Deadline: 18-Feb-22
The Auckland Council’s Franklin Local Board Waterway Protection Grant Program is now open for applications.
The Franklin Waterway Protection Fund is a Franklin Local Board grants programme to support landowner and community initiatives that will help to improve water quality in priority catchments. These initiatives are expected to protect and enhance riparian land around streams, wetlands and waterways, to reduce the potential for soil erosion and water contamination.
Funding priorities
They will prioritise projects that:
- are managed by landowners, community or environmental groups located or operating in the Mauku and Whangamarie streams priority catchments
- have not yet been completed (no retrospective funding)
- involve fencing off waterways (and related works like enabling alternative water supplies for livestock)
- involve weed control and restoration planting
- are part-funded by the applicant.
Funding Information
- There will be one annual funding round with $60,000 to distribute.
- Applicants can apply for up to 50 per cent of the entire project cost (i.e. the applicant must supply or source the other half of the project budget).
- This contribution can be an in-kind contribution (e.g. voluntary labour) or contribution by other donors.
- Applicants will have 18 months to complete their projects.
Outcomes
Our grants programme will support the outcomes that:
- protect and enhance land, streams, wetlands and waterways
- improve water quality in the Mauku and Whangamarie streams priority catchments
- reduce the potential for erosion and water contamination.
Types of projects funded by the grant
Who can apply?
- Funding is available to all landowners including farmers and lifestyle block owners, and community or environmental groups located or operating within the priority catchments.
- Priority will be given to applications from adjoining landowners or landowners on both sides of a waterway, and those partnering with hapu/ iwi.
- Lower priority will be given to projects that are solely weed control initiatives.
- Consideration will be given to projects on publicly owned land proposed by community groups, and/ or collectives of local landowners.
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=10
