Propose a Project
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST NOW OPEN
Renew Newcastle has ramped up its search for new properties to bring on to the initiative, and has properties becoming available in early 2012. We are now accepting Project Proposals from people who have ideas of how to activate the city through their arts, creative or community project.
Application period: 20 December 2011 – 31 January 2012.
Deadline: for proposals & receipt of Support Materials: 31 January 2012
Meet to discuss:Appointments are taking place 11-30 January 2012. (Update 27.1.12: Unfortunately all available appointment times are now booked out. At this stage we advise you to submit your application without a pre-lodgement meeting and we will contact you after the application deadline to make a time to discuss the application you have submitted)
We are especially interested in hearing from people with projects which:
-will suit the scale of larger retail spaces (think sculpture, furniture, contemporary art)
-have a distinct flavour which is different to the retail we are already doing (see current Projects)
-are destinational or specialised retail or gallery (not dependent on walk-by traffic)
-bring teams or clusters of creative professionals or artisans together in co-located working environments
-can be co-located (willingness to share space)
GENERAL PROPOSAL GUIDELINES
Renew Newcastle is open to artists, artisans, craftspeople, creative enterprises or community groups with ideas for projects that could take place in vacant shop fronts and commercial spaces in Newcastle’s CBD.
Please make sure you take the time to think through your ideas before putting a proposal to us. We are not in a position to help you to come up with ideas only to help make them happen!
NB Renew Newcastle manages the Proposal process but it is the Property owners who will make the final decision about what types of projects they want to take place in their premises.
DISCUSS YOUR IDEA WITH US
Update 27.1.12: Unfortunately all the available appointment times to discuss your ideas before you submit a proposal are now booked out. At this stage we advise you to submit your application without a pre-lodgement meeting and we will contact you after the application deadline to make a time to discuss the application you have submitted.
How to Apply
Please read the Renew Newcastle FAQ section thoroughly before submitting your Expression of Interest.
1.SUBMIT AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST USING THE ONLINE FORM
CLICK HERE to go to the Application Form which is online only. Your answers will be logged directly into our database.
2.SEND US YOUR SUPPORT MATERIALS
Download the info sheet on Support Materials and how to submit them
Assessing your EOI
At the end of the Application Period, when we have received both your EoI and Support Materials we will make a Preliminary Assessment – to let you know if your project is suitable for the Renew Newcastle initiative.
We don’t decide on “successful” or “unsuccessful” projects at this stage – we can’t do that until there is an opportunity for a space, after we have fully assessed your EoI and have interviewed you.
But, there may be reasons why your project proposal isn’t eligible for Renew Newcastle – we will advise you if this is the case in the Preliminary Assessment.
If your project proposal is eligible for the initiative we will keep you on the EoI database and will get in touch should an opportunity for space arise.
At a later stage you may be invited for an interview to discuss your project in more detail. At a later stage you may need to provide more information or we may need to clarify some aspects of your proposal.
Unfortunately, we don’t have the resources to meet with every applicant to discuss their Expression of Interest, until potential opportunities arise. However, if you have questions which aren’t answered on the website, please do get in touch by email to application@renewnewcastle.org or phone Marni 0434 637 897.
3.APPLICATION INTERVIEWS
As properties become available, we will review our EoI database and assess projects that are suitable for those properties. It is at this stage that we will select the project proposals that are the best project fit for the property.
Some time may have passed since your Expression of Interest – we will contact you to see if you are still wanting to be considered, consider any changes to your Expression of Interest, and invite suitable Applicants to interview.
To understand how Renew Newcastle selects projects, read the FAQ’s.
The interview is to meet with you and discuss your project in more detail. The interview helps us guage suitability for the initiative. We may advise on ways that the project will need to be developed or shaped in order to be eligible for the initiative.
4.SHORTLIST
After all interviews and assesment for that property opportunity we will advise if we are including your project proposal in the Shortlist to the Property Owner.
We submit a shortlist of recommended projects to the Property Owner and they select the project which they would like to see happen in their property.
Information for Previous Applicants
Renew Newcastle has received hundreds of applications from creative Novocastrians over the past 3 years. So far we have been successful in placing more than 70 projects in over 40 properties, but we receive far more applications than we have space available to the initiative.
There are many great project ideas and project applicants that we have not been able to work with simply because we haven’t got access to enough properties (yet).
If you are a previous applicant who is eligible for the Renew Newcastle initiative and you are still interested in pursuing your project, then we encourage you to refresh your application to us.
As some time has passed since your last application, your ideas or circumstances may have changed. We need to know if your proposal is still current, if you are still interested in participating or if you have a new venture. Please CLICK HERE to go to the Application Form which is online only. Your answers will be logged directly into our database.
