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  1. 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:   Gisborne  District...
  2. 3. Promote CCS

    Load updated application form and application guide onto your website.   Promote CCS and advertise funding rounds on the council website and social media. (see below) Hold workshops, funding hui or drop-in sessions in the community.   Display pr...
  3. 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 to ...
  4. 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) we have a...
  5. 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. Agree...
  6. 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 . ...
  7. Reporting

    All CCS administrators are required to file a report within 8 weeks of the closing date of each local funding round.  This report captures key information about each application and allows you to update us on which projects have been success...
  8. CCS Application Form

    Here is the CCS Application Form. Please read the  CCS Application Form - Administrators Instructions  on how to adapt the form and do this prior to sending out to applicants. CCS Application Form_Jul 2020_FINAL.dot ...
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