Deadline: 31-Jul-22
The Upper Hutt City Council is offering grants to not-for-profit organisations to support projects that enhance community services, programmes, and events that promote a sense of community or contribute to their community wellbeing.
Priority Areas
Council's three priority areas for funding are:
- Can demonstrate a strong need for the service, program or event and wide community benefit and/or
- Has substantial volunteer involvement and self-help and/or
- Projects which promote a sense of community and contribute to community well-being.
Funding Information
$129,000 available to local and regional groups providing services in Upper Hutt.
What can you apply for?
- Indirect project costs or running costs for organizations involved in support work.
- You cannot apply retrospectively for costs already incurred.
- In the past, funding has been approved for things like operational costs, fees, equipment upgrades, garden improvements and counseling services.
Funding Criteria
- Applicants should be able to show substantial volunteer involvement. The application form asks for numbers of volunteers and paid staff.
- There must be a need for additional funding – Financial statements demonstrated that show income and outgoings over the previous 12 months need to be provided with the application.
- Applicants need to show a strong need for the service in Upper Hutt. The application form requests applicants explain how they identified a need for their service/programme or event in Upper Hutt, for example statistics of family harm rates for stopping violence programs or numbers of children/young people wanting to participate in a certain activity in Upper Hutt or increasing participants in other localities indicating a growth in demand.
- Applicants must also provide information on how their service, program or event contributes to community wellbeing or promotes a sense of community. This could be through bringing people together at a concert, for example and the wellbeing contribution that live music provides or the wider family/whanau and community benefits of providing counseling services to a struggling parent.
Eligibility Criteria
- Community Grant applications are open to any not-for-profit group servicing Upper Hutt residents.
- Upper Hutt local and regional not-for-profit groups can apply under either of the following categories:
- Local Grants – For groups based in the Upper Hutt area and primarily servicing Upper Hutt residents
- Regional Grants – For groups situated outside of Upper Hutt but provide a service to Upper Hutt residents
Applicants who qualify for other funding or a project which is eligible to receive direct funding from central Government will not normally be considered.
For more information, visit Upper Hutt City Council.
For more information, visit https://www.upperhuttcity.com/Community/Grants-and-funding/Community-Grants