Bring your creative and community ideas to life in Green Square

• The need for the tenancy and proposed results
  • Why is it needed? This is where you describe what you’re doing, why it’s important and what will happen as a result of you doing this project.

• Your capacity and experience
  • How you will create the project, your skills and ability and your experience.

• Connection and benefit to local communities including diversity, inclusion and equity
  • Who will benefit from your project, how will they benefit and how will you include diverse communities in our area? Who are your proposed stakeholders or groups?

• How your proposal aligns with our funding priorities
  • Does your proposal:
    • improve social wellbeing, reduce isolation and increase cultural participation?
    • increase services by community and cultural organisations that benefit residents, workers and visitors, and contribute to their social, cultural, economic and environmental health?
    • enhance financial sustainability for local organisations including artists?
    • provide greater public participation in arts and creative projects?
    • offer greater sharing of knowledge and resources by new and emerging groups, increasing the capacity and viability of the business and community sectors?
    • provide active solutions to sector-wide issues and provision of direct services by newly established and startup businesses and organisations that benefit our communities?

We encourage you to attend or watch the information session, visit an open day and consider booking a support session before applying.

Stage 1 (open to all) – Complete the online form. We’ll review applications against set criteria. If required, we may ask you for clarification. We will invite shortlisted applicants to apply for stage 2, and inform other applicants that they have not been successful.

Stage 2 (invitation only) – Shortlisted applicants submit their full application. We’ll assess applications against set criteria. Following Council endorsement, applicants are informed of the outcome.

• Applications close: 4pm, Tuesday 29 July
• Applicants notified: Friday 15 August
• Invitation to for stage 2: Tuesday 19 August
• Stage 2 closes: Tuesday 9 September
• Opportunity: 3 to 5 year lease from December 2025/January 2026

Dates subject to change.

• 2pm–3:30pm Tuesday 8 July
• 3pm–4:30pm Thursday 10 July
• 5pm–6:30pm Tuesday 15 July
• 10am–11:30am Friday 18 July
• 5pm–6:30pm Thursday 24 July
• 10am–11:30am Friday 25 July
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicant support session: 11am–12:30pm Monday 21 July

Register

• 12pm–3pm Saturday 12 July
• 2pm–7pm Thursday 17 July
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander information session at Joynton Avenue Creative Centre during community open day, 3pm–4pm Thursday 17 July.

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