Local Community Support Grant 2026/27

IMPORTANT: Please read the information below to assist you in completing your submission.

This application form is for community organisations applying to these 2026/27 Local Community Support Grant rounds only:  

• Round 1 - closes 31 July 2026
• Round 2 - closes 30 September 2026
• Round 3 - closes 31 January 2027
• Round 4 - closes 30 April 2027

Eligible applications will progress to assessment when submitted by midnight on the round closing dates above. Notification of the assessment outcome will be advised via email approximately 6 weeks after these dates. Applications not submitted by the final 2026/27 closing date will be invalid.

You will need to refer to the Community Grants Program Guidelines while completing this form.

City of Moreton Bay cannot accept applications from organisations that have overdue acquittals or debts with Council. Before continuing this application, it is important to check your organisation's SmartyGrants User Account, and any other SmartyGrants accounts connected with your organisation, to ensure there are no overdue acquittals.

Supporting documents needed for this application (further details about each of these is in the application from):

• Quotes for expenditure items. Must be provided by a supplier that can issue a receipt for their goods/ services.
• Letter of support from the auspice organisation (for auspiced applications). Please use this template.
• Letter of landowner's consent for facility improvement projects;
  • For Council lessees this is an Improvement Works Application (IWA) consent letter*; 
  • For all other applicants this must be a written letter from the landowner confirming consent for the project.
• Council Public Space Permit (for public events on private or public land) - if required by Council.
• Council approval letter (for native vegetation or wildlife habitat projects on Council land).
• Letters of support (optional). Written testimonials that provide support to the proposed project. Must be dated and include the contact details of the author.

* Note: For facility planning projects only, an Improvement Works Application consent letter is NOT required. For more information visit City of Moreton Bay Community Leasing.

Supporting documents: These will need to be saved on your computer, or storage device before uploading to the form. Please ensure they are clearly labelled with "Document name - Organisation name". For example: Audited Financials - Lawnton Jive Assoc. Files can be up to 25MB each, however we recommend keeping them under 5MB – the larger the file, the longer the upload time. When uploading multiple documents, wait for each file to upload before trying to attach another file.

Navigating through the form

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Please ensure you save your form as you go.

Saving a draft

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If you wish to leave a partially completed form, click 'Save and Close' and log out.

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You can also download any form, whether draft or completed, as a PDF. In the ‘My Submissions’ area of your account click on the submission number, then click the red PDF icon beside the form you want to download or, while filling out the form, click on the ‘Download PDF' button located at the top and bottom of the last page (’Review and Submit').

Submitting your form

You will find a Review and Submit page listed at the bottom of the Form Navigation panel. You need to review your form before you can submit it. You will not be able to submit your form until all the required fields are completed and there are no validation errors.

Once you have reviewed your form and corrected any errors you can submit it by clicking on the Submit button at the top or bottom of the screen.

Once you have submitted your form no further editing or uploading of supporting documents is possible.

When you have successfully submitted your form you will see a confirmation page, and you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your submitted form attached. This will be sent to the email address you use to login, or the owner of the submission if you are collaborating on the form.

If you don't see a confirmation page or receive a confirmation email then you should presume that your form has NOT been submitted.

Hint: also check the email hasn't landed in your spam or junk email folder.

You can return to the My Submissions page of your account to view the submission status of the form.

Collaborating on your submission

A number of people can collaborate on a submission as long as

1. you have created a SmartyFile Organisation and
2. only one person is working on the form at a time.

Ensure you save as you go.

Session time-out warning

For security reasons, your login session will expire after 20 minutes of inactivity. Saving your form or navigating to another page resets the timer.

You’ll be prompted 90 seconds before your session expires, with the option to extend your session or log out. If you don’t respond to the prompt in time, your form will be automatically saved before your session ends.

Even so, we recommend saving your form regularly – especially when working on longer responses – to avoid losing any work.