Deadline: 28-Oct-22
The Auckland Council is excited to announce the Waiheke Quick Response Grant Program.
Funding Priorities
- Waiheke Local Board prioritises applications that:
- Create opportunities for community connectedness.
- Enable diverse participation and inclusion.
- Develop community capability and capacity, or build local resilience.
- Promote sustainability, support lower carbon shifts, and protect THEIR natural environments.
- Recognise Te Ao Māori and contribute towards Māori outcomes.
- Involve collaboration and working together with other community organisations.
- Projects are based on the island and use local suppliers.
- Promotes Waiheke as a sanctuary in the gulf and a sustainable tourism destination.
- Additionally, grants that align with the local board plan priorities will be more likely to be funded.
- Higher Priority
- Waiheke Local Board will prioritise projects that:
- Collaborate with other community organisations
- Use local procurement.
- Waiheke Local Board will prioritise projects that:
- Lower Priority
- Waiheke Local Board has identified the following activities as lower priorities:
- Commercial entities and promotion of commercial entities.
- Ticketed events.
- Activities that primarily benefit communities outside the Waiheke Local Board area.
- Activities that primarily benefit a third party (e.g. activity to gain money for an organisation).
- Grants to support the purchase of, or maintenance associated with, motor vehicles.
- Wages and/or operational costs.
- Individuals with projects on private land
- Waiheke Local Board will not fund:
- Alcohol
- Applications for liquor licenses.
- Waiheke Local Board has identified the following activities as lower priorities:
Funding Information
- Amount: $500 – $2000
Types of projects funded by the grant
- Arts
- Community
- Environment
- Events
- Heritage
- Sports and recreation
Eligibility Criteria
- Community organisations with a formal legal structure
- Groups or individuals with no formal legal structure can apply for up to $1,000 (Kaipatiki Local Board will not fund individuals)
- Applicants seeking funding over $1,000 will need to nominate an umbrella organisation or
- Receive funding retrospectively
Ineligible
- Political parties
- Internal applicants (i.e. to fund projects, programmes or facilities run by Auckland Council or its employees)
- Auckland Council CCOs (council-controlled organisations), including facilities owned and operated by Regional Facilities Auckland (RFA) Organisations receiving statutory funding from council via compulsory annual levies, under the Auckland Regional Amenities Funding Act (ARAFA) or comparable legislation
- Other local authorities, government agencies or public sector entities.
For more information, visit https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/grants-community-support-housing/grants/grants-calendar/Pages/grant-details.aspx?itemID=37