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Ministry of the Environment grant overview - National

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Ministry of the Environment grant overview - National

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Apply for funding for initiatives that make a positive difference to the environment from MfE and other organisations.

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Communities are flexible, and so is our grant program. If your community group is from an area where we operate, you can approach us directly for grants of up to $5,000 via the online application portal. We accept applications all year round and review applications as they are received.

In New Zealand we work in the Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough regions, located at the top of the South Island.

They Fund
PEOPLE Promoting individual and community wellbeing and safety
IDEAS Contributing to culturally vibrant and sustainable communities.
NATURE Rejuvenating our natural environment.
EDUCATION Supporting education and training.

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Since its inception in 2013, thousands of Kindergarten children nationwide have taken part in the Daltons Sunflowers in Kindergartens Project that encourages Kindy kids to become the next generation of gardeners. It will be stem again stem, flower against flower, as the Kindergartens compete regionally to grow the tallest, or widest, sunflower - whilst learning gardening skills for life.

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We encourage schools to recycle their paper and cardboard by providing 30 litre classroom recycling bins (free of charge) for every room that generates paper and cardboard waste.
As an incentive to divert as much paper and cardboard from landfill as possible, we reward each school with one native tree/plant for every two cubic metres of paper and cardboard recycled.

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We encourage schools to recycle their paper and cardboard by providing 30 litre classroom recycling bins (free of charge) for every room that generates paper and cardboard waste. When these bins are full, the contents then need to be emptied into the schools main kerbside recycling collection bin, or taken to the local recycling centre.

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Fundraising ideas and sustainable events - Enviroschools

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Fundraising ideas and sustainable events - Enviroschools

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Fundraising is a hard task in itself, finding ways of fundraising that doesn’t create truckloads of waste is harder again.

Selling cheap trinkets for your school’s fundraiser or boxes of plastic wrapped chocolate creates a lot of landfill waste. Eco-friendly fundraising can be just as successful, with less consumerism and impact on the planet.

So, how do you earning money for your school, kindergarten, daycare or charity group while staying kind to the planet?

Below we have created a fantastic list of New Zealand businesses that have created fundraising opportunities through buying their products, plus other amazing ideas for fundraising.

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Fundraising is a hard task in itself, finding ways of fundraising that doesn’t create truckloads of waste is harder again. Selling cheap trinkets for your school’s fundraiser or boxes of plastic wrapped chocolate creates a lot of landfill waste. Eco-friendly fundraising can be just as successful, wi…

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The Foundation runs one major grant round per year, with applications opening on 1 May, and closing on 31 July. Decisions then made, and grants distributed before the end of September.
We will typically make grants up to $1,000, and may consider applications up to $3,000 with a view to supporting only part of an application.

Does not fund individuals or organisations that do not have charitable status.

Contact Kim McGettigan, Admin Officer
0278569752
info@topsouthfoundation.org.nz

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Top of the South Community Foundation distributes the income on endowment funds in accordance with the wishes of our donors to grant applicants.

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A range of grants available in Marlborough.

"We would like to see a world where all New Zealanders get support when they need it, realise their potential through learning and cultural connectedness, and have the same opportunities to play sport and take part in creative activities. We want to see a world where we care for/kaitiaki the land and our climate so that the future generations can thrive.

In line with our purpose we focus our funding in five key areas of Learn, Support, Connect, Participate and Sustain."

No closing dates
Small grants - up to $20,000
Large grants - over $20,000

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Our funding makes more of a difference in communities which face barriers to things that many of us take for granted, and where people act for the benefit of our environment and climate.

We would like to see a world where all New Zealanders get support when they need it, realise their potential through learning and cultural connectedness, and have the same opportunities to play sport and take part in creative activities. We want to see a world where we care for/kaitiaki the land and our climate so that the future generations can thrive.

In line with our purpose we focus our funding in five key areas of Learn, Support, Connect, Participate and Sustain.

You can find our funding priorities and criteria under each of these funding areas.

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Our funding makes more of a difference in communities which face barriers to things that many of us take for granted, and where people act for the benefit of our environment and climate.

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The Port Marlborough Sounds Discovery Fund

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The Port Marlborough Sounds Discovery Fund

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If your school would like to apply for funding for the 2022/2023 Port Marlborough Sounds Discovery Fund, which is allocated at our discretion for any Marlborough Sounds based educational experience taking place from July 2022 – June 2023 please email our Communications Manager Connie Smith at connie.smith@pmnz.co.nz

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Port Marlborough measures success by benefits to People, Planet and Prosperity, taking a partnership approach to ideas and issues. We are proud to sponsor many community initiatives.

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This year we have access to some funds through

Enviroschools from the 1 Billion Trees Fund.

We have successfully applied for $2000 for our region so if you have a planting project and require funds for native trees we can help.

Enviroschools asks that “Funds be used to support ecological restoration projects and provide hands-on learning experiences for students, showcasing the value of a holistic approach”.

There are some criteria we need to meet to release the funds which mainly involves a paragraph with an overview of what you will be doing and why, then taking photos and

writing us a short story on what was achieved.

If you are interested contact Annie for more information

annie.mcdonald@marlborough.govt.nz

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The Auckland Zoo Conservation Fund Small Grants Programme exists to help provide relatively small levels of funding for ongoing projects or pilot programmes with clear conservation value.

