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  1. Other Funding

    Can people receive funding from both CCS and the council funding e.g. community boards or events/community grants? Yes. Funding from the Creative Communities Scheme and from Community Boards comes from two different places i.e. taxes/lotteries (C...
  2. 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. G...
  3. 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 by the...
  4. Eligible projects and applicants

    What is a project? The term ‘project’ refers to a self-contained activity that is time-bound with an identifiable start and finish date. This might be short-term (e.g. a one-off weekend workshop) or long-term (e.g. a programme of exhibitions over...
  5. Changes to CCS Funded Projects

    Can successful applicants change their projects? It is not uncommon for projects to change after they have been funded. This can be for a variety of reasons such as having to resize the project to match available funding or shifting the dates due...
  6. Project Completion Information

    What do I do if an applicant doesn’t return their project completion report? We suggest the following: Send out a letter/email requesting the report within a specified timeframe, and explaining that a condition of receiving the funding was that...
  7. 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 guide ...
  8. Options for managing the assessment 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 – You can contract a community arts council or other suitably qualif...
  9. 5. Manage the assessment process

    Prepare applications for the assessment committee. Provide assessors with CCS Assessor Marking Spreadsheet   Run the assessment meeting. Record and manage conflicts of interest if they arise. ...
  10. 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 – You can contract ...