

Your responses to the questions below determine your status as an artist in regard to the RADF Program.

I define myself as: *

A pre-emerging artistAn emerging professional or a professional artist

I consider myself a pre-emerging artist because... *

Upload your letter of support here *

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Pre-emerging artists must supply a letter of reference from an appropriate artist or mentor to support their application.

Professional Artist/ Emerging Professional

You need to tick any three or more of the artistic merits below to qualify as an artist with a professional or emerging professional status.

If you cannot select a minimum of three of the artistic merits, you do not meet the eligibility requirements as a professional artist or emerging professional who can be funded by the RADF program.

What professional/industry associations are you a member of?

If you do not fit the criteria as an pre-emerging artist or a professional artist or an emerging professional, you are welcome to contact the RADF liaison officer to discuss alternative funding sources to support your arts activity/project, instead of filling in this form.

Email - radf@cairns.qld.gov.au

Will you be engaging any arts or cultural workers using funding from your grant? *

YesNo

Artists and arts workers to be engaged in the RADF grant

Each artist who will be paid through your grant must also:

meet eligibility requirements,
provide a one-page CV, and
confirm their availability and payment agreement in writing
be paid award rates or industry recommended rates of pay.

Eligiblity Requirements Checklist

The artist must meet at least three of the requirements listed below.

The artist has:

A professional arts and/ or cultural qualification
An Australian Business Number (ABN)
Devoted significant time to arts practice
Been recognised as a professional by peers
Held public exhibitions or given public performances (not as part of a competition)
Work held in public collections
Won important national and/ or international prizes or awards
Held public discussions and/ or had articles written about my work
Been commissioned or employed on the basis of art skills and/ or earning income from sales of art work
Artistic or cultural knowledge has been recognised as professional by peers or the cultural community
Artistic or cultural knowledge has developed through oral traditions
Member of a professional association (or associations) as a professional artist.

Please use the table below to demonstrate you and your arts workers meet the eligibility criteria.

You must demonstrate that award rates or industry recommended rates of pay will be made to arts and cultural workers involved in the project. If you are paying only a portion of the recommended rates of pay because the professionals involved in the project are contributing their time as an in-kind contribution, this can be noted in the budget section.

Artist/Organisation name

Role in project

EligibilityPlease use the Eligibility Requirements Checklist above to indicate the professional attributes of this artist (e.g. no. 3, 6 and 9).

Pay rate and total feePlease list rate of $ per hour or $per week and the total amount the artist will be paid.

Upload artist/s CV *

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Each CV must be one A4 page maximum. Please upload all of your collaborating artist CVs as a single file.

Upload artist written confirmations *

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Please upload written confirmation from the artist, confirming their availability and payment agreement. Combine all files into a single document and ensure the artist name is on each document.

SECTION 2: Applicant details

You can save this form at any time to complete it later. The 'Save and complete later' option is at the very end of this electronic form.

Title

Full name *

Postal address *

Street address (or 'as above')

Suburb *

Postcode *

State

Daytime phone number *

Mobile phone number *

Email Address

Are you an Australian citizen or permanent resident? *

YesNo

Do you identify as belonging to any of the groups below?This information is not used to assess your application. Information provided will be aggregated and used to review the annual program and provide information to Arts Queensland.

Does your project benefit any of the following groups?

Australian Business Number (ABN) details

Will you be responsible for the financial management of the grant if this application is successful? *

Yes, I will be responsible for the financial management of the grantNo, I will be auspiced

Note: If you are responsible for the financial management of the grant, you will need to either provide a tax invoice for the full amount, including your ABN OR fill out a Statement of Supplier form from the Australian Taxation Office website

Do you have an ABN? *

YesNo

Please fill out and upload a 'Statement of Supplier' form from the ATO website if you are not administering the grant. *

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You can download the form from the link below. You will need to 1. Download the form; 2. Fill it in; 3. Save it your desktop; 4. Upload here.

Statement by a Supplier form can be downloaded here.

