Deadline: 31-Mar-22
The Trustpower is offering Oamaru Community Fund to give a helping hand to those who care for people, place and the future.
Funding Information
Each grant usually ranges from around $200 to $2,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Trustpower encourages 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 us’.
- 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.
- 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
- Anything that is required to be carried-out as part of a government-funded contract.
For more information, visit https://www.trustpower.co.nz/getting-to-know-us/community-support/oamaru-community-fund