Heritage Sponsorship Program 2026-27

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Heritage Sponsorship Program - Application Form 2026-27

This program aims to deliver partnerships that will support heritage in Western Australia. Organisers of events or activities can apply for funding in return for assisting with delivery of key strategic outcomes. Sponsored activities will:

  • Promote understanding and appreciation of Western Australia’s cultural heritage. 
  • Recognise the importance of places of cultural heritage significance and their stories in understanding the course of WA’s history. 
  • Provide for the identification and documentation of Western Australia’s places of cultural heritage significance. 
  • Encourage and facilitate the conservation, continuing use, development and adaptive re-use of places of cultural heritage significance in ways that represent high standards of heritage conservation and are in harmony with cultural heritage values.
  • Make other demonstrated contribution to Heritage Council and Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage strategic objectives.

The Heritage Sponsorship Program is delivered by Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage on behalf of the Heritage Council.

For more information please visit the Department's website.

BEFORE YOU APPLY

Please ensure you have read through the guidelines and you have checked that you are eligible to apply before completing your application. It is recommended that you contact the Department to discuss your project before you submit an application.

Contact:

Heritage Grants Team

E: HCWAincentives@dplh.wa.gov.au

Ph: 08 6551 7954

Applications should be submitted a minimum of 3 months prior to the event/activity requesting sponsorship.

This allows adequate time for applications to be assessed and presented to the Heritage Council for approval.

Collection Notice

The Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage is obliged under the Privacy and Responsible Sharing Act 2024 to advise you of certain matters when collecting your personal information. This collection notice sets out those matters and explains how we will manage the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information.

The Department collects this information on behalf of the Heritage Council of Western Australia in order to:

  • allow the assessment panels to assess your application against the criteria;
  • promote successful sponsorship recipients and completed projects on the Heritage Council and Department social media accounts and website;
  • undertake mandatory reporting that will include publication of successful projects and sponsorship recipients in the Heritage Council’s annual report.

Additionally, we may use information you provide to:

  • communicate with you and obtain any additional information to allow the assessment panels to make their decision or assessment;
  • promote your project more widely in the media and in publications*; and
  • invite your participation in future heritage-related events and activities.

*In relation to media and other promotion, the Department will not provide any personal information contained in your application to an external party without your express consent.

Sponsorship amounts will be made public as part of the Heritage Council’s reporting process.  Any other commercially or financially sensitive information collected as part of your nomination will not be shared with any third party and will be used strictly by the assessment panels to assess your nomination.  

If you do not provide all the information requested in this online application form, it may not be possible for the panels to assess your application, and the Department may contact you for further details.

We will not disclose your personal information for any other purpose without your consent unless required by law, or the disclosure is authorised under the Privacy and Responsible Information Sharing Act 2024.

For further information about how your personal information is handled, including how you may request access to, or correction of, your personal information, please refer to our Privacy Policy or contact the Department on (08) 6551 8002 or by emailing info@dplh.wa.gov.au

The Department uses SmartyGrants, a third-party grants management platform. Personal information submitted through SmartyGrants is stored and processed in SmartyGrants. Please see SmartyGrants Privacy Policy for details on how it manages personal information.