Please attach a tax invoice for the requested amount. If you are GST registered, include GST on top of the funded amount. *

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What is your ABN? *

What name is the ABN registered in? *

What is your trading name? (if different)

Auspicing details

Name of auspicing body or agent *

Full name of contact person *

Position in organisation *

Auspicing body or agent ABN *

Is the auspicing organisation registered for GST? *

YesNo

Signature of auspicing agent *

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Dated *

SECTION 3 - Your activity

Title of proposal *

Project/Program Description *Provide a brief description of the proposed project/program and its intended outcomes. Limit your answer to no more than 300 characters, including spaces. Please note that this description will be used in public media releases if successful.

Funding request *Use whole dollars.

Main location of proposed activity *If more than one location, enter the location where most of the activity will be undertaken

Start date *Your project must start at least two weeks (10 business days) in the future,

End date *Your project must conclude within 12 months of the start date.

Please specify

Please describe your activity and what you plan to do with the funds *Maximum 900 characters, including spaces. The form will not allow you to exceed this limit.

Please describe how the funds benefit you as an artist and how it will develop your career. If relevant, describe how the funds will benefit the people your project is aimed at. *Maximum 900 characters, including spaces. The form will not allow you to exceed this limit.

What process will you undertake to capture feedback on your project *Please note that it is compulsory for ALL projects that are requesting RADF funds for activities that have or will lead to a public outcome, to capture audience/participant/partner feedback from your project. e.g, exhibitions, events, engagement projects, creative developments, performances, place making projects, publications and public workshops. Survey resources are available on Council's RADF webpage. Maximum 900 characters, including spaces. The form will not allow you to exceed this limit.

Indicate which (if any) of the state priorities are being addressed through RADF funded activity *

Elevate First Nations artsActivate Queensland’s local places and global digital spacesDrive social change across the stateStrengthen Queensland communitiesShare our stories and celebrate our storytellersNot applicable

Please copy links here to relevant previous work (if applicable)

SECTION 4 - Project budget

Please account for all the costs associated with your activity in the project budget.

Place each individual item on a new line.
Ensure that your budget estimates are as accurate as possible.
Indicate how much of the RADF grant will be used for each relevant item in the RADF grant component column.
Use whole dollar amounts by rounding up or down (eg $12 or $12.00, rather than $11.85)
Provide written quotes for all items and services the grant will be used for. (You can upload these at the end of the form in Section 5)

About GST

If you are not GST registered, amounts should include GST as this is part of the cost of the project.
If you are GST registered, Council will pay the funds plus GST. Amounts should be exclusive of GST if you are registered for GST.

*Please note: This section of the form can be completed on a mobile device, but it will be easier for you to calculate your totals if you use a computer or larger-screen device.

Place each individual item on a new line. Use whole dollars.

SERVICES cost items

TOTAL COST of service item

RADF ALLOCATION to service item

PROMOTION AND MARKETING cost items

TOTAL COST of promotion item

RADF ALLOCATION to promotion item

ADMINISTRATION cost item

TOTAL COST of administration item

RADF ALLOCATION to administration item

OTHER cost items

TOTAL COST of other item

RADF ALLOCATION to other item

Totals

TOTAL COST of your project *Please add all amounts recorded in the TOTAL COST columns. This table does not self-tally. You will need to do your own calculations.

Total amount of RADF ALLOCATION *Please add all amounts in the RADF ALLOCATION column. This table does not self-tally. You will need to do your own calcuations.

SECTION 5 - Supporting material

Your CV *

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Maximum of one A4 page

Written quotes for items of service sought through grant *

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Please combine all quotes into a single document

Evidence of support for proposal

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Please include any letters of support or confirmation of the activity (if applicable) and upload as a single document

Evidence of previous work

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Please combine all material into a single document

SECTION 6 - Terms and conditions

I have read and I/my organisation will abide by the Cairns Regional Council Regional Arts Development Fund Guidelines.

The statements in this application are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief and the supporting material is my own work or the work of the artists named in this application. *

I have read and understood the Information Privacy and Right to Information Statement and agree to the use and disclosure of information as outlined in the Statement.

Please verify *

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