Deadline: 6-May-22
The Auckland Council is accepting applications for the Upper Harbour Quick Response Grant.
Types of projects funded by the grant
- Arts
- Community
- Environment
- Events
- Heritage
- Sports and recreation
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.
Funding Information
Amount: $0 – $5000
Types of grants
The Community Grants Policy has three main grant types:
- local grant programmes – each local board has now adopted a grants programme
- regional grant programmes
- multi-board grants: applicants can apply to three or more local boards for the same project. Applicants will need to apply to the local board with the earliest closing date.
Outcomes
Their grants programme will support the following outcomes:
- Empowered, connected and resilient Upper Harbour communities e.g. community workshops, events and projects that help build connections and resilience across diverse communities including youth, newcomers, and seniors.
- Healthy and active communities e.g. 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 e.g. ecological restoration, projects that include indigenous or culturally valued biodiversity.
- A resilient local economy e.g. initiatives that eliminate waste and encourage reuse of resources, initiatives that grow local employment opportunities, projects that help enhance business resilience and youth entrepreneurship.
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
They will not fund:
- initiatives must not be a core service provided by central government (e.g. 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.
For more information, visit https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/grants-community-support-housing/grants/grants-calendar/Pages/grant-details.aspx?itemID=35