Whitehorse Recovery Grant - Community

IMPORTANT: Please read information below to assist you in completing your application online.

Applications for this grant will close at 12.00 pm (noon) on Friday 24th July. 

BEFORE YOU BEGIN - CHECK YOUR ELIGIBILITY

Essential Criteria:

• Be registered as a Not-for-Profit organisation and/or Incorporated association (or be auspiced by an appropriate organisation that meets this criteria.) who has operated for 12 months or more.
• Be based within the City of Whitehorse and all activities, programs, projects, services and events must be held within the City of Whitehorse.
• Have a majority of Whitehorse residents as members/ participants/beneficiaries.
• Have a min $20million Public Liability Insurance and provide an up to date certificate of currency.
• Provide a financial report (not a bank statement)
• Demonstrate the financial impact of COVID-19 on the organisation (genuine financial need)
• Demonstrate that what you are applying for is sustainable into the future and will not rely on ongoing funding from Council.
• Programs, services, projects, initiatives and activities must not have commenced prior to this Grant payment, and must be completed by end of the financial year in which funding is allocated.
• While salaries are not funded under the grants program, a small amount of funding can be sought under the stream(s) to coordinate the implementation of initiatives.

For further clarification, click here please click here to view the guidelines. 

Navigating the Application Form

• On every screen (page of the form) you will find a Form Navigation contents box, this links directly to every page of the application. Click the link to jump directly to the page you want.
• You can also click 'next page' or 'previous page' on the top or bottom of each page to move forward or backward through the application.

Saving Your Draft Application

• If you wish to leave a partially completed application, press 'save and close' and log out. When you log back in, click on ‘my submissions’ at the top of the screen to find your form. 
• You can also download any application, whether draft or completed, as a PDF. Click on the 'Download PDF' button located at the bottom of the last page of the application form.

Submitting Your Application

• Review your information. You will not be able to submit until all the compulsory questions are completed.
• Press ‘submit’ once you have reviewed and you are happy with your information.  Once you have submitted, no further editing or uploading of support materials is possible.
• You will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your submitted information.  This will be sent to the email you used to register
• If you do not receive a confirmation email then your form has not been received and you may not have pressed the ‘submit’ button. Check spam or junk folder.

Attachments and Support Documents

• You will need to upload/submit attachments to support your application. This is very simple, but requires you to have the documents saved on your computer, or on a storage device.  We encourage you to preview the form and ensure you have all required documentation saved to your computer so that it can easily be uploaded. 
• You need to allow enough time for each file to upload before trying to attach another file. Files can be up to 25MB each; however, we do recommend trying to keep files to a maximum of 5MB – the larger the file, the longer the upload time.

If you need to speak with the Community Grants and Participation Officer you can email grants@whitehorse.vic.gov.au and quote your submission number. Alternatively you can call  0477 320 873 between 9.30am and 3.30pm. 

If you need more help using this form, download the Help Guide for Applicants or check out Applicant Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)