Placemaking Grant (Community Project)

Placemaking is about creating great places that people love. This might be through how they look or how they are used. It is about strengthening the connection between people and the places we share, and creating public spaces where we feel welcome (and want to return to). Most importantly, it puts people first. If you have a great idea for your community, we want to hear from you.

Placemaking Grant Objectives

To facilitate innovative community-led projects that develop and strengthen community identity and nurture a sense of belonging by creating great public spaces. These small incentive grants provide the community with the opportunity to lead the change they want to see in their neighbourhood.

The Placemaking Grant aims to:

• Provide funding support to enable the community to participate in, and feel ownership for community projects;
• Encourage community-led projects to enable local residents/groups to work together on a shared vision for their neighbourhood, developing a sense of pride by delivering improvements that benefit everyone.

The Placemaking Grant supports community-led projects, activations and installations that employ a Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper approach to:

• Activate public spaces;
• Create entertaining, engaging and inclusive town centres;
• Enhance streetscapes and/or improve walkability;
• Encourage/increase participation in community life and social inclusion;
• Increase skills, knowledge and leadership capability within the community;  
• Celebrate and connect the community; and
• Create or foster the distinctive character of the place.

View the City's Community Grants and Funding Guidelines.

Example projects

Activities which support the City’s Place Plans including:

• small-scale greening projects (verge plantings/ gardens)
• small-scale arts,
• cultural initiatives,
• little libraries,
• long-table community lunches/dinners,
• small-scale beautification projects, or
• other creative activities or initiatives.

What funding is available?

Up to $1000 per project.

Who can apply?

• Community groups and organisations must be Kwinana based;
• School P&F Associations, Resident Groups/ Associations, Town Teams;
• Individuals who can demonstrate that there is broader community support for the project;
• Local Kwinana based business’ whose projects will be delivered in a public space  to the benefit of the broader community; and
• The project can be a partnership between two or more community groups. Joint projects are encouraged.

When can I apply?

Open all year round (or until the annual funding allocation is exhausted).

Applications will take four weeks for assessment and notification of outcomes from the date of submission or round closing.

Submit your application via the City's Smarty Grants portal.

Additional information

The City may request that the applicant submit quotations relating to the project.

As a part of the applicant process, the City will determine if public liability insurance is required based on the nature/level of risk associated with the project.