Community Broadcasting Program - Grant Opportunity

Overview

The Community Broadcasting Program (CBP) is a single grant opportunity, for delivery over a minimum of 3 years from the 2025-26 to the 2027-28 financial year (FY) and a maximum delivery of 5 years from 2025-26 to the 2029-30 FY. The purpose of the CBP is to support an innovative and resilient community broadcasting sector. The objective of the CBP is to provide funding to community broadcasters and community broadcasting sector bodies to support a range of activities. This is so they can: ·       contribute to a vibrant and diverse Australian media landscape by helping to ensure a plurality of voices and perspectives that may not be adequately represented in mainstream media ·       create hyperlocal, local and regional content that reflects the interests and needs of communities ·       deliver projects that contribute to the sector’s resilience and innovation ·       develop media skills, such as broadcasting, journalism and technical skills. The intended outcomes of the CBP are to: ·       contribute to media diversity ·       contribute to social cohesion        contribute to an upskilled community media sector..