Deadline: 5-Aug-22
The Auckland Council is pleased to announce the Waiheke Local Grant Programme that aims to provide contestable and discretionary community grants to local communities.
Priorities
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Waiheke Local Board prioritises applications that:
- Create opportunities for community connectedness.
- Enable diverse participation and inclusion.
- Develop community capability and capacity, or build local resilience.
- Promote sustainability, support lower carbon shifts, and protect our natural environments.
- Recognise Te Ao Māori and contribute towards Māori outcomes.
- Involve collaboration and working together with other community organisations.
- Projects are based on the island and use local suppliers.
- Promotes Waiheke as a sanctuary in the gulf and a sustainable tourism destination.
- Additionally, grants that align with the local board plan priorities will be more likely to be funded.
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Higher priorities
- collaborate with other community organisations
- use local procurement.
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Lower priorities
- Commercial entities and promotion of commercial entities.
- Ticketed events.
- Activities that primarily benefit communities outside the Waiheke Local Board area.
- Activities that primarily benefit a third party (e.g. activity to gain money for an organisation).
- Grants to support the purchase of, or maintenance associated with, motor vehicles.
- Wages and/or operational costs.
- Individuals with projects on private land
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Waiheke Local Board will not fund:
- alcohol
- applications for liquor licenses.
Funding Information
Grant value: $2000 – $4000
Outcomes
Their grants programme will support initiatives for:
- environment
- culture
- arts
- community development
- recreation and heritage
- supporting their youth
Types of projects funded by the grant
- Arts
- Community
- Environment
- Events
- Heritage
- Sports and recreation
Eligibility Criteria
- Grants are available to all community groups, environmental groups and landowners operating within the Waiheke Local Board area.
- Applications are accepted for work on private land or public land.
- In addition to the higher priorities for grants, the environmental grant round will prioritise material costs associated with environmental projects (e.g. plants, fencing material, and equipment) and for projects which enhance sites with high biodiversity values.
For more information, visit Auckland Council.
For more information, visit https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/grants-community-support-housing/grants/grants-calendar/Pages/grant-details.aspx?itemID=36