​Small grants will be awarded up to a maximum of NZD$5,000. However, in most cases, successful grants will be in the region of NZD$2,000 - $4,000. The amount applied for through the programme should represent a minimum of 25% of the project's overall budget.

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Small Grants Programme

The Auckland Zoo Conservation Fund Small Grants Programme exists to help provide relatively small levels of funding for ongoing projects or pilot programmes with clear conservation value.

​Small grants will be awarded up to a maximum of NZD$5,000. However, in most cases, successful grants will be in the region of NZD$2,000 - $4,000. The amount applied for through the programme should represent a minimum of 25% of the project's overall budget.
Saving New Zealand's one hundred (and fifty) most threatened species - or thereabouts!
In its centennial year, Auckland Zoo is partnering with Barfoot & Thompson to support innovative conservation initiatives for Aotearoa New Zealand's most endangered species. Applications should focus on projects conserving one of 150 priority threatened and at risk species listed in DOC's former Threatened Species Strategy or similarly threatened species with supporting justification. Priority will be given to poorly known and/or unsupported species for which these grants could make a significant difference to their recovery.

We invite applications for up to NZ$5,000 for small projects (less than NZ$20,000 total cost) from New Zealand that meet the above threatened criteria by Tuesday 28 February 2023.

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Auckland Zoo Conservation Fund | Auckland Zoo

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The Auckland Zoo Conservation Fund Small Grants Programme exists to help provide relatively small levels of funding for ongoing projects or pilot programmes with clear conservation value. ​Small grants will be awarded up to a maximum of NZD$5,000. However, in most cases, successful grants will be in the region of NZD$2,000 - $4,000.

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The DOC Community Fund is directed towards practical projects aimed at conserving New Zealand's indigenous biodiversity.

Projects are focused on:

protecting and restoring our natural habitats

halting the decline of and restoring healthy, sustainable populations of our native species.

We get many applications each funding round - funding is not guaranteed by meeting the criteria.
How to apply and eligibility for DOC Community Fund
The fund is currently closed

For information on when the next funding round will open, subscribe to our mailing list:

Email doccf@doc.govt.nz with the subject 'subscribe'.

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DOC Community Fund - Pūtea Tautiaki Hapori

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The DOC Community Fund is directed towards practical projects aimed at conserving New Zealand's indigenous biodiversity. Projects are focused on: protecting and restoring our natural habitats halting the decline of and restoring healthy, sustainable populations of our native species. We get many applications each funding round - funding is not guaranteed by meeting the criteria.

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We're developing some exciting new opportunities to engage more school children in community restoration with our friends at Te Uru Rākau New Zealand Forest Service. Come back here soon for more detail but in the meantime you can check out our current kids resources and learning pages for activities to use in your classroom.

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Take Action for Schools | Trees That Count

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We're developing some exciting new opportunities to engage more school children in community restoration with our friends at Te Uru Rākau New Zealand Forest Service. Come back here soon for more detail but in the meantime you can check out our current kids resources and learning pages for activities to use in your classroom.

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Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa provides funding for the delivery of activities for children and young people. Activities can be new or existing, and your application needs to show how you’re meeting the needs of young people.

Sport Tasman is proud to be managing Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa on behalf of Sport NZ in Te Tau Ihu – Top of the South.

Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa provides funding for programmes or projects delivering play, active recreation and sport experiences for tamariki and rangatahi.

We know from research that there are some groups who are more at risk of missing out or being less active, including those living with a disability, in higher deprivation communities and girls and young women. Programmes or projects that reach these groups will be prioritised for funding.

https://www.sporttasman.org.nz/Funding/Tu-Manawa-1

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This is an activation fund that is intended to help cover the costs that are directly associated with the delivery of your activity. These costs might also address any barriers that prevent participants accessing your activity. They could include:

Venue or equipment hire

Costs of transport to the event

Support for volunteers or activity delivery staff

Equipment (only where this is required as part of a project or activity)

Officials, where these are required for the delivery of the opportunity

Costs associated with developing and promoting your activity.

We are interested in receiving applications that take innovative approaches to engaging our priority groups in quality play, active recreation and sport experiences that meet their needs.

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Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa | Sport New Zealand - Ihi Aotearoa

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Global high schools

Eligibility Criteria

The Global High Schools category recognises high schools or secondary schools, from six global geographic regions that propose innovative, impactful, and inspirational sustainability projects in the areas of health, food, energy, and/or water. The proposed project could be in one area (e.g. water) or a combination of areas (e.g. energy, water, food, and health).

The Prize is intended to encourage students to develop and implement their sustainability ideas and is not aimed at administrative projects or educational reforms at the school.

The award in this category is not given for past achievements but will enable students from winning high schools to implement sustainability projects in their own schools.

These student-led projects must demonstrate innovative approaches to address sustainability challenges and inspire students to take active roles in sustainable development.

The application must be submitted by the students and supported by the school management. The projects must:

Demonstrate how they meet the three criteria: impact, innovation, inspiration

Be able to be implemented and operational within one to two years

Benefit the school community and/or their local/regional community for several years

In each of the following six global regions, one school will win up to US$ 100,000:

The Americas

Sub-Saharan Africa

Middle East & North Africa

Europe & Central Asia

South Asia

East Asia & Pacific

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Global high schools The Global High Schools category recognises high schools or secondary schools, from six global geographic regions that propose innovative, impactful, and inspirational sustainability projects in the areas of health, food, energy, and/or water. The proposed project could be in one area (e.g. water) or a combination of areas (e.g.

