Purpose
The objective of the Community War Memorials Fund is to help conserve, repair and protect war memorials across NSW to support community commemoration.
The Community War Memorials Fund awards grants of up to $10,000 (excluding GST). Grants for work to improve the accessibility of war memorials are capped at $2,000 (excluding GST).
Types of projects that might be funded:
- Specialist conservation advice for war memorials:
- Condition assessment reports
- Conservation management plans
- Arborist advice for war memorial trees
- Structural assessment reports
- Preservation work:
- Protective measures for memorials e.g. repairs to damaged barriers and fences that surround and protect a memorial
- Having protective coatings applied by a specialist conservator
- Stabilisation of fabric
- Painting
- Restoration work:
- Removal of inappropriate accretions e.g. graffiti
- Cleaning and corrosion removal by specialist conservators e.g. treatment of rusted original memorial gates or fences
- Repairs to the damaged lettering on war memorial cenotaphs and rolls of honour e.g. regilding, repainting
- Conservation and repairs to stonework on war memorials
- Repointing mortar joints
- Restoring war memorial landscapes to their original design, intent or purpose
- Repairs to damaged sculptures
- Replacement of decayed or missing elements where repair is not feasible
- Other:
- Works to improve equitable access to a memorial ($2,000 cap)
- Relocation of memorials for public safety
Important: Applicants to the Community War Memorials Fund are expected to seek conservation advice from a qualified specialist before planning any physical work to a memorial.
The Community War Memorials Fund can award funding to pay for specialist heritage advice. If you do not have access to specialist heritage advice for your project, you should first submit a Community War Memorials Fund application for funding to have a condition assessment of your memorial undertaken.