2025-27 Festival Events & Creative Activities

This section of the form is designed to help you, and us, understand if you are eligible to apply for this grant. Please read through the eligibility criteria below and select yes to confirm that all statements are true and correct. If you cannot confirm, select no.

Organisations must

• Be legally constituted as an incorporated association, company limited by guarantee, statutory authority or indigenous corporation, or auspiced by another legally constituted organisation (auspice) for the activity proposed in the application
• Be not-for-profit and managed by a volunteer board/committee of management, or auspiced by a not-for-profit managed by a volunteer board/committee of management
• Be financially solvent
• Be physically located within the Kingston City Council's geographical boundaries or if located outside Kingston City Council's geographical boundaries, have a majority number of Kingston residents (e.g. more than 50% of active members or participants) or be able to demonstrate significant benefit to the Kingston community
• Provide current public liability insurance with a level of cover appropriate to the activity/program
• If a Council tenant, be in compliance with all requirements within the tenancy agreement
• Have no overdue grant acquittals and have successfully acquitted previous grants received
• Have no outstanding debts owing to Council, or have entered into a payment plan
• Have no active breaches against the obligations of Consumer Affairs Victoria, the Australian Not-for-Profit and Charities Commission, or the Australian Securities and Investment Commission, as applicable
• Have not received a grant for the same or similar activity from another Kingston Grants Program grant stream or other Council funding source in the same financial year running July to June
• Submit a complete application, including attachments or other supporting information requested by Council
• Adhere to the Victorian Child Safe Standards