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The CUA School Fun-Run is open to Australian schools of all sizes.

The CUA School Fun-Run is designed to fit curriculum in support of childhood health & education while raising extra funding your school. It’s more than just another fundraiser or walk-a-thon and its MUCH more than a coo…

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The Tindall Foundation is a family foundation that seeks opportunities to support innovative, forward-thinking initiatives that make a positive difference for Aotearoa New Zealand, in areas of: Whānau/ family, Community and Environment.

Contact: Kim McGettigan, Admin Officer
0278569752
info@topsouthfoundation.org.nz

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The Tindall Foundation is a family foundation that seeks opportunities to support innovative, forward-thinking initiatives that make a positive difference for Aotearoa New Zealand, in areas of:

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The Tindall Foundation is a family foundation that seeks opportunities to support innovative, forward-thinking initiatives that make a positive difference for Aotearoa New Zealand, in areas of:

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Education Programme Calendar 2023 | Keep NZ Beautiful

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Education Programme Calendar 2023 | Keep NZ Beautiful

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A guide to all funding opportunities, competitions and programmes from Keep NZ Beautiful.  Find out more: www.knzb.org.nz/

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Our Kai Gardens Competition is a great way for tamariki aged 3-13 years to develop a greater understanding of the natural world and to gain hands-on experience building a small kai or rongoā garden for their school.

Kai Gardens is a fun and educational competition that is open to all New Zealand ECEs, kindergartens, primary and intermediate schools. Students are given the opportunity to collaborate and design a garden that features edible and/or medicinal plants, and which is constructed using sustainable and reclaimed materials.

This is a great way for tamariki to learn how easy it is to reduce their environmental footprint by growing their own food, cooking seasonally and composting food and garden waste.

Once established, students are encouraged to share their learnings and achievements by harvesting, preparing and sharing the produce from their garden with the wider school community and their whānau.

The garden can be any shape and be situated anywhere in the school - indoors or outdoors. It can be a new garden, or an enhancement to an old one; an individual class project or one the whole school contributes to.

Ten winning schools will each receive $1,000 to put towards building a garden that beautifies and enhances their grounds, with a further $500 on completion to put towards its ongoing care.
Design entries are for this year's Kai Garden Competition are now closed. Reasons to get involved:
As well as getting a nutritious garden from which to harvest, students will also benefit through:

Academic achievement. A school garden provides hands-on learning across many academic subjects.

Health and well-being. The pride and curiosity sparked by building a healthy edible garden can serve students the rest of their lives.

Environmental kaitiakitanga. Students become responsible caretakers, exploring stewardship and a circular economy, and establishing a connection with nature.

Cultural connection. Students learn about the beliefs and customs of other cultures, and can connect with whānau and the community through gardening, harvesting and sharing their produce.

Congratulations to our Kai Garden Competition 2022 winners

Alexandra Primary School, Alexandra
Garden project: Food Forest

"The keen natural interest amongst our ākonga in gardening is a key driver for expanding our vegetable garden into a Food Forest rather than just relocating the current set up. We run two Garden Club sessions a week where we do all sorts from planting, harvesting, cooking, seed collection, composting, propagating and caring for our environment. Kaitiakitanga/guardianship of our environment is a core value of our school. Garden Club is a real passion for many of our ākonga and the most common question we get asked at school must be 'is it garden club today?'

"Our Food Forest will be a rich dynamic environment with a multitude of learning opportunities. Our Garden Clubs are inclusive of tamariki with special needs and learning challenges and provide another way to learn outside of the classroom. By expanding from a small vegetable garden to a much larger and more diverse Food Forest we will amplify our learning environment for generations to come.

"We think creating a Food Forest is very relevant for the times we are living through with climate change and economic pressures making food insecurity more commonplace. Our vision is to create a garden using Food Forest permaculture principles to produce a bounty of fresh fruit and vegetables to inspire, connect and share with our community."
- Danielle Dunn, Garden Glub Coordinator

Bizzy Bodz Early Learning Centre, Huntly
Garden project: Kakano Ki Te Tepu - Seed to Table

"BizzyBodz are going to help tamariki experience and express culture by creating a sense of empathy and inclusivity around the foods they eat at home. The idea is to create social ties and build a greater feeling of community.

"We would like to support the health and wellbeing of our centre's community while also reducing our impact on the environment. Providing the opportunity for our tamariki to learn about where their food comes from, caring for our gardens and harvesting kai will encourage our tamariki to enjoy healthy food choices. The garden itself will provide an outdoor classroom for hands-on learning.

"Our garden design centres around our curriculum and plants would be arranged in the garden to support and encourage cultural learning in an inclusive space. As a learning centre our long-term goal is to move towards sustainable practices; we are improving our reduce, reuse and recycling systems, choosing resources made of natural materials as much as possible and educating our tamariki on how we care for our environment. This is deeply connected to our philosophy of manaakitanga not only for people but for the world around us. Growing our own kai supports our whānau wellbeing, especially as the cost of living is steadily increasing and putting more pressure and stress on families in our area. The children will be harvesting and preparing the food ready to cook/eat. Health and nutrition will be discussed during these sessions and the children will be developing fine motor skills, patience, confidence, hand-eye coordination, responsibility and crossing the midline, as well as getting some moderate physical exercise and learning life skills."
- Gina Prendergast, Head Teacher

Central Kids Whaihanga Early Learning Centre, Hamilton
Garden project: Feeding our Community

"We currently have a small garden area in which we grow kai to feed our community, our tamariki at the centre and their whānau, which we wish to extend and enhance.

