Deadline: 31-Jul-23
Mercury is seeking applications for the Oamaru Community Fund to support local communities in New Zealand.
The team is spread throughout Aotearoa, but Oamaru is home to one of the friendly, national contact centres. To help support the community where many of the wonderful people live, work and play, Mercury has created a community fund to give a helping hand to those who care for people, place and the future.
Funding Information
- Grant ranges from around $200 to $2,000.
Who can apply?
- They encourage community organisations to apply. They will consider events, projects and initiatives that display:
- Manaakitanga: caring for the communities and people, and putting people at the heart of the decision.
- Kaitiakitanga: taking up the role of guardian and protector of the environment, for future generations.
- Sustainability: improving, growing, learning and adapting in smart ways to make a difference.
Criteria
- Applications must fall within the stipulated criteria to be considered:
- Applications must showcase a connection with ‘what’s important to them’.
- Expenses applied for must be incurred within New Zealand, with the exception of items purchased overseas that are not available in New Zealand.
- All grants must be applied to specific, future-based purposes.
- There must be no conflict of interest existing between the applicant group and the provider of the goods and services.
- Your community organisation based within the outlined area on the map (indicated on the application form).
- If funding is required towards general running costs (power, landline telephone, rates or building insurance) copies of invoices for the previous three months need to be supplied.
- Applications for existing salary positions must provide a signed employment contract clearly stating the term of the contract, employee’s name and rate of pay, together with a position description.
- They will not consider applications that request funding for: individuals or anything that is required to be carried-out as part of a government-funded contract.
For more information, visit Mercury.