Waitākere Ranges Quick Response Grant (New Zealand)

Deadline: 31-Mar-23

The Auckland Council is pleased to announce the applications for Waitākere Ranges Quick Response Grant.

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.
• Types of projects funded by the grant:
  • Arts
  • Community
  • Environment
  • Events
  • Heritage
  • Sports and recreation.

Funding Priorities

• They welcome grant applications for projects and events that:
  • Create awareness of the values and features of the heritage area, and help residents and visitors respect the area’s fragility.
  • Support mana whenua to tell the stories of important cultural and historic sites.
  • Promote, preserve and restore their distinctive cultural and historic places.
  • Protect their marine and coastal environments, and support protection and restoration of vunerable native species.
  • Enable community-based weed and animal pest control on public and private land, and carry out weed removal in specific areas.
  • Implement kauri dieback awareness raising and action.
  • Improve water quality in coastal lagoons and harbours.
  • Inspire and support locals and residents to make sustainable living choices and reduce their impact on the environment.
  • Celebrate their diversity and bring people together through community events and activities.
  • Help their people feel valued, connected, and like they belong.
  • Encourage people to enjoy community spaces, parks, sports and recreation facilities.
  • Promote healthy lifestyle choices and provide sporting opportunities, and inspire people to make the best use of their walkways and cycleways.
  • Empower young people to realise their full potential, and develop their leadership talent and job skill set.
  • Enable mana whenua and mataawaka to achieve their aspirations.
  • Support arts and cultural activities that create a sense of place, interest and local identity.
  • Value and support their local artists and showcase their work, and promote arts programmes that include emerging talent and creativity.
  • Increase the amount of opportunities for Māori arts and cultural expression.
  • Celebrate the past, present and future through heritage events.
• Higher priority for eligibility
  • ​They will prioritise activities that are:
    • smokefree
    • provide healthy food provision options
    • encourage waste minimisation and endorse zero waste practices.

Funding Information

• $0 – $1500.

Outcomes

• ​Their grants programme will support the following outcomes:
  • Their community actively protects the Waitākere Ranges heritage area.
  • Their unique natural environment is healthy and enhanced.
  • They feel good about where they live.
  • Their people experience local arts and culture, and recognise their heritage.

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

• Political parties
• Internal applicants (i.e. to fund projects, programmes or facilities run by Auckland Council or its employees)
• Auckland Council CCOs (council-controlled organisations), including facilities owned and operated by Regional Facilities Auckland (RFA)
• Organisations receiving statutory funding from council via compulsory annual levies, under the Auckland Regional Amenities Funding Act (ARAFA) or comparable legislation
• Other local authorities, government agencies or public sector entities.

For more information, visit Auckland Council.