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  1. Other sources of Funding

    If your applicants or community members projects do not qualify for CCS funding, they may be interested in other sources of funding: Other grants offered by CNZ . Funding opportunities from other organisations . ...
  2. Community Arts Toolkit

    Community arts are created by, with, and for a community. The community is actively involved in creating, or learning how to create the art.   Visit or share the Creative NZ Community Arts Toolkit with your applicants for a best practice g...
  3. Reporting for Festival Fund

    Please note these changes to the GTT for 2023/24.   In the Funding Criteria column of the GTT, we have added a new code for CCS Festival Fund applications.  In addition to AP (Arts Participation) DV (Diversity) and YP (Young People)...
  4. Communities impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle

    To support your creative community’s recovery from recent weather events, Creative New Zealand  has deci de d to  waive our standard eligibility requirements  in 2023/24   for the following affected areas: ...
  5. Festival Fund Guidance

    Purpose  The CCS Festival Fund is a one-off funding boost from Government, to support established festivals that celebrate the life experiences, stories, cultures, and regional identities of New Zealanders, that continue to be impacted b...
  6. Co-operating with other Councils

    Co-operation and joint support Assessment committees may co-operate and jointly support projects that take place in adjacent local authority areas. This may be achieved through administrators liaising informally with other administrators and comm...
  7. Third Parties in CCS

    Third parties' accountability to local council When a third party is sub-contracted to undertake all or part of the administration of the scheme, they're contractually accountable to the local council, not to Creative New Zealand. ...
  8. Managing the Administrative process

    Options for managing the administrative process You have three options for managing the administration of the Creative Communities Scheme: Doing it “in-house” – You can administer the scheme itself. Using a third party &...
  9. 7. Reporting to Creative NZ

    Ensure you have received project completion reports from applicants. Report on funding round at completion of each round using the Grants Tracking Tool (GTT) Complete your Annual Evaluation Report for submission at end of financial year. Gra...
  10. 6. Advise successful and unsuccessful applicants

    Send letters to unsuccessful applicants advising them of their funding outcome Send letters to successful applicants advising them of their funding outcome.   Make payments as soon as possible and send CCS Project Completion Report Form...