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  1. CCS Administrators Guide

    This online guide is designed to support local administrators of the Creative Communities Scheme (CCS). This online guide is exactly the same as the pdf version, which can you download here: > >  CCS Administrator Guide 2016-19 Updated June 2017...
  2. Downloads

    To send to applicants: > > CCS Application Form Template   Please ensure the application form template is adapted for your community and all sections in yellow have been edited before uploading the form on your website or sending to ap...
  3. Assessment Scale

    On the basis of the information provided in each application the members of the assessment committee give a mark from 1 to 4 for each of the five assessment areas set out below.  The individual marks for each assessment area will provide a total sc...
  4. Glossary - General terms

    Arts: all forms of creative and interpretative expression (from the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa Act 2014, section 4). Artform: one of various forms of arts practice. Community: a community may be based around a place, a cultural...
  5. Glossary - Arts activities

    Craft/Object art: includes traditional and contemporary applied arts practices of all the peoples of Aotearoa/ New Zealand, including Māori and Pasifika peoples and the diverse cultures of people living in Aotearoa/ New Zealand today. Genres inclu...
  6. Dealing with conflicts of interest

    Conflicts of interest must be declared and handled appropriately to maintain the assessment committee's integrity and to guarantee that its decision-making is transparent and impartial. Three types of conflict of interest can arise - direct, indi...
  7. Assessment committees: the role and function

    Assessment committees assess applications and and allocate funding, in line with any specific local priorities that have been set aside by your council. The assessors (the members of the assessment committee) should collectively have a broad knowle...
  8. Advising applicants and receiving applications

    The Application Form You must post the CCS Application Guide and CCS Application Form on your website, and send it out to any applicants who ask for it.  You will have to adapt the CCS Application Form, eg inserting your logo, contact details, c...
  9. Creative Communities Scheme and Schools

    All state and integrated schools are obliged to deliver the National Curriculum and all are obliged to have trained and registered teachers that deliver that curriculum. CCS cannot fund arts activity which is the responsibility of teachers (includi...
  10. Costs that can’t be funded

    The types of costs that can't be funded include: ongoing administration and service costs (such as salaries) that aren’t related to a specific project travel for individuals or groups to attend events, presentations or shows outside t...