Waitākere Ranges Quick Response Grant Programme in New Zealand
Deadline: 5-Aug-22
The Auckland Council is inviting applications for the Waitākere Ranges Quick Response Grant programme to provide contestable community grants to local communities.
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 priorities for eligibility
They will prioritise activities that are:
smokefree
provide healthy food provision options
encourage waste minimisation and endorse zero waste practices.
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.
Funding Information
Grant value: $0 – $1500
Types of projects funded by the grant
Arts
Community
Environment
Events
Heritage
Sports and recreation
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.
What they don’t fund?
Projects that community grants don’t fund
debt servicing or repayment
legal or medical expenses
activities that promote religious ministry or political purposes
public services that are the responsibility of central government, e.g. core education, health
physical works (e.g. improvements to community buildings) before the appropriate consents have been obtained
purchase of alcohol.
Projects that regional grants don’t fund
In addition to the exclusions listed above, they will also not fund:
medical expenses
travel and accommodation outside Auckland
retrospective costs
fundraising events or activities.
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 https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/grants-community-support-housing/grants/grants-calendar/Pages/grant-details.aspx?itemID=39