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Creative Recovery is a framework and a process of connecting and embedding creative approaches within the disaster recovery activities of the broader community, particularly with local decision-making in collaboration with community members, community organisations and private industry. When implemented, this approach creates more effective opportunities for sustainable delivery and community support.
Courtesy of the Creative Recovery Network
Gympie Regional Council recognises Creative Recovery as an essential tool in disaster preparation and recovery. In 2024 council’s Community Recovery and Resilience, Community Development, and Arts and Cultural teams are collaborating to deliver a new Creative Recovery Mentoring Program designed to equip local creatives with creative recovery skills, community connections, and funding to develop and implement effective and meaningful creative recovery projects.
Up to four creatives will receive a stipend of $1,500 to participate in training and mentorship and develop their creative recovery project to a “shovel-ready” point, ready to implement or submit for grants.
Up to two projects developed through the Creative Recovery training and mentoring program will be selected for implementation, and the artists paid seed funding of $8,000.
These projects may be proposed in any relevant artform, but must be based in or provide direct benefit to the Gympie Region, and have Creative Recovery outcomes.
This program is intended to equip local creatives with creative recovery skills, community connections, project planning skills, and funding to develop and implement effective and meaningful creative recovery projects, secure further grant funding, and bring the benefits of creative recovery to the Gympie Region.
Expressions of Interest have now closed.
How to apply
- Attend the Creative Recovery Forum
Attend the Creative Recovery Forum on 21 February 2024 to learn more about the creative recovery framework and connect with community groups and creative recovery experts. Attendees will be provided with the link to the online Expression of Interest form.
- Submit your Expression of Interest for the Creative Recovery Mentorship Program
Submit your expression of interest to participate in the training and mentorship program by completing the online form. Your expression of interest should also include:
- Your current CV (no more than 2 pages), demonstrating your capacity to deliver a project;
- A Certificate of Currency for Public Liability Insurance
Selection of successful candidates will be made by an external panel, based on the submitted Expression of Interest, and your demonstrated capacity.
How it works
- Creative Recovery Mentorship and Training
Successful applicants will participate in a series of training and mentoring sessions to develop Creative Recovery skills, including but not limited to:
- Creative Recovery
- Accidental counselling/Psychological First Aid
- Arts Based Therapy
- Grant writing and Project planning.
Note: The training schedule will be provided with the Letter of Agreement to successful applicants.
- Development of Creative Recovery Projects
Through a series of one-on-one mentoring clinics, you will be mentored to develop a project plan that is ready for implementation including sourcing funding and support. You are encouraged to work with other participants to develop collaborative projects, to maximise resources and in-kind support.
- Creative Recovery Project Pitch and Co-Design Workshops Saturday 1 June
Pitch your project to a panel comprising council staff and creative recovery experts, then participate in a Co-design Workshop to incorporate the panel’s feedback and workshop your project with your cohort and council staff.
- Submit your final project plan by Sunday 16 June
Following the Co-Design workshop, you will have two weeks to refine and submit your final project plan. Based on the submitted final project plan, up to two projects will be selected for implementation, and the artists paid seed funding of $8,000 to help carry out their project. Up to two artists may collaborate on a single project in order to maximise resources.
Note: The seed funding may not cover all project costs, and artists are expected to source other funding to cover remaining costs.
To find out more, please read the Creative Recovery Mentoring Program Expression of Interest Fact Sheet or email the Arts and Cultural Development Officer at radf@gympie.qld.gov.au
