Deadline: 29-May-24
The Cyclone Gabrielle Appeal Trust Fund is open for applications from anyone in Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, East Coast and Hawkes Bay regions and the Tararua district.
The Cyclone Gabrielle Appeal was launched to support and empower hāpu, iwi, marae and communities to rebuild in a way that works best for them. It complements other funding available to affected regions and impacted communities to support their resilience to respond to extreme weather events.
The Cyclone Gabrielle Appeal Trust was established to receive and distribute donations to communities, hapū, iwi and marae impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle and flooding in January and February 2023 in Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, East Coast and Hawkes Bay regions and the Tararua district.
The Trustees are responsible for the allocation of the money raised by the Cyclone Gabrielle Appeal.
The Trust is an independent charity, registered under the Charities Act of New Zealand. The Trust is governed and operated by three Trustees who are volunteers.
The cost of running the Trust is being met by the government so that all donated funds are used for cyclone response activity. The Trust is administered by a small Secretariat within the Department of Internal Affairs.
The Trust Deed anticipates that the Trust’s legal lifetime will be ten years. All funding decisions made by the Trustees will be published on this website. In addition, the Trust is required to file an annual return with the Charities Services, detailing its financial statements. This is publicly available.
The Trustees want Trust funds to support cyclone impacted communities, iwi, hapū, and marae to connect in a way that works for them. The Trustees will use the following Framework to guide their grant decisions.
Funding Objective
- Support cyclone impacted communities to recover.
Funding Priority
- Small scale projects with a tangible benefit able to be quickly delivered.
Funding Criteria
- the project is located in an impacted region or district
- the project is community, iwi, hapū and/or marae led
- the project is ready to action as soon as funding is received
- proof that the project has been completed is easily provided
- the project is not a grant to individuals.
For more information, visit Cyclone Gabrielle Appeal Trust.