DH maintenance grant

Application for a DH maintenance grant

Applications for each financial year assessed twice a year in March and September.  Notification of the outcome of each assessment period will be provided in April and October.

Applications should include two quotes (GST inclusive) for the proposed expenditure and photos of the relevant area before work commences.  If a trust is unable to obtain two quotes, a written explanation outlining why this is not possible must be submitted with the application.

Additionally, trusts need to have submitted all due Abstracts of Accounts and have a suitable scale of fees.
All requests will be assessed on the basis of the likely benefit it would bring to the cemetery and the total grant money available for the current year.

The Cemeteries and Crematoria Program will provide written acknowledgement of receipt of grant applications and the outcome of all applications following completion of the process.

Declined applications will need to be resubmitted to update submission information and quotes.

Examples of Suitable Maintenance Grants Requests

Note that grants are only intended for small cemetery trusts with minimal and/or insufficient funds for the required expenditure.

Partial maintenance grants

Occasionally, the department is unable to grant the full amount requested in an application.  In this instance, the amount of the total funds available is limited, and the need to prioritise the allocations according to trust needs and resources may lead to a trust being allocated a partial maintenance grant.

Trusts that are provided with partial grants are expected to draw upon their own funds to complete the proposed works.  Top up grants will not be provided for the same maintenance project in subsequent years.

Direct deposit form

If a maintenance grant application is approved, the funds will be deposited into a nominated cemetery trust bank account.  The Details for the Electronic Transfer of Payments form must be completed with the application and sent to the address specified on the form.

Financial reporting and maintenance grants

Any grant money transferred to a trust must appear in the following year’s Abstract of Accounts income and expenditure form.

Downloads

Application for a DH maintenance grant (110kb, MS Word)

Application for a DH maintenance grant (44kb, pdf)

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