Flood (and natural disaster) recovery support for the arts and creative sector in the NSW Central West

In 2023 Arts OutWest was given some one-off bonus funds from the NSW Government, some of which we directed to Micro Grants to specifically support flood or other natural disaster impacted* people and organisations in the NSW Central West*.

funding aims

The NSW Government’s Rescue Restart 2023 state-wide funding was focused on AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT. The overall funding is in acknowledgement that post COVID-19 there is a continued impact of audience hesitancy and reduced engagement.  The purpose of the NSW Government’s program was to enable Regional Arts Development Organisations (RADOs, including Arts OutWest) to engage with and develop audiences; and for RADOs to assist regional stakeholders who engage directly with audiences.

Arts outwest’s rescue restart micro grants

Arts OutWest’s approach to the use of this Rescue Restart funding included a portion targeted to support the small-to-medium sector – in particular those directly impacted by floods (or other natural disaster) in our region in the previous 12 months.

We wanted Arts OutWest Rescue Restart Micro Grants to be spent on practical things that that assist flood impacted* arts*, heritage and creative industries practitioners, groups and businesses to re-open doors, restart regular activities, reach new audiences or continue trading as creatives.

Grants were for $1000 each. There was a limit of $20,000 in total funds for this round.

Funding closed Monday 5 June 2023.