Deadline: 03-Mar-23
The Auckland Council’s Waitākere Ranges Local Grant programme is now open for applications.
Funding Priorities
They welcome grant applications for projects that align with one or more of the following priorities:
- Heritage, enivronment and their people
- Protect and enhance the area’s heritage features.
- Work closely with mataawaka and mana whenua partners.
- Support local projects and activities that contribute towards Māori educational, cultural, leadership, and employment outcomes.
- Fund community co-ordination for environmental activities.
- Make small grants to local groups for projects and actions which have a positive effect on the local environment.
- Support and deliver projects, programmes and activities that address stream and coastal erosion, water quality, weed and animal pest management, environmental programmes, education, and biodiversity (rural or urban).
- Support community-led food initiatives such as community gardens, learning to grow or prepare food, reducing packaging and food waste and sharing produce.
- Resilient community
- Make small grants to local groups for projects or actions which will have a positive impact on community resilience.
- Support community-led household budgeting and financial literacy actions.
- Assist local communities to grow their organisational skills and capacity with neighbourhood development expertise, community-based training programmes, and placemaking resources.
- Support a breadth of projects and activities to ensure funding allocations reflect their wide range of communities, including Māori, Pasifika, and other social and ethnic groups.
- Explore new ways for people to connect with them and each other, such as neighbourhood forums or promoting use of social media.
- Opportunities to experience arts, culture, and heritage
- Support arts and cultural activities that create a sense of place, interest, and local identity.
- Promote arts programmes that include emerging talent and creatives.
- Value and support their talented local artists and showcase their work.
- Increase opportunities for Māori arts and cultural expression.
- Protect key local sites of cultural and historic importance and tell their stories.
- Hold heritage events which celebrate the past, present and future.
- Higher priority for eligibility
- They will prioritise activities that:
- commit to the smokefree policy and healthy food provision for events and projects
- support applications that encourage and foster increased resilience, connectedness, and wellbeing in their communities and environment
- encourage waste minimisation and endorse zero waste practices.
- support community projects in areas which are affected by filming activity.
- They will prioritise activities that:
Funding Information
- Grant value: $1500 +
Outcomes
Their grants programme will support the following outcomes:
- The Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area is protected and enhanced, and connections with surrounding communities are strengthened.
- They work closely with mataawaka and mana whenua partners.
- They work to respect, protect, and restore the environment.
- Their communities are resilient and strong.
- Their communities experience wellbeing, belonging, and participation.
- People have a range of opportunities to experience arts, culture, and heritage.
Types of Projects Funded
- Arts
- Community
- Environment
- Events
- Heritage
- Sports and recreation
Eligibility Criteria
- Community organisations
- The primary beneficiaries of community grants will be not-for-profit, charitable and voluntary organisations. These groups are often referred to collectively as ‘community organisations’ because they are established with the primary purpose of providing a benefit to the wider community.
- Community organisations generally display the following characteristics:
- A not-for-profit organisation, or an association of individuals whose primary aim is providing services and benefits to the community at large
- Membership or participation is available to anyone who wishes to join
- May be a special interest or advocacy group for a particular section of the community, but the group or organisation should not impose restrictions upon membership
- Auckland Council will prioritise grant funding for community organisations as they recognise that their primary purpose is to provide community benefits and they may have limited revenue streams and/or opportunities to raise funds to pay for the valuable work they do.
- Individuals and groups with no formal legal structure
- Individuals and groups with no formal legal structure may apply for grants of up to $1,000 through the local grants programmes, except where individual local boards have specifically stated otherwise.
- Commercial entities
- Commercial entities – e.g. Limited Liability Companies – may apply for grants in certain circumstances, except where individual local boards or governing body committees have specifically stated they will not consider applications from such entities.
- Social innovation and social enterprise
- Auckland Council welcomes grant applications from social enterprises delivering outcomes for the communities. Social enterprises are hybrid organisations that trade goods and services in order to achieve their social, environmental, economic or cultural goals. There are a variety of legal structures which social enterprises can adopt, including but not limited to:
- Charitable Trusts
- Limited Liability Companies
- Incorporated Societies
- Cooperatives or Unions
- Auckland Council welcomes grant applications from social enterprises delivering outcomes for the communities. Social enterprises are hybrid organisations that trade goods and services in order to achieve their social, environmental, economic or cultural goals. There are a variety of legal structures which social enterprises can adopt, including but not limited to:
For more information, visit Auckland Council.