Councillor Discretionary Funds 2025/2026

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1. Councillor's Discretionary Funding Application

* indicates a required field.

Before you continue:

You will need to fully understand the guidelines for the Councillor Discretionary Funds to make sure your organisation's application has the best chance of getting funded.

Please review the Councillor Discretionary Funds Guidelines on the Community Funding and Support website before commencing your application. You may also like to look at the resources 'Grant Writing Tips'  and 'Sample Budget Fact Sheet' available on Council's Funding and Support webpage. 

1.1 Is the applicant a Not-for-Profit organisation / Group / Club or Registered Charity (includes Churches and School P&Cs) * Required

This section is not applicable because of your response to question: "1.1 Is the applicant a Not-for-Profit organisation / Group / Club or Registered Charity (includes Churches and School P&Cs)" on page 1

As you answered No to Q1.1 - your organisation is INELIGIBLE for funding.

Please contact the Community Funding and Support Team at communityfunding@ipswich.qld.gov.au or phone (07) 3810 6648 to discuss further.

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Please use your organisation's full name. Check your spelling and make sure you provide the same name that is listed in official documentation such as with the Australian Business Register, Australian Charities and Not-For-Profit Commission or Australian Tax Office.

2. Project Details (Not Applicable)

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Provide the title for your project/event. Your title should be short but descriptive.

TELL US ABOUT YOUR PROJECT

  • What will you do and what activities are involved?
  • Who will be involved?
Please include details of what you will do (i.e. what activities are involved), and the outcomes you expect your project to achieve. Go to the Funding Centre's Answers Bank at https://explore.fundingcentre.com.au/help-sheets/answersbank if you need some ideas about how to frame your response.
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    2.3 Is your project a facility upgrade? * Required
    Response required.
    You can select items from any column – all have equal value. Only select sub-categories if you want to be more specific.
    Select a category or child-category.

    No more than 3 choices may be selected. You can select items from any area of the list – all have equal value. Only select sub-categories if you want to be more specific. In this question we want to know about the field of work (e.g. arts, sport, health), rather than the types of people it will affect (e.g. young people, refugees)
    You can select items from any column – all have equal value. Only select sub-categories if you want to be more specific.
    Select a category or child-category.

    No more than 3 choices may be selected. Please choose only the group/s that are at the very core of this project/program
    Must be a number. 
    2.7 Which key theme/s of Council's strategic plan, iFuture, does your project align to? * Required
    Response required.
    Clear the selected value for 2.7 Which key theme/s of Council's strategic plan, iFuture, does your project align to?

    Tick as many as applicable. Please refer to the iFuture : Corparate Plan for more information on the key themes.

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    2.8 Project Dates

    Projects must not start until after funding has been approved.

    If funding is approved, the project must be completed within 12 months of the funding approval date.

    The funding approval date will generally occur within four (4) weeks of the application submission date.

    If your project is an event, this is the date of your event or the first day of your event if being held over more than 1 day.
    If your project is an event, this is the date of your event or the last day of your event if being held over more than 1 day. If successful, an Acquittal will be due one month after this date (but no later than 12 months from the funding approval date)

    This section is not applicable because of your response to question: "1.1 Is the applicant a Not-for-Profit organisation / Group / Club or Registered Charity (includes Churches and School P&Cs)" on page 1

    If purchasing equipment, where will the equipment be stored?
    2.10 Which Council Division will the project be held in? * Required
    Response required.
    If purchasing equipment, where will the equipment be stored? PLEASE NOTE: Projects / Events must be conducted within the Ipswich LGA to be eligible for funding.

    Not sure which division the project will be held in?

    Find out on the Electoral Commission of Queensland website (go to the webpage and type in the event address).

    2.11 Is your project being held in a Council park or property? * Required
    Response required.

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      If you are planning an event in a Council park, reserve or facility you will need to apply for a permit or licence. Some other events may also require an additional permit or licence, e.g a Temporary Entertainment Event Licence (or TEEL). Please refer to permit and licence requirements or contact ICC Applications on 3810 6666 for further assistance.

      Risk Management Form (Not Applicable)

      This section is not applicable because of your response to question: "1.1 Is the applicant a Not-for-Profit organisation / Group / Club or Registered Charity (includes Churches and School P&Cs)" on page 1

      2.13 Do you have a Risk Management Form for your project? * Required
      Response required.

      PLEASE NOTE: You are not required to provide a copy of your Risk Management Form on this application, however you may need to provide one if you are required to apply for any type of Permit or Licence for your project / event.

      Please refer to the following links for information which will assist your organisation to develop a risk management plan, including pre-populated checklists.

      Volunteer Now - Risk Management Templates

      Our Community - Risk Management Help for Not for-Profits