Updated Articles

  1. Reporting for Festival Fund

    Last Updated: 06/10/2023 in Festival Fund 2023-24
    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...

  2. Communities impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle

    Last Updated: 05/10/2023 in 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...

  3. 3. Promote CCS

    Last Updated: 05/10/2023 in Overview of the CCS Process
    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...

  4. FAQs

    Last Updated: 05/10/2023

  5. CCS Promotions

    Last Updated: 05/10/2023 in FAQs
    Can we use some of the funds for in-house promotion costs? You can use up to 10% of your CCS allocation for promotion costs. These costs can include newspaper advertising, on-line listings, producing posters and other external costs. However,...

  6. The assessment process

    Last Updated: 05/10/2023 in How CCS applications are assessed
    When an application has been received and acknowledged by the local CCS Manager, the application passes through the following 6 stages: Step 1: Checking applications for eligibility  Responsible for this step: CCS Manager When an application has ...

  7. Dealing with conflicts of interest

    Last Updated: 05/10/2023 in How CCS applications are assessed
    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...

  8. Assessment Scale

    Last Updated: 05/10/2023 in How CCS applications are assessed
    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...

  9. Co-operating with other Councils

    Last Updated: 04/10/2023 in Introduction to the CCS
    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...

  10. 6. Advise successful and unsuccessful applicants

    Last Updated: 04/10/2023 in Overview of the CCS Process
    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 ...