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Puketapapa Local Grant Program in New Zealand

Deadline: 18-Mar-2022

The Auckland Council is pleased to announce a call for applications for the Puketapapa Local Grant Program.

Types of Projects
Funding Priorities

The Council welcomes grant applications that align with the following priorities:

  • The cultural diversity is valued and communities feel recognised and included.
  • People want to learn about and contribute to their neighbourhoods and society.
  • People know each other and feel safe and valued in their neighbourhoods.
  • The local character and heritage is widely celebrated and reflected through arts, culture and language.
  • They provide and promote opportunities and services that support healthy and active lifestyles.
  • The community has the skills and knowledge to protect the local environment.
Funding Information

Grant value : $2000 – $6000

The Council will not fund:
  • initiatives that are eligible for funding by central government
  • applicants who have failed to complete or provide a satisfactory accountability form from previous grants
  • applications towards alcohol or liquor licenses
  • groups requesting funding the minimum or over the maximum set amount.
Eligible Priorities
  • The Council will prioritise projects that:

    • demonstrate collaboration
    • also look for other funding
    • demonstrate match funding i.e. where grants are provided in exchange for equal amounts of volunteer labour, cash, or donated goods and services, up to the value of 40 per cent. 
    • address two or more of the Five ways of Wellbeing outlined by the Mental Health Foundation NZ
    • support and promote volunteerism
    • encourage people to engage with their wider community
    • promote smokefree messages
    • promote zero waste practices
    • support community resilience and recovery in response to the COVID-19 crisis and demonstrate:

      • how a project will proceed at each COVID-19 alert level
      • how a group will reach the more vulnerable in the community.
  • They have identified the following activities as lower priority:

    • Programmes or events with entry fees.
    • Projects or events that are outside the local board area.
    • Air travel and overseas costs.
    • Catering, gifts or prizes.
    • Wages or operational costs with the exception of fees for professional and specialised services.
    • Fundraising activities for a group or organization.
    • Activities that primarily benefit a third party e.g. activity to gain money for an organisation.
    • Projects and activities in schools, unless you can demonstrate:

      • benefit to the wider community
      • accessibility to the public out of school hours
      • a plan on how the project will be open to the wider community.

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=31