Community War Memorials Fund
Applications to Round 2 of the 2020/21 Community War Memorials Fund are open. Applications will close at 5pm on 11 February 2021.
The NSW Government established the Community War Memorials Fund to help conserve, repair and protect war memorials across NSW. Since the establishment of the program in 2008, grants have been provided for a wide range of projects including conservation assessments, honour roll repair, war memorial cleaning and conservation work, arborist advice for war memorial trees, security measures for memorials, repairs to war memorial halls and improvements to the accessibility of memorials.
Two application rounds are run each year. The rounds open on Anzac Day and Remembrance Day.
Grant applications are assessed by the State War Memorials Committee which is comprised of senior representatives of the Returned and Services League of Australia NSW Branch (RSL NSW) Public Works Advisory, Heritage NSW and the NSW Office for Veterans Affairs.
The below table outlines key dates for the 2020/21 Community War Memorials Fund application rounds.
Round 1 | Round 2 | |
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Applications open |
Anzac Day, 25 April 2020 |
Remembrance Day, 11 November 2020 |
Applications close |
5pm, 27 July 2020 |
5pm, 11 February 2021 |
Approximate date for announcement of outcomes |
October 2020 |
May 2021 |
How to apply
Study the 2020/21 Program Guidelines before completing the online Community War Memorials Fund application at https://veteransnsw.smartygrants.com.au/.
We also recommend you refer to the Caring for our war memorials guide and the Photographing War Memorials guidelines.
If you have any questions, you are welcome to contact the Office for Veterans Affairs.
Community War Memorials Fund Documents
- Community War Memorials Fund 2020/2021 - Program Guidelines PDF
- Caring for our War Memorials Guide
- Guidelines for photographing war memorials
Previous Funding Recipients
- Round 1, Community War Memorials Fund 2020-2021
- Round 2, Community War Memorials Fund 2019-2020
- Round 1, Community War Memorials Fund 2019-2020
- Round 2, Community War Memorials Fund 2018-2019
- Round 1, Community War Memorials Fund 2018-2019
- Round 2, Community War Memorials Fund 2017-2018
Image: Fallen Soldier Memorial in St Mary's Cathedral, photographed by Kerrin Lovell 2018