Deadline: 22-Jul-22
The Auckland Council has launched the Upper Harbour Local Grant Programme to provide contestable and discretionary Community grants to local communities.
Funding Priorities
They welcome grant applications that align and contribute to these priorities:
- Community participation and wellbeing.
- Families
- Newcomers
- Sport and recreation
- The environment
- Youth
Priorities
The grants program will be targeted towards supporting the priorities outlined in their local board plan, in particular:
- Empowered, connected and resilient Upper Harbor communities eg, community workshops, events and projects that help build connections and resilience across diverse communities including youth, newcomers, and seniors.
- Healthy and active communities eg, Community Sports and Recreation including club and informal sport and recreation activities, events, facilities and equipment.
- Their unique natural environment is valued, protected and enhanced eg, ecological restoration, projects that include indigenous or culturally valued biodiversity.
- A resilient local economy eg, initiatives that eliminate waste and encourage reuse of resources, initiatives that grow local employment opportunities, projects that help enhance business resilience and youth entrepreneurship.
The Council will not Fund
- initiatives must not be a core service provided by central government (eg primary healthcare or education.
- initiatives that have taken place before the board has the opportunity to consider the application (unless the board accepts there are genuine mitigating circumstances)
- activities of debt repayment and promoting particular political goals are ineligible for funding
- applicants must not have outstanding accountability obligations from previous council grants
- applications for the same projects more than once in a financial year (excluding feasibility studies and concept planning)
- activities that do not relate to one or more of the local board plan outcomes.
Eligibility
- Applicants with no legal structure applying for more than $1,000 must nominate an umbrella organization or apply to have their funding released upon receipt of accountability.
- Initiatives must fit with at least one of the board’s priorities as stipulated in the Upper Harbor Local Board Plan.
- Preference will be given to initiatives which take place in the Upper Harbor Local Board area and/or are of benefit to Upper Harbor Local Board residents.
For more information, visit https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/grants-community-support-housing/grants/grants-calendar/Pages/grant-details.aspx?itemID=34