"Manaakitanga and tiakina a Papatūānuku - protecting their environment - are very important values within our centre. Through this kai garden, we will be able to feed our whānau, and grow our children's knowledge in sustainable gardening.

"We want to introduce heritage seeds through this kai project, and garden following the Maramataka. This kai garden will provide a space to grow our tamariki and whānau knowledge and participation. The harakeke plant will provide harakeke which can be used for weaving and other uses at the centre. The sensory garden with seats for reflection will provide a quiet aromatic area for tamariki to enjoy. Gardening at Central Kids Whaihanga is an integral part of our curriculum and programme for sustainability and it incorporates science, cooking, mathematics, literacy."
- Jelena Kidd, Teacher

Kaitao Intermediate, Rotorua
Garden project: Heart and soul

"We already have a pre-established school garden but unfortunately due to the location of it, students are only allowed to be in it under supervision. Because of this it is not used often and is not integrated into daily school life. A huge driving passion of our concept is that the garden becomes a part of normality. Students see, use and are a part of the living garden. They are able to identify when plants need tending too and when work needs to be done to maintain our environment and take pride in its appearance. They are able to reap the rewards of fruiting trees and vegetables and share them within our Kura and our community.

"We are wanting to establish an outdoor classroom setting where teachers can come over and use the space and it will be big enough for a few classrooms to be there at once allowing for spontaneous use. The Food Technology teacher will use the garden to gather ingredients to use in her cooking, the ECO Tech teacher will use the area for photography, The Hard Materials teacher will use the space to encourage students to design furniture/planter boxes etc. All other classroom teachers can openly use the space for learning and recreation."
- Regan Connor, Hard Materials Teacher

Garden project: Kaitiaki o Kerikeri Kindergarten

"Our kai garden is one that we wish to support our existing curriculum and programme, which centres heavily on the tamariki as active agents and contributing kaitiaki/guardians of their learning space. We are proud to run a healthy kai programme, where tamariki cook alongside kaiako, healthy nutritious food to be shared at morning tea or lunch. We also cook with the tamariki once a week over an outdoor fire pit. We would love for our garden to produce as much of this kai as possible, making this valuable programme as self-sustaining as it can be.

"We also have a pataka-kai - a give and take pantry for our whānau - we would love to produce healthy vegetables and fruit in abundance, enough to be able to share more than we currently do with our families."

- Kim Hall, Teacher

"The whole Te Puawaitanga O Wairua senior class undertook a project in teams to design their own rongoā garden for our school. They researched the traditional plants used, the conditions they needed to grow and their uses. They selected an appropriate site and measured it and created a design for their garden. They considered use of materials, ongoing maintenance, incorporation into other aspects of school and environmental elements. We then put all the designs together and chose our favourite parts of them all to come up with Room 13's Matipo Matau Māra.

"Features of our garden will be:

Located next to the school's art suite as it's our turangawaewae

shaped like a Māori - a fish hook or matau

different areas for different things - it's a rongoā garden but we put the harakeke and the kiekie in its own area and then it can be used for mahi toi

putting layers of plants so they look after each other

seats for people to hang out in the garden and relax

include some old (traditional) plants

cool paths with stepping."

- Hollie Colegate, Garden to Table Specialist Teacher

"Our rongoā garden will be in the shape of a koru. A spiral shape to symbolise new life, growth, strength, and peace. This shape will make it accessible for students, staff and our community to wander through, touch, taste and smell the plants and to simply sit within the garden and reap the rewards of a beautiful outdoor space.

"Our garden will provide everyday learning opportunities. It will tie in with our School Charter, particularly in regards to promoting a healthy living and lifestyle for our students and improving the health and well-being conditions of staff at school.

"Our students are encouraged and taught to look after our school grounds and those around them. We follow the philosophy of Sir David Attenborough - 'If we take care of nature, nature will take care of us'.

"We have many sustainability and garden projects within our school and our Māra hauroa would fit nicely with our initiatives and goals. We pride ourselves on our sustainability initiatives initiatives such as rainwater collecting, irrigation system, solar panels and battery, recycling, composting, LED lighting, and our different gardens."
- Julie White, Office & Project Administrator

"We have been given a large unused area (23mx17m) on our school grounds to work our Kai garden into. Our dream is to have a dedicated area full of delicious fruit trees, bountiful vegetable gardens, worm farming, composting, wild flowers, medicinal plants, food for bees and birds, a picnic area and class learning area. Maybe even one day bees and chickens! But all dreams must have a beginning and we have a great plan for ours. Our tamariki have created amazing designs of what this space could look like when completed.

"Our goals for our garden are:

Having the tamariki involved in the growing process of plants right from the beginning stage of seed gathering/saving, making the soil for it to grow in, planting and germinating seeds, then on to caring for the plants as they grow and harvesting the fruit/vegetables and composting them back to feed the next generation.

