City of Ballarat Council has announced it will deliver more than $900,000 in partnership funding in the 2023/24 financial year after finalising the grants recipients this week.
Twelve organisations will receive funding, with more than $2 million over the next three financial years to be delivered through the approved partnerships.
The City Partnerships Program was established to facilitate partnership agreements with organisations or businesses that help fund projects or programs that deliver on Council-identified priorities.
Mayor, Des Hudson said the awarding of the partnership funding was a fantastic way to help the Ballarat community, while at the same time delivering the goals as outlined in the City of Ballarat’s Council Plan 2021-2025.
“The successful partnerships will provide an enormous benefit to the City of Ballarat and the organisations themselves are all integral in serving the City,” Mayor Hudson said.
“We are proud to be able to provide the funding to see them thrive but to also help us deliver our goals that we set out as a Council.
“There were a lot of extremely worthy applications and although we are not able to fund them all, we thank everybody who made submissions.”
There are two streams of partnership available as part of the City Partnerships Program; Community stream and Commercial stream.
For recipients of multi-year funding agreements, submitters will initially receive their first year of funding and will only receive further payments once they provide documented evidence of how they have met agreed key milestones.
The partnership process was determined by the City Partnerships Delegated Committee in accordance with adopted policy for the program, and the minutes from the City Partnerships Committee meeting will formally be included in the agenda at the July Council Meeting.
The successful partnership applications were as follows:
COMMUNITY STREAM | |
Ballarat Athletic Club Inc. | $63,050 over 3 years from 2023/24. $20,000 in 2023/24, $21,000 in 2024/25 and $22,050 in 2025/26. |
Ballarat Bridge Mall Business Association Inc | $70,000 in 2023/24 only. |
Ballarat Carols by Candlelight | $90,000 over 3 years from 2023/24. $30,000 each year. |
Committee for Ballarat | $20,000 in 2023/24 only. |
Rotary Club of Ballarat South | $120,000 over 3 years from 2023/24 to 2025/26. $40,000 each year. |
Western United Football Club | $140,000 over 2 years from 2023/24 to 2024/25. $70,000 each year. |
WestVic Academy of Sport | $90,000 over 3 years from 2023/24 to 2025/26. $30,000 each year. |
COMMERCIAL STREAM | |
Ballarat Agricultural and Pastoral Society | $100,000 in 2023/24 only. |
Ballarat Basketball | $300,000 over 3 years from 2023/24 to 2025/26. $100,000 per year. |
Ballarat Evolve Creative Industries | $75,000 over 3 years from 2023/24 to 2025/26. $25,000 per year. |
Royal South Street Society | $349,528 over 3 years from 2023/24 to 2025/26. $164,074 in 2023/24, $92,727 in 2024/25 and $92,727 in 2025/26. |
Sovereign Hill Museums Association | $600,000 over 3 years from 2023/24 to 2025/26. $250,000 in 2023/24, $200,000 in 2024/25 and $150,000 in 2025/26. |