Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF)
Grant Assessment Criteria
All applications are assessed by a RADF Assessment Panel against the below four equally weighted criteria. The indicators listed are a sample of the types of evidence needed to achieve each criterion:
Quality
• Produces or contributes to high quality arts and cultural initiatives for local communities
• Proven capacity to effectively support and deliver arts and cultural services
Reach
• Provides access to, and engagement in, arts and culture for diverse communities, practitioners, participants and audiences
• Evidence of local demand for proposed program/s
• Demonstrates community and stakeholder involvement in RADF priority setting, decision making and evaluation
Impact
• Demonstrates cultural, artistic, social or economic returns on investment
• Supports one or more of the Queensland Government objectives for the community including safeguarding our health, supporting jobs, backing small business, making it for Queensland, building Queensland, growing our regions, investing in skills, backing our frontline services, protecting the environment
Viability
Evidence of good planning for strong governance and management of RADF at a local level
Evidence of partnership capacity with partners including business and government