Campaspe Shire Council’s SPARK – Arts & Cultural Grants Program offers to support creative projects, practice and new ideas.

Individual grants from $5,000 up to $10,000 are available for successful applicants to conduct activities during the specified timeframes.

Council invites individual artists, creatives, cultural practitioners, arts groups or community organisations to apply for this grant funding opportunity, which reflects Council’s commitment to investing in our local creative sector and recognising the value and role arts and culture plays in building social connection, community wellbeing and economic vitality.

Those intending to apply for a grant should first read the program's information and guidelines, which are available here: SPARK-Arts-Cultural-Grants-Program-Information-and-Guidelines_1.pdf(PDF, 292KB)

Applicants will also need to complete a Project Budget to submit with their application; you can download the template for the Project Budget here(XLSX, 25KB).

Key funding program dates

Applications open: Friday, 17 January 2025

Applications close: Friday, 21 February 2025 at 5pm

Notification of outcome: Friday, 4 April 2025

Project activity timeframes

Projects can start from Monday, 14 April 2025 and must finish no later than Friday 12 December 2025.

Acquittals need to be submitted 4 weeks after completion of your project.

Apply now

To begin the application process, click this link.