To be able to feed our community and make valuable connections along the way.

For Tamariki to learn where their food comes from and how to eat healthy.

For Tamariki to learn to care for our environment and To teach our tamariki about how to live in a more sustainable way

To learn how to gather skills from our community as well as share our skills with them."

- Anna Dawson, Parent/relief teacher

"Our school is focussing on Maara Kai (Matariki) and its been a very long time since our school last used a garden or even had a Maara Kai. For our up and coming project we are wanting to create a Maara Kai that aligns with the Marama (Moon phases) and provides good knowledge, goodwill, for our future generations. Teaching the students the traditional way of Maara kai.

"In our kai garden we would plant kūmara, kamokamo, pumpkin, onions, spring onions, herbs, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, capsicum, tomatoes,

"We have created a unit for Maara Kai, and follow the moon phases, with the coming of the māori new year Matariki and celebration."
- Panache Huata-Ropitini, Teacher

"Our proposed garden will be a multi-use space and facilitate the integration of several current needs of West End School.

"The design focuses on a koru shaped path that reflects the school crest and provides four benches for seating. stepping stones will link the centre of the koru back to the existing path.

"The garden will be filled with native rongoā and non-native medicinal plants, edible flowers and scented plants, and also provide a safe, calm, and tranquil area for tamariki who need space away from the classroom. West End School has a special needs unit embedded in it and the garden will provide a healing/calming space which will benefit these students. The garden will be a refuge to promote hauora (wellbeing) on many levels, through scent, sound, colour and texture as well as the healing properties of the plants themselves.

"Four benches will be included into the garden, which represent the four dimensions of hauora: taha tinana (physical well-being - health), taha hinengaro (mental and emotional well-being - self-confidence), taha whānau (social well-being - self-esteem) and taha wairua (spiritual well-being - personal beliefs. These benches will also represent the Four Winds.

"The benches will enable the garden to be used as a meeting place for people to wait for formal pōwhiri into the school grounds, through the waharoa that will be constructed over the existing path (this is a separate project that is being funded by the school). It is intended that any koha given at this time will be in the form of a plant to add to the garden. This is a garden that will continue to grow."
- Louise Ellis, Teacher

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Kai Garden Competition - Keep New Zealand Beautiful

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Our Kai Gardens Competition is a great way for tamariki aged 3-13 years to develop a greater understanding of the natural world and to gain hands-on experience building a small kai or rongoā garden for their school. Kai Gardens is a fun and educational competition that is open to all New Zealand ECEs, kindergartens, primary and intermediate schools.

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If you're planning a mural with an environmental message, you could enter this competition. It's held annually, with different prize packages each year to support you to produce your mural.
https://www.knzb.org.nz/programmes/paint-new-zealand-beautiful/resene-wall-worthy-competition/

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Applications close at the end of July each year.
The winning group will receive a $2,500 cash prize.
·         Does your kura run environmental programmes that look at how to restore biodiversity to your community?
·         Are your tamariki monitoring pest traps as part of protecting their environment and biosecurity?
·         Are your science students doing research about invasive pests and diseases that could threaten New Zealand?
·         Are you really proud of your students who are leading environmental groups and sharing knowledge?
If this sounds like your learning centre or school, submit your online entry here: www.thisisus.nz/biosecurity-awards/

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NZ Biosecurity Awards - recognising and celebrating our biosecurity team of all New Zealanders | Ko Tātou This Is Us

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Sometimes we forget to celebrate and recognise the people, projects, teams, businesses, and communities that are doing amazing things to protect New Zealand’s biosecurity system.

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Closed for 2022 - 2022 Earthwise Action Fund for Enviroschools

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Closed for 2022 - 2022 Earthwise Action Fund for Enviroschools

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Applications open April 2022 and close mid May 2022.

The purpose of the Earthwise Action Fund is to offer accessible funding for sustainability and enterprise projects in your school, centre and community.

There are two funding options available:
1. $1,000 (+GST) towards a smaller scale project/initiative
2. up to $5,000 (+GST) for a larger project with a focus on sustainable enterprise involving the wider community

Click the link below for further information about the fund and details on how to apply.

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2021 Earthwise Action Fund for Enviroschools - caring for your world

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Nau mai haere mai welcome! We are pleased to announce a new funding opportunity for Enviroschools, proudly sponsored by Earthwise. Toimata Foundation has partnered with Earthwise, a popular eco-friendly cleaning brand in supermarkets. The locally owned business is based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland and has been making eco-friendly household cleaning and body-care products for over 50 years.

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There are three closing dates for funding rounds every year: 31 March, 30 June and 30 September.

The Mazda Foundation will consider awarding grants to programmes promoting:

The maintenance and improvement of the natural environment

The advancement of culture and education to achieve excellence at all levels in the community

Advancement of education and employment skills development, with particular emphasis on children from deprived backgrounds

The arts where the goal is to educate and expose the NZ public on NZ culture

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If you're an organisation or individual seeking support through the Mazda Foundation, review our Grant Guidelines before submitting an application.

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if your school would like to apply for the TREEmendous Education Programme and $1,000 prize money, you can apply here:

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Welcome to the TREEmendous Education Programme.
TREEmendous was launched in 2007 by the Mazda Foundation to help schools develop exciting new ways to promote environmental literacy.
Over the years we have found that many schools needed more than one area of their school to become an outdoor learning area. We saw opportunities to turn the whole school outdoor area into a learning environment - helping to increase overall environmental literacy.

