Deadline: 3-Mar-25
Counties Energy invites applications for the Environmental & Sustainability Grants to support sustainability within the local community.
The grants are aimed at supporting initiatives that make a positive impact on the environment and community within the Counties Energy network.
Key Areas
- Projects that they support must be able to demonstrate improvement in one or more of these key areas:
- Environmental – applicant aims to use grant to improve the physical environment. Examples include but are not limited to: Pest control, planting, weed management, waste reduction, habitat restoration/protection, emission reduction.
- Educational – applicant aims to use grant to help with education around an environmental and sustainability topic. Examples include but are not limited to: School programme, signage, community events.
- Cultural – applicant aims to use grant to enhance a site of cultural significance or to improve local understanding of a topic. Examples include but are not limited to: Stream planting, pest management, signage, community events.
Funding Information
- Grant amount: up to $5000
Ineligible Funding
- The grant does not cover the following:
- Resource consent applications and mitigation requirements.
- Projects resulting in personal or commercial profit.
- Debt repayment.
- Attendance at conferences and/or training courses.
- Compliance with planning regulations or other legal compliance costs.
- Restrospective or backdated costs.
Who should apply?
- The two grants are open to organisations in the following two sectors that reside within the Counties Energy Network area.
- Educational Provider:
- Preschools or Kindergartens
- Primary schools
- Intermediate schools
- Secondary schools
- Tertiary providers
- Not-for-Profit Community Organisation:
- All
- Note: Applications from Not-for-Profit Community Organisations that are not legal entities will also be considered.
- Educational Provider:
For more information, visit Counties Energy.