Arts and Culture Grants
The Friendship by PYT- Fairfield. Creative Communities Grant recipient 2024 photo by Tammy Dang
Arts and Culture Grant – Open: 1 September 2025 Close: 1 October 2025 1:00PM
The Arts and Culture Grant is for not-for-profit groups and organisations who can apply for up to $4,000. The grant is open to groups working in all art forms, including film, visual art, music, literature, dance, theatre, digital and multi-disciplinary arts. The grant is focused on assisting emerging and professional artists and organisations to develop and produce work relevant to Fairfield City.
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Creative Communities Grant – Opens March 2026
One-off grants of $6,000 are available to not-for-profit groups and organisations to support creative projects that empower communities to voice important issues, while further developing cultural knowledge and artistic skills.
2025 Creative Communities Grant recipients in the table below
| Title |
Organisation |
Description |
Funded Amount |
| Home |
PYT Fairfield |
Young people create a theatre work that explores the challenges young people face with employment and living in Western Sydney. |
$6,000.00 |
| Cultural Enrichment for Children with Disability |
Special Children Services Centre Inc. |
Lion dance workshops for children with disability. |
$5,000.00 |
| Voices in Ink |
Cass Care Limited |
Vietnamese calligraphy for cultural and social connection. |
$6,000.00 |
| Hailstones Fell Without Rain |
Sweetshop Literacy Movement |
Development program for local South American writing |
$6,000.00 |
| Dancing with the Roots |
Black Feature Circle |
Intergenerational dance project. |
$6,000.00 |
| Youth Art Workshops |
Dai Cultural Association |
Creative workshops aimed at engaging recently arrived youth. |
$6,000.00 |
| Burgeoning Words |
Think & DO Tank Foundation Limited |
A literary program to cultivate engagement with diverse literatures through a bilingual book club. |
$6,000.00 |
Please see video case study examples of past Creative Communities Grant projects below.
Other funding sources for artists/cultural workers and organisation
Create NSW is the NSW government arts and culture driver
Creative Australia is the national funding and advocacy organisation for the arts
Screen NSW is the NSW government organisation for support and funding to the screen sector
Community Connective is a not-for-profit sector resource for Western Sydney
Australian Cultural Diplomacy Grants Program is a federal government program supporting creative excellence
Multicultural NSW Stronger Together Program supports multicultural projects across NSW