$300,000 extra funding for regional events, Grylls
Author: Brendon Grylls
Published on: 28-September-2011
The State Government today announced a one-off extraordinary round of funding of up to $300,000 for Eventscorp’s Regional Events Scheme (RES).
Tourism Minister Kim Hames said the funding was available for smaller and developing events to be held in the 2012 calendar year, thanks to Royalties for Regions.
“RES is administered by Eventscorp and supports a range of regional events across the State to attract visitors, add vibrancy to regional areas and increase the host town’s profile through media exposure,” Dr Hames said.
The RES funding was doubled in the 2011-12 State Budget to $600,000.
Regional Development Minister Brendon Grylls said the extraordinary one-off RES round was offered due to the high level of interest from event organisers for regional event funding.
“The 2011-12 RES funding resulted in 39 events being supported, including 20 which were funded for the first time,” Mr Grylls said.
Applications for the one-off extraordinary round close on October 26, 2011 at 4pm.
The one-off round is only available for events not currently funded by RES. The extraordinary one-off round will not replace the regular RES round, which will open in November 2011 and close mid-February 2012 for events that fall between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013.
In addition to RES, the Regional Events Program, which is funded by Royalties for Regions, is also available for larger or major regional events, where the event holders are seeking funding of more than $50,000
