Heritage Assistance Grants now open

• Council, in conjunction with NSW Heritage, is inviting applications for small grants to assist local property owners to repair and conserve older properties in the Bathurst Region. 

• Owners of heritage items and owners of older properties in the city of Bathurst, the villages, and the rural areas are eligible to apply for funding. 

• This is the 23rd year Council has run this program. In that time Council has provided over $820,000 of funding assistance to over 830 projects with a total value at completion of over $7.4 million. 

• Projects that have been completed under this program have included such works as the reroofing of dwellings, external repainting of buildings, repairing of external timber work and joinery, replacement of gutters and downpipes, provision of ventilation under buildings, repair of verandahs, re-pointing and rebuilding of brick walls and underpinning. 

• The Bathurst Region Heritage Fund is Council’s key program to seek to encourage private property owners to maintain their older buildings for the betterment of the whole community in terms of enhancing the heritage quality of the region and enriching our sense of place. 

• Grants of up to $5000 (but not exceeding 50% of the value of the project) will be offered to successful projects. 

• The minimum value of works for each project application is $3,000.00.

Bathurst CBD Main Street Improvement Fund 2021/2022 

• Council has completed the Bathurst CBD Main Street Study Review. The Study identified opportunities to improve, repair and maintain buildings within the Bathurst CBD.  To support the study Council is inviting applications for small grants to assist local property owners to undertake the recommendations of the study, improve and repair buildings within the Bathurst CBD. 

• This is the 6th year Council has run this program, with a highly successful program run last year. It is anticipated projects eligible for funding will include such works as reinstatement or instatement of verandahs, repairing and/or cleaning brickwork or stonework, repainting of the façade or removal of obtrusive additions or inappropriate signage. 

• The Bathurst Main Street Improvement Fund is aimed at improving, repairing and maintaining buildings within the Bathurst CBD for the betterment of the whole community in terms of enhancing the heritage quality of the region and enriching our sense of place. 

• Grants of up to $10,000 (but not exceeding 50% of the value of the project) will be offered to successful projects.

• The minimum value of works for each project application is $5,000.00.

Bathurst Region Interpretation Fund 2021/2022 

• Council is inviting applications for small grants to assist local property owners, local heritage trusts, organisations or community groups for the preparation of Conservation Management Plans, historic publications and interpretation projects to promote and interpret the region’s history. 

• Owners of heritage items and groups with an interest in Bathurst’s local heritage are encouraged to apply for funding. 

• This is the 11th year Council has run this program. In that time Council has provided over $150,000 of funding assistance to over 75 projects with a total value at completion in excess $600,000. 

• Projects that have been completed under this program have included interpretive brochures on public and private buildings such as Raglan Railway Station and books highlighting the history of Sofala.

• Grants of between $500 and $5000 (but not exceeding 50% of the value of the project) will be offered to successful projects. 

• There is no minimum value of works for each project.