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Community Link Application

To increase your chances of sponsorship, it is essential that you answer all relevant questions fully.

A CommunityLink Panel, including representatives from the local Kangaroo Island Community and SeaLink Travel Group will assess all applications.

Please note that preference will be given to applications that:

• Provide tangible benefits to the Kangaroo Island community as a whole.

While support for individuals will be considered, applicants able to show that sponsorship will benefit large numbers of Kangaroo Island residents - whether economically, socially or in some other tangible way - will be given preference. For example, your project may promote the island resulting in more visitors or provide significant numbers of young people with new opportunities. It is important you tell us how our support will help build a stronger and better Kangaroo Island community.

• Provides SeaLink Travel Group with valuable return for assistance.

If successful, will you be placing our logo in advertisements, writing an article in your newsletter or on your website or providing us with speaking or hospitality opportunities? The more detail you can provide on how you will promote our support (including information such as advertising schedules, signage details, size and placement of logo) the better.

• Come from an representative body rather than an individual organisation

While support for individual organisations (such as a football club) will be considered, preference will be given to "overarching bodies"(such as a football association representing numerous football clubs).

CommunityLink Terms and Conditions

• CommunityLink applications will be considered twice a year, generally on the last Friday in February and the last Friday in August or another date determined by and publicised by the SeaLink Travel Group.
• Applications for CommunityLink support (in both forms) can only be submitted by each organisation once each calendar year.
• A panel, consisting of representatives from the local Kangaroo Island Community and SeaLink Travel Group will assess applications and notify all applicants of the outcome, generally within two weeks of the closing date.
• While the application form outlines the types of applications that will be given preference under the program, there is no guarantee that projects meeting all of these criteria will be successful. Likewise, success in one year does not guarantee success in another year as other projects may be considered more deserving at a particular time.
• Sponsorship is in the form of in-kind travel only and not the monetary value. Any unused portion of the sponsorship cannot be put towards any other services. Any residual value cannot be refunded in cash.
• All travel allocated under the CommunityLink program will need to be used within a specific timeframe (generally one year). Any unused travel cannot be accrued.
• Once a booking is made and confirmed, one booking alteration may be made FREE OF CHARGE.  Any subsequent booking changes will incur a booking fee of $22 per booking.
• The successful applicant organisation is required to provide a written report outlining how the travel was used, how the support benefited the community and how SeaLink's sponsorship was publicised.This report needs to be submitted to SeaLink Travel Group no later than 11 months after sponsorship has been approved. This information will be assessed in conjunction with application forms received from the same organisation as part of future selection process.
• When the SeaLink logo is to be used in the printing of any promotional materials or publications pertaining to the CommunityLink sponsorship program, SeaLink would appreciate being sent a copy prior to publication for approval.