Community War Memorials Fund - Round 1 2024/25

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Community War Memorials Fund

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Instructions for Applicants

The Community War Memorials Fund (CWMF) helps to conserve, repair and protect war memorials across NSW to support community commemoration, by funding projects that follow best practice conservation principles and processes. The program is proudly delivered by the NSW Office for Veterans Affairs (OVA).
 
Before starting your application:
  • Read the CWMF 2024/25 Program Guidelines ('Program Guidelines'), which contain important information about the CWMF, including the mandatory eligibility criteria. 
  • Visit the 'Support for applicants' section of the OVA website for helpful tips and guidance, including answers to Frequently Asked Questions about the CWMF and the application form.
  • Obtain your mandatory supporting documents, optional supporting documents, and undertake your stakeholder consultation.
  • Preview the full application form using the ‘Preview’ button in SmartyGrants, to familiarise yourself with the questions and the format. You may also find it useful to prepare your answers in a word processing program first, before completing this form in SmartyGrants.
Important:
  • Incomplete applications and/or applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
  • Applicants must notify the OVA if grant funding is secured from another source, in order to withdraw their application from consideration in this round.

Contact: You can write to OVA about the CWMF by email at veteransgrants@veterans.nsw.gov.au.

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Project categories

Applications to the CWMF must align with and be submitted under one of the below category descriptions:

  • Category A - Engaging heritage or other relevant specialists (such as engineers) to produce reports relating to the repair, protection and/or conservation of existing war memorials.
  • Category B - Physical works relating to the repair, protection and/or conservation of existing war memorials.

Reminder: The CWMF supports projects for existing war memorials. Applications cannot be submitted for the construction of new war memorials.

Heritage and conservation

The CWMF is a conservation-focused grant program. This means funds are awarded for applications that demonstrate work to war memorials will be carried out in accordance with best practice conservation principles and processes. Refer to the 'Heritage and conservation' section of the Program Guidelines for more information.

Applicants are expected to obtain relevant heritage advice for their project before applying to the CWMF or to apply for funding to obtain heritage advice from a qualified specialist.

  • If you are preparing a Category B application and you do not have written or verbal heritage advice, please consider submitting a Category A application to request funding for heritage advice, as a first step.
  • If your war memorial is located on council-owned or managed property, or is listed as a local heritage item, you must consult with council prior to applying to the CWMF. Your local council's heritage advisor may be able to provide heritage advice in these instances.

Funding amounts

The CWMF is valued at $250,000 annually. This amount is split evenly across two application rounds per financial year. The amount available in Round 1, 2024/2025 is $125,000. Refer to the 'Funding amounts' section of the Program Guidelines for more information. 

Eligibility Confirmation

Refer to the Program Guidelines for the mandatory eligibility criteria, including who can apply to the CWMF and what you can apply for. Only eligible applications will progress in the assessment process.

I confirm that the applicant and project is eligible according to the criteria outlined in the Program Guidelines * Required