Funding to conserve and promote the heritage of the ACT

Your application will be assessed against the assessment criteria in the grant guidelines.

The assessment panel is made up of people with broad experience and qualifications covering:

• architecture
• archaeology
• natural and built conservation
• community engagement
• Aboriginal cultural heritage management.

You'll need to sign a Deed of Grant with the ACT Government.

The Deed of Grant will include details on:

• the agreed project
• the grant amount
• the term of your project
• how to report on your project and expend the funds
• how to acquit your grant when you have completed the project.

• St John’s Anglican Church, Conserving St John’s exterior stone fabric - $17,947
• The Canberra Raiders, Celebrating 100 years of Northbourne Oval - $21,030
• St Paul’s Anglican Church Manuka, Refurbishment of western doors at St Paul’s - $8,686
• St Ninian’s Uniting Church, Gutter remediation on an old stone church - $3,525
• St Joseph’s Catholic Church, Door conservation - $32,850
• St Christopher’s Cathedral Manuka, Digitisation of St Christopher’s Cathedral Manuka records - $2,288
• National Parks Association ACT, Protecting rock art sites in Namadgi National Park - $17,151
• University of Canberra, Exploring community awareness and engagement activities with ACT cultural heritage places using an AI-based storytelling approach - $42,123
• Engineers Australia ACT, Recognition of Canberra’s initial outfall sewer - $3,850
• Hyatt Hotel Canberra, Conservation Management Plan renewal - $24,635
• ACT Writers Centre, She writes history - $16,054
• ACT Hub, Centenary celebration of the Causeway Hall - $2,752
• Anne McGrath, Essential conservation works at Majura House - $20,212

• Canberra and District Historical Society, Digitisation of Limestone Plains photographs – $780
• Canberra Baptist Church, Conservation management plan – $15,525
• Cuppacumbalong, Roof and guttering conservation works – $63,500
• Free Serbian Orthodox Church St George, Mural restoration works – $9,500
• Hall Heritage Centre, Lyall Gillespie and the story of Ginninderra (publication reprint) – $3,225
• Nick Swain, A History of the Mugga Lane area (publication) – $5,040
• Theatre Organ Society of Australia (ACT), Compton Organ, Albert Hall, Maintenance refurbishment – $4,680
• Tidbinbilla Pioneers Association, Oral histories in the modern era – $22,200
• Tidbinbilla Pioneers Association, Rock Valley conservation works – $17,000
• Trevor Lipsocombe, Griffin Weston Forest Trail guidebook – $2,500
• University of Canberra, A City by Design (exhibition and publication) – $32,500
• Woodlands and Wetlands Trust, Canberra Tracks Geo Heritage Trail at Mulligans Flat – $20,200
• Yarralumla Residents Association, Discovering and Valuing Yarralumla’s Heritage – $9,850

Applications must meet the funding priorities of the ACT Heritage Grants Program and have demonstrated urgency that precludes it from the annual ACT Heritage Grants Program.

Funding is provided for projects that:

1. protect and conserve heritage places and objects under threat of imminent destruction
2. respond to unforeseen events such as urgent repairs and/or conservation works
3. focus on age and infirmity such as oral histories that capture important aspects of Canberra’s heritage.

Applications for the Emergency Fund are considered on a case-by-case basis, separate to the Heritage Grants Program’s main schedule.

Contact heritage.engagement@act.gov.au for more information.

Free heritage and architectural advice is available for owners and prospective purchasers of registered buildings and places, including those within a heritage precinct. The Heritage Advisory Service provides one free hour for guidance on works, alternations and additions, including renovating or extending a heritage place.

Contact heritage.engagement@act.gov.au for more information.