2021-01-18 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                  18 JANUARY 2021


8    REGIONAL ARTS DEVELOPMENT FUND (RADF) - GRANT RECOMMENDATIONS 2020-
     21
Author           Community Development Manager
                 Community Services Department

Index            ECM/Subject/RADF/2020 -21

Attachments      1.   RADF Recommendations for Funding


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Community Development Manager to the General Committee
Meeting dated 18 January 2021 and approve the Regional Arts Development Fund
recommendations for 2020/21 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 the first RADF grant round for 2020-21 which closed on 23 November 2020.

Promotion
Promotion of this RADF grant round included media releases to newspapers. Additional
information was then 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 get support through the application process.

Assessment
RADF applications were assessed against the following generic RADF assessment criteria:
   Will the project develop the paid artist’s professional life?
   Will the project benefit the community, both directly and indirectly?
   Is the project well planned and achievable?
   Will the project increase the sustainably of quality and diverse creative communities?
They were also assessed against the Noosa RADF Committee’s two priority areas for 2020-21:
   Recovery and Resilience
   Younger and Older
All of the seven successful applications addressed one of these priority areas.


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