Created with the help of Mazda Ambassador, Ruud 'the Bugman' Kleinpaste, the programme aims to encourage environmental education - teaching children and the wider community about the importance of caring for the environment.

Our exciting new TREEmendous Education Programme encourages even more hands on learning. Ruud works directly with teachers to identify how they can use the environment as a context for Education - helping make it an immersive part of the curriculum.

If you want educators and students from your Primary or Intermediate school to reconnect with our fabulous biodiversity - from plants and bugs to fungi and birds - then apply now for a TREEmendous Education Programme for your school.
You'll be helping Kiwi kids reconnect with nature and be inspired to take care of the environment for future generations.

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TREEmendous Education Programme - Win a TREEmendous Education Programme with Ruud 'Bugman' Kleinpaste

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TREEmendous was launched in 2007 by the Mazda Foundation to help schools develop exciting new ways to promote environmental literacy. Over the years we have found that many schools needed more than one area of their school to become an outdoor learning area.

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Jeanette Fitzsimons Climate Action Grants

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Jeanette Fitzsimons Climate Action Grants

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The Climate Action Grants are for climate and community activists under 30 years wanting to create a change. Two grants of up to $5,000 are offered annually, for projects which are targeted at climate action and aligned with one or more of Jeanette’s and Our Climate Declaration’s goals. These grants will be awarded each year to a young person/s or organisation of young people working within their community, who wish to innovate, promote and implement the sorts of things that Jeanette believed in and are reflected in the Our Climate Declaration Goals.
Find out more here:

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Jeanette Fitzsimons Climate Action Grants

Continuing the legacy of Jeanette Fitzsimons

Jeanette Fitzsimons CNZM was a tireless advocate for the environment and for an economy of 'enough'. The Jeanette Fitzsimons Climate Action Grants were established in 2020 by her friends and colleagues to honour her memory and keep alive her legacy. Jeanette was a co-founder of Our Climate Declaration, who award these grants.

The Grants

The eight awards we've made so far have been for projects led by young people that, in the terms of the Declaration, "stop making things worse" and "start making things better". Three examples are:

Te Ara Whatu for wananga for young Maori and Pacifika people, supporting them into climate action.

A project to document the effects on climate of deep-sea bottom trawling by commercial fishers. This has resulted in an article in Canterbury's Latitude magazine and another scheduled for Forest and Bird magazine this year. Work is continuing on a film.

A sustainability group of high school students engaged in a well-researched composting, recycling and educating initiative for their college and community.

A pause for 2023

However we have decided to pause the Grants until later in 2023. This decision is prompted by the recent tragic climate events: many of our funders are giving generously to communities hit by cyclones, flooding, and forestry slash.

We also consider it's time to re-envision how our Grants can best support young activists in this climate-vulnerable world. We will keep you up to date with our decisions on this webpage.

Meanwhile, please keep us informed of climate-related projects involving young people that might be worthy of our consideration. You can do so here.

We've appreciated your support and hope it will continue. If you are able to help us plan for the future, please donate here. Your donation is eligible for a tax refund.

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Jeanette Fitzsimons Climate Action Grants

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We offer two grants of up to $5,000 each, for projects which are targeted at climate action - and aligned with one or more of Jeanette's and Our Climate Declaration's goals.

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We support a wide range of initiatives & projects throughout regional New Zealand.  These include school groups, educational groups, charitable trusts, sports clubs and local emergency services for a wide range of environmental, community and health and safety initiatives.

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As a co-operative of 10,000 farming families, we know just how much good can come from working together. Which is why we're working with partners right across the country to put good quality nutrition in the hands of those who need it most, to protect and regenerate the environment for future generations, and to provide the care and support that keeps our communities strong.

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Environmental Education Action Fund | WWF

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Environmental Education Action Fund | WWF

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WWF, in partnership with the Tindall Foundation, supports communities and educational facilities to run projects that conserve and restore Aotearoa New Zealand's natural environments and the native species in these habitats. Up to $15,000.

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WWF, in partnership with the Tindall Foundation, supports communities and educational facilities to run projects that conserve and restore Aotearoa New Zealand's natural environments and the native species in these habitats.

Who can apply?

The Community Conservation and Education Fund is targeted at local community and educational conservation groups based and working in Aotearoa New Zealand, engaged in projects which involve the community in conservation or education initiatives. We do not fund individuals, national or regional umbrella groups, for-profit organisations, Government authorities, Government agencies, or overseas organisations.

What kind of projects are funded?

The Community Conservation and Education Fund gives preference to projects that:

Involve local communities in conservation initiatives

Educate others through action based projects

Encourage others to learn through experience and participation

Restore native habitats, especially those with threatened indigenous species

Make meaningful contributions to improving their local environment

Promote others to gain skills and are encouraged and/or supported to take future action for the environment as a result of participating

How much can I apply for?

A maximum of NZ$15,000, for a funding period of one year. Previous recipients may re-apply to consecutive funding rounds up to three years, or in some circumstances five years, but repeat funding for recipients is not guaranteed and WWF should not be considered an on-going source of funding. New applications will need to be made for each successive year.

