Deadline: 03-Mar-2024
Applications are now open for the Horowhenua Community Development Fund to provide funding to community not-for-profit or voluntary organisations for Community and Social development programmes that support innovative solutions to community driven needs.
Funding Information
- Funding awarded will vary, but the average grant approved for this fund is between $500 and $3,000.
Key Principles
- Collective action – Community-led development is both an outcome and a way of doing things. It is one way of achieving Horowhenua’s community wellbeing vision of Horowhenua being a safe, vibrant, inclusive and connected community.
- Sense of community – Promote inclusion, reduce discrimination and remove barriers to opportunity and participation, particularly for disadvantaged groups.
- Social cohesion – Social cohesion involves building shared values and communities that anticipate opportunities, reducing disparities in wealth and income, and generally enabling people to have a sense that they are engaged in a common purpose, facing shared challenges, and that they are of the same community.
What can I apply for?
- Materials or supplies needed to run your event,
- Venue or equipment hire,
- Personnel and administrative costs for short-term projects,
- Promotion and publicity of your event.
- Costs may vary depending on the nature of your organisation. If in doubt, please contact them.
Eligibility Criteria
- These grants are open to:
- Not-for-profit group/organisation who provide services to Horowhenua Residents.
- Voluntary Organisations who provide Social Development Programmes.
Ineligible
- Individuals
- Central Government and other organisations that have significant means of regular income,
- Organisations needing considerable capital funding
- Organisation operating expenses
- One off events
For more information, visit Horowhenua District Council.