Quick Response Grants are available for time-limited and project-based activities which align with the categories of Quick Response Grants and are undertaken within a 12 month period.

The Quick Response Grants are intended to be a fast approval form of the Community Grants.

Grants open on the first day of every quarter (January, April, July and October).  Grants will be closed once quarterly allocation funds has been exhausted.

Funding

Individuals can apply for a maximum:

• $150 for state events/competitions
• $300 for interstate events/competitions
• $500 for international events/competitions

Community groups can apply for a maximum of $500 for a project/event/activity. 

Categories of Quick Response Grants

Positive Ageing

Grants are provided for community-based social and recreational events and activities that celebrate the achievements and contributions made by people of all ages, cultures and abilities to promote positive ageing.

Youth

Grants are provided to specifically support youth in fields of educational experiences, cultural awareness, leadership development and entrepreneurial spirit that provides development for the individual and benefit to the community. Youth Quick Response Grants are for individuals under the age of 25 years. This grant cannot be used for school or tertiary study costs.

Environment

Grants are provided for community garden projects, environmental awareness and education, sustainable living projects, activities and programs such as habitat creation, waste minimisation, revegetation, composting, and food security.

Sport

Grants are provided for local residents who have achieved excellence in sports and require financial assistance to represent South Australia or Australia in national and international competitions, tournaments and events.

Small equipment purchase

Contributing to the purchase of equipment to support an organisation’s activities, innovative community recreation and physical activity programs and increasing the ability for a group to deliver a service or program to the wider community.

Eligibility Criteria overview

In evaluating all funding applications and sponsorship, consideration will be given (but not limited) to the following criteria:

• alignment of outcomes of the priorities to the City of Burnside’s strategic priorities;
• organisations must be located within, or oer a project or an event within the City of Burnside municipality;
• individuals must be residents and/or ratepayers of the City of Burnside;
• whether the service, project or event proposed to be supported is similar to another already being provided in the community;
• the level of funding the applicant receives from other sources;
• funding support and priority will be given to distributing funds fairly across the City;
• the objectives and procedures of potential sponsors or recipients must not conflict with the values and objectives of Council; and
• the objectives and missions of potential sponsors’ or recipients’ partner companies or subsidiaries must not conflict with those of Council.

Non-Eligibility overview

In evaluating all funding, sponsorship and donation applications, support and funding agreements will not be accepted or agreed to as follows:

• capital works programs and building extensions;
• involved in the manufacture, distribution and wholesaling of tobacco and tobacco-related products;
• involved in the manufacture, distribution and wholesaling of alcoholic products where such a sponsorship would be related to services or activities for youth as defined by Council’s service delivery; 
• involved in any illegal activities;
• whose services or products are injurious to health, or are perceived to be in conflict with Council’s policies and responsibilities to the community and do not support the goals of the Public Health Plan; 
• who are in legal conflict with Council;
• with a significant and active involvement in the building industry in the area covered by the Burnside Council Development Plan;
• all parties should understand clearly that the sponsorship arrangement has no bearing on Council’s exercise of its regulatory or inspectorial functions;
• artworks or other objects including books that are deemed to be offensive or inappropriate for other reasons;
• books that are supplied in large quantities by publishers (if Council believes the provision of these books is not philanthropic, but for promotion or advertising); and
• financial Donation that may infer excessive restrictions or exclusivity of use or benefit to only the donor or another individual or group.

• Phone: 8366 4200
• Email: communitydevelopment@burnside.sa.gov.au