Tourism Events Grant Funding Program

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Tourism Events Grant Funding Program

Council offers a series of Tourism Events Grants to support event organisers in developing, promoting and executing events which contribute to growing tourism in the St George Region. 

Tourism Events are an important and growing part of our local economy and add to the vibrancy of our region. Council's Tourism Events Grants provide funding for events which attract - have the potential to attract - a significant number of visitors to the Balonne Shire. 

Priority will be given to events which increase visitation to the Balonne Shire, generate positive media coverage, and stimulate the local economy. 

Annual Rounds

Applications for annual funding rounds will open as follows:

Round Opens Closes Outcomes

1

1 March 1 April May
2 1 August 1 September October
3 1 November 1 December January

IMPORTANT: All event applications must be submitted a minimum of six (6) months before the event occurs. 

Funding Categories

  • Criteria

    • Generates in excess of $600,000 economic impact;

    OR

    • Attracts in excess of 3000 unique attendees with substantial visitor numbers from outside the Shire.

    • High state and national media profile

    Amount

    Up to $10,000 (including in-kind support)

  • Criteria

    • Generates in excess of $350,000 economic impact;

    OR

    • Attracts in excess of 2000 unique attendees with substantial visitor numbers from outside the Shire.

    • High state and national media profile

    Amount

    Up to $7000 (including in-kind support)

  • Criteria

    • Evidence of capacity to generate in excess of $200,000 economic impact for the Shire; OR

    • Event attracts between 1000-2000 attendees with sizeable visitor numbers from outside the Shire as supported by Validated Evidence.

    • High media profile outside of the Shire.

    Amount

    Up to $5,000 

  • Criteria

    • Evidence of capacity to generate in excess of $100,000 economic impact for the Shire.
    • Favourable regional media coverage.

    Amount

    Up to $4,000

  • Criteria

    • Application must be from a reputable and experienced event organiser/organisation

    • Evidence of strong project planning must accompany the application

    • The event must have a strong tourism focus, funding not sought for community event grant

    Amount

    Up to $3000 (including in-kind support)

Assessment

The assessment process is competitive; applications will be assessed on merit against the selection criteria outlined in the funding policy.

For further information please phone Council: 07 4620 8888.