How to apply

The fund is open for applications once a year. The 2023 round will open on 14 August. A link to apply will be added here.
Subscribe to the WWF-New Zealand newsletter to receive updates about the Fund (link in the footer).
To check if you are eligible and meet the funding priorities please read the application guidelines.

For more information contact:

WWF-New Zealand Grants Administrator,
Freephone: 0800 435 7993
Email: Community@wwf.org.nz

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WWF-New Zealand Community Conservation and Education Fund

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Annual funding for community groups and schools for habitat protection projects and environmental action education

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Collaboration is about working together to create positive change. For us, collaboration means two or more organisations or groups forming a partnership to work collaboratively to achieve the same outcome – in Weave’s case, to increase positive outcomes for New Zealanders, our communities and environment.

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In the spirit of our guiding philosophy of Kyosei - living and working together for the common good - over the last 16 years, Canon Oceania has supported more than 80 schools, not-for-profits and community groups with over $450,000 in monetary and product support.

Previous winners have used the grant to restore and protect native biodiversity, advocate to eliminate period poverty and facilitate learning, and foster knowledge and conservation of oceanic environment through research and education.

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In the spirit of our guiding philosophy of Kyosei - living and working together for the common good - over the last 16 years, Canon Oceania has supported more than 80 schools, not-for-profits and community groups with over $450,000 in monetary and product support.

Previous winners have used the grant to restore and protect native biodiversity, advocate to eliminate period poverty and facilitate learning, and foster knowledge and conservation of oceanic environment through research and education.

After the public cast more than 3,000 votes, we're excited to announce the winners of our 2022 Canon Oceania Grants program. This year's winners will help enhance the wellbeing of deaf people through hearing dogs, support sustainable living and promoting circular ways of thinking, and transform education and environmental solutions through STEM programs. Each winner will receive $2,500 in cash and $2,500 in equipment.

Congratulations to this year's winners!

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In the spirit of our guiding philosophy of Kyosei - living and working together for the common good - over the last 16 years, Canon Oceania has supported more than 80 schools, not-for-profits and community groups with over $450,000 in monetary and product support.

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Tips for fundraising for environmental projects

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Tips for fundraising for environmental projects

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From Predator Free NZ

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There are many different ways to raise funds and what works for you will depend on the size of your group, the time and resources you have, your location, and of course how much money you need and over what period. Many groups apply for grants as part of their annual fundraising plan.

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Te Uru Rākau | Funding for tree planting

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Te Uru Rākau | Funding for tree planting

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Part of the One Billion Trees Programme, the fund is available to help people plant living memorials that honour members of their communities.  For planting areas of less than 1 hectare on land accessible to the public or iwi, including schools and marae.

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Funding for Matariki Tu Rākau memorial tree planting | NZ Government

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Matariki Tu Rākau funding supports communities to plant trees to honour New Zealand's heroes. The fund is currently closed for applications.

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We’re locally owned with deep roots in our communities and like to lend a helping hand where we can, helping Kiwis to love where they live work and play.  Our stores get behind hundreds of initiatives each year supporting local schools, clubs, charities and not-for-profit organisations, and at a national level we’re proud to contribute to community-based initiatives, either through our Mitre 10 Helping Hands programme delivering practical hands-on help with builds and makeovers to those in need, or through our support of charitable, environmental, local grassroots and trade partnerships.

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Max e-Grants is a community programme brought to you by OfficeMax in partnership with NZ’s leading children’s charity Barnardos. The programme provides small grants of up to $5,000 to New Zealand schools and pre-schools to support children (4-18 years) experiencing significant disadvantage to support, promote and encourage their educational potential and outcomes.

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OfficeMax is New Zealand's leading workplace and education solutions provider, with tens of thousands of products available through its thriving online-retail business - from workplace furniture, technology and café solutions to cleaning and safety products.

With a vision to empower sustainable and successful workplaces, OfficeMax operates interactive, state-of-the-art customer experience showrooms in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch for business leaders and educators to collaborate with product specialists.

OfficeMax employs more than 500 passionate New Zealanders across its two distribution centres, three showrooms, sales offices, contact centre and Highbrook HQ, and has been an important part of New Zealand workplaces and homes for more than 150 years.

A trusted partner to New Zealand schools for five decades, OfficeMax is a proud sponsor of not-for-profit counselling helpline and webchat service, 0800 What's Up, and since 2011, has supported more than 16,000 Kiwi school kids with essential resources to help level the playing field through its Max e-Grants programme.

"I'm so proud of OfficeMax and our ongoing commitment to kids in New Zealand. As someone who grew up in a family that was not materially wealthy, I know how isolating it can feel to go without. Max e-Grants makes a real difference to children's lives."

Kevin Obern
Managing Director

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OfficeMax is New Zealand's leading workplace and education solutions provider, with tens of thousands of products available through its thriving online-retail business - from workplace furniture, technology and café solutions to cleaning and safety products.

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Te Puna Tahua

Lottery Grants Board

Distributes the profits made from New Zealand state lotteries, such as Lotto and Instant Kiwi, for the benefit of New Zealand communities.

Under the Gambling Act 2003, all profits from playing Lotto are used to benefit New Zealand communities. The New Zealand Lotteries Commission runs the Lottery, and the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board distributes its profits.

The Department of Internal Affairs administers the funds on behalf of the Board.

Nearly half of the lottery profits go to these statutory bodies:

The remaining profits are distributed through a range of lottery grants that individuals and groups can request.

Ngā Hua / Outcomes

The Lottery Grants Board aims to maximise the community benefits of lottery grants by focusing grant decision making on outcomes.

Outcomes are all the changes, benefits, learning and effects that happen - or start to happen - as a result of activities, projects or services in communities.

The Board's key funding objectives and request criteria are designed to ensure that lottery grants will contribute towards its vision of New Zealanders building strong sustainable communities together.

Ngā kaupapa matua / Priorities

Lottery grant requests must align with one of the Board's criteria:

enhance capability and increase capacity among applicants and the community

reduce community organisation funding gaps

have regards to the needs and aspirations of Māori

consider the needs of older people, Pacific people and other ethnic communities, women and youth, people with disabilities.

Grant requests should show how they will contribute to at least one of these key objectives:

support volunteers

enable people to help themselves

promote community wellbeing and address disadvantage

promote community participation, inclusion and identity.

Applicants should also show how they:

will focus on achieving their outcomes

will work together with others to achieve common community outcomes

are responsive to the communities they serve.

Ngā kaupapa kāore e tautokona ā-pūtea / What we don't fund

Lottery grants may not be used for any of the following:

repaying or servicing debt

refinancing loans, deposits or underwriting projects

commercial, political and/or religious objectives, including employment and/or business initiatives, commercial enterprises, political advocacy or projects which seek to change legislation

fundraisers and projects which seek to raise funds in or for a specific sector, or are involved with the training or employment of fundraisers

projects which seek to redistribute funding to others

overseas aid or disaster relief

alcohol and drug treatment, education and support services

medical expenses, operations, treatments or the purchase of major items of health equipment

capital investment or trust funds

projects or activities completed (retrospective funding) or items bought before the request.

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Lottery Grants Board " Community Matters

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Distributes the profits made from New Zealand state lotteries, such as Lotto and Instant Kiwi, for the benefit of New Zealand communities. Under the Gambling Act 2003, all profits from playing Lotto are used to benefit New Zealand communities. The New Zealand Lotteries Commission runs the Lottery, and the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board distributes its profits.

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In accordance with the Gambling Act 2003, One Foundation receives applications for grants on a continuous basis. These are presented to the Net Proceeds Committee at the monthly meeting closest to the date at which the complete, signed original Grant Request has been received at our office.  The Net Proceeds Committee is responsible for assessing applications for the funds that are raised from our gaming machine venues.

Our criteria, methods, systems and policies used to consider the distribution of net proceeds are reviewed regularly. The Directors met on the 28th May 2020 and the latest amendments to the Net Proceeds Policy have been updated on this website.

Applications must be completed in accordance with the standard One Foundation's online application form via our online Grants Portal.

Please check your Eligibility and read our Grant Guidelines and What We Fund for assistance when applying for a grant.

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One Foundation Grants Overview and Availability of Funding

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Grants Information New Zealand, Availability and Assessment of Funding with One Foundation

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The Bunnings team like to help out in schools and ECE services - contact them or your Enviroschools facilitator to see what support they can offer you.

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The Blue Door Blenheim offer two funding rounds per year.

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In the first fifteen years of operating, we are proud to say that The Blue Door has given out over $300,000 in grants to the local Marlborough community. We operate by accepting donations of all manner of items, which are then sold and the profits given out in the form of grants.
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The Blue Door | Blenheim Op Shop - Supporting the Community

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In the first fifteen years of operating, we are proud to say that The Blue Door has given out over $300,000 in grants to the local Marlborough community. We operate by accepting donations of all manner of items, which are then sold and the profits given out in the form of grants.

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"The object of the Redwood Trust is to act for the purposes of funding charitable, cultural, educational, recreational, sporting and youth activities in the Marlborough District."

Grant Applications will be accepted before the 15th of each month.

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The purpose of the scheme is to support and encourage local communities to create and present diverse opportunities for accessing and participating in arts activities within their specific geographical area, as well as for defined communities of interest.

Round 1 opens August 2023
Round 2 - date to be advised

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Marlborough Creative Communities Scheme - Marlborough District Council

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The purpose of the scheme is to support and encourage local communities to create and present diverse opportunities for accessing and participating in arts activities within their specific geographical area, as well as for defined communities of interest.

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Marlborough District Council Community Grants

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Marlborough District Council Community Grants

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Council will consider requests for funding from community organisations providing services in the following categories (in no order of priority):

Arts & Culture

Community Welfare and Social Services

Heritage

Sport and Recreation

Applications close 14 August 2023

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Who Can Apply?

Organisations wanting to apply for funding assistance must meet the following criteria:

Be a not for profit organisation

Provide services to the wider community or specific sectors in the Marlborough community (any National or Regional organisation applying must refer specifically to Marlborough costings and benefit)

Be able to supply verified Annual Accounts

Apply for the Grant

The application form will be available on 30 June 2023.

More Information

If you require further information or assistance please contact:

Jodie Griffiths

Community Partnerships Advisor

Phone: 03 520 7400

Email jodie.griffiths@marlborough.govt.nz

Accounting for Your Grant

If your organisation is awarded funding, you will need to account for how you spend your grant.
Go to Community Grant accountability form
Previous Grants Approved

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Marlborