Media Release Seed Funding Jan 2021

Creativity Australia’s With One Voice $10,000 Seed Funding Grants – Press Release Jan 2021

15th Jan 2021 – Announcement for immediate release

Creativity Australia and the With One Voice program

As we work towards our Covid-Normal we will be awarding up to 10 grants of up to $10,000 in 2021 through our With One Voice Community Choir Social Franchise Start-up fund.

ROUND 15 OPEN NOW!

Hurry! The closing date for ALL applications in ROUND 15 is 5:00 pm, Friday February 26, 2021.

We’re on the look-out for more people who are:

•     Movers and shakers in their communities,

•     Passionate about community wellbeing and the power of the arts, especially singing

•     Aspiring to produce meaningful change and create a more fair and caring society.

If this is you, we have grants of up to $10,000 available now!

For more information and to start your application, please visit: https://www.creativityaustralia.org.au/choirs/start/

5 NEW organisations awarded funding in 2020

In 2020 we awarded seed funding to start up new With One Voice programs to 5 organisations around Australia. They are:

1.      Bidwill Uniting – Mt Druitt (NSW)

2.      Community Application – Mackay (QLD)

3.      Community Connections – Adelaide CBD (SA)

4.      Community Application – Shepparton (VIC)

5.      Hume Housing – Parramatta (NSW)

Local community groups, social businesses and not-for-profits wanting to promote social inclusion and tackle loneliness, isolation, depression and disadvantage in their community are invited to apply. Additionally, each successful application joins a 12-month intensive mentoring program.

All successful Start-up Grant organisations are located in areas that are culturally and economically diverse and seek to redress balance between those that have and have-not. They provide crucial interventions for all participants and support those directly and indirectly affected by many of life’s challenges.

Most importantly, these organisations recognise how singing in a group can be improve wellbeing, inspire personal growth and transform communities.  Each successful applicant must present a strong social franchise offer that we believe will be successful and sustainable.