Steve Whan
Member for Monaro
MEDIA RELEASE
Applications now open for NSW Heritage Grants
Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Monaro's passionate custodians of our heritage items have a new opportunity to get funding to help preserve, protect and activate heritage across the region.
Member for Monaro, Steve Whan says, "$8.5 million in grants is available over two years to support protecting and celebrating our rich heritage. This is important for Monaro, we have many heritage items in our communities - including the first heritage listed town in NSW at Braidwood.
"We also have wonderful aboriginal cultural heritage, and heritage sites throughout our communities listed on the heritage register. Government grants programs recognise that maintaining heritage sites can be expensive, but it has a broad community benefit."
Funding is available across four key categories:
- $4.5 million for Caring for State Heritage: Grants of up to $300,000 to maintain and preserve state significant heritage items.
- $1 million for Activating State Heritage: A major grant for one project that will revitalise a state significant site, creating new public engagement opportunities.
- $500,000 for Aboriginal Cultural Heritage: Up to $80,000 for works to a declared Aboriginal Place or $30,000 for an Aboriginal Place management document.
- $2.5 million for Local Government Heritage: Local councils can apply for $25,000 to fund local heritage initiatives, helping reconnect communities with their heritage.
Applications are now open and close at 10am on Thursday, 30 January 2025.
Those interested in applying can find out more information, including eligibility criteria and application details on the Heritage NSW website or the NSW Government Grants and Funding Finder.
Steve Whan said, "This increase of $2.5 million in this round of the NSW Heritage Grants demonstrates the Minns Government's commitment to protecting and respecting the shared histories and stories of our state."
