The Heritage Levy Program for 2024 – 2025
The Heritage Levy Program for 2024 to 2025
Council demonstrates its commitment to supporting arts and cultural heritage outcomes through the collection of the Levy, recognising the important role that both sectors and industries play in shaping and influencing our sense of community, belonging, cultural vitality and identity in a time of unprecedented growth and change.
Revenue collected from the Levy is allocated towards the Heritage & Art Levy Programs developed in alignment with their relevant strategies and priorities.
The revenue collected for the Heritage Levy Program budget is aligned to and allocated across the Themes of the Sunshine Coast Heritage Plan 2021 - 2031.
Theme 1 - Knowledge
| Program | Description | Budget |
| Research Projects | Commission experts to undertake research projects to address known gaps in the story of the Sunshine Coast. | $25,000 |
| Regional Digitisation Program | Partnership project with museums, historical societies and Heritage Library to identify and digitise key heritage assets. | $42,500 |
| Arts and Heritage Database | Continued development of an arts and heritage database as a regional management tool and portal for digital access. | $42,500 |
Theme Total Expenditure $110,000
Theme 2 – Conservation
| Program | Description | Budget |
| Heritage Advisory Services | Provide access to expert advice to assist in the practical conservation of heritage assets. | $20,000 |
| Heritage Incentives | Support an incentive scheme and program for the community. | $25,000 |
| Heritage Collection | Implementation of conservation priority recommendations for council's heritage collections. | $30,000 |
| Facility Management (Bankfoot House) | Bankfoot House Heritage Precinct Operational and programming costs. | $75,000 |
| Facility Management (Landsborough Museum) | Landsborough Museum Operational and programming costs | $70,000 |
Theme Total Expenditure $220,000
Theme 3 – Support
| Program | Description | Budget |
| Heritage Network and Community Development Program | Professional business and skills development and networking opportunities supporting regional heritage sector. Community education programs in heritage and conservation. | $50,000 |
| Grant Program: Cultural Support Programs | Cultural heritage projects developed in collaboration with Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and DASSI peoples. | $25,000 |
| Grant program: Events and Exhibitions program | Grants for community heritage organisations, focussing on public programs, events, and exhibitions. | $25,000 |
| Grant program: Collections Support program | Grants for community heritage organisations, supporting conservation treatments and improvements to storage. | $25,000 |
| Grant program: Community Partnership Funding Program | Support for core operational expenses for community heritage organisations. | $120,000 |
| Signature Heritage Programs | Continue to support heritage related events, activities and programs to maximise community participation and involvement. | $40,000 |
| Open House Program | Signature cultural tourism program aiming to engage communities in exploring the significant contemporary and heritage places of the Sunshine Coast. | $17,500 |
Theme Total Expenditure $302,500
Theme 4 – Communication
| Program | Description | Budget |
| Heritage Marketing | Develop internal and external marketing strategies to guide the promotion of the region's heritage, and raise appreciation and awareness within council and the general community. | $64,500 |
| Cultural Tourism | Support cultural heritage tourism opportunities and First Nations programs. | $50,000 |
| Cultural Heritage Award | Formal partnership with USC to facilitate heritage education. | $2,000 |
| Youth Education | Providing a (paid) entry-level opportunity for young people, through an engaging experience within the heritage industry. | $25,000 |
| Interpretive Projects | Undertake engaging educational and interpretive works that support the understanding and visitor experience of our heritage, in association with community partners. | $45,000 |
| Interpretive Trails | Interpretive trails, interpretive signage, and digital projects in association with internal partners. | $45,000 |
Theme Total Expenditure $231,500
Theme 5 – Advocacy / Levy Management
| Program | Description | Budget |
| Heritage Futures Fund | Accumulative allocation to fund the delivery of heritage infrastructure projects as identified in Heritage Plan 2021-2031, Interpretive Space and Collection Store Feasibility Report, and the Regional Arts Infrastructure Framework. | $722,702 |
| Built Heritage Conservation Fund | Support for council owned, community leased, local or state heritage listed places. | $87,600 |
| Levy Administration Costs | Costs associated with resourcing Levy delivery requirements. Council Resolution (SM11/35); (OM21/113) | $515,704 |
Theme Total Expenditure $1,326,006