Please ensure you have read all Creative Communities Scheme criteria [PDF, 1822 KB] before submitting your application.

This form must be completed in one session.

Please ensure you have all necessary information and documentation ready before you begin, including:

  • full budget showing income and expenses for the project - CCS Application Budget Template.docx
  • proof of the bank account (any one of these: a deposit slip, a letter from the bank, or a bank statement showing the bank account number).
  • copy of your organisation’s annual budget and/or your latest audited accounts.
  • documents or quotes that may support your application (if any).

If you encounter any issues with the application form, please contact funding@selwyn.govt.nz.

Name and Contact Details
Are you applying as an individual or as a group: *
Project Information
Project Location, Timing and Numbers
Funding Criteria
Which of these schemes THREE funding criteria are you applying under? (select ONE) * If your project meets more than one criterion, choose the one that is the project's main focus.
Additional Project Details
What do you want to do?
How will the project happen?
Tell us about the key people and/or the groups involved.
Tell us how this project will deliver to your selected criterion: access and participation, diversity or young people.
Please download the application budget template and attach with a full budget with the income and expenses for the project
For example: reduce the project size, postpone, cancel, or seek other funding.
Other Funding
Please include the Funding Source, Status (confirmed or pending), Amount
Please include the Year/Month, Fund Name, Amount
Bank Account Details
For bank account
For remittance
(Acceptable forms of bank verification include: stamped letter from the bank, pre-printed deposit slip, copy of a bank statement, screenshot from internet banking or online banking app. The bank name/logo, bank account name and account number must be clearly identified on the document.)
Demographics
Ethnicity of the Applicant/Group: 
    Artform or Cultural Arts Practice (Select ONE):
      Who is your project aimed at?  Please select the single option that best represents who will primarily benefit from your project.
        Supporting Documents
        This can be a copy of the audited accounts, an income and expenditure statement or a copy of the unaudited management accounts.
        You can upload up to 5 additional documents, including documents or quotes that may support your application (if any)
        Declaration
        Personal information collected through this application will be used to assess your grant application and will be handled in accordance with the Privacy Act 2020 and Selwyn District Council’s Privacy Policy.
        I declare that the information provided in this form is correct and that I’ll notify the Selwyn District Council of any changes. * I agree that if the application is successful:

        - The grant will be used for the purpose specified in this application.

        - The organisation name and/or applicant name, project name and amount of funding applied for and received will be publicly disclosed by the Selwyn District Council in Assessment Panel Meeting Agendas, Minutes, and on the Council website to ensure transparency.   

        - I/my organisation will provide a report on how the grant was used as soon as it is spent and in no circumstances later than one year of receiving the grant.

        - I acknowledge that any overdue reports from my organisation may affect the outcome of future funding applications.

        -I/my organisation acknowledges that funding is provided in accordance with the Selwyn District Council Community Grant Policy, and I agree to comply with it.