Meeting papers

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING                                                   13 NOVEMBER 2023


6.6     REGIONAL ARTS DEVELOPMENT FUND (RADF) - GRANT RECOMMENDATIONS
        ROUND 20, 2023/24



Author           Arts and Culture Manager, Paul Brinkman
                 Community Services Department
Index            ECM/Topic/26.31 Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) 2022 - Ongoing
Attachments       1.   Attachment 1 - Recommendations - Round 20 RADF


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) supports cultural activity through the professional
development and employment of arts and cultural workers in regional Queensland. RADF is a
partnership between State Government, through Arts Queensland and Noosa Council.

This report relates to recommendations from the RADF Committee for awarding grants in round 20.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Arts and Culture Manager to the General Committee Meeting
dated 13 November 2023 regarding applications to the Regional Arts Development Fund Round 20,
2023/24 and approve the recommendations of the Assessment Committee as outlined in Attachment
1 to the report.


REPORT
The Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) supports cultural activity through the professional
development and employment of arts and cultural workers in regional Queensland. RADF is a
partnership between State Government, through Arts Queensland and Noosa Council.

The RADF Committee is chaired by Councillor Karen Finzel and comprises external professional
arts industry representatives with Council officers in supporting roles.

This report covers RADF round 20 which opened on 9 August 2023 and closed on 12 September
2023.

Promotion of this RADF grant round included media releases to newspapers and information was
posted on Council’s website, circulated to Council’s arts database and placed on social media
(Facebook).

Support to applicants was provided by the Arts and Culture Development Officer, the Community
Development Officer and the Grants Officer. Staff attended face-to-face meetings with individual
applicants and responded to telephone enquiries and emails.

As per the Community Grants Policy, all RADF applicants were required to speak to a grants officer
to discuss their project and gain support through the application process.

Assessment

On 26 October 2023, all applications received were assessed by the RADF Committee against the
following generic RADF assessment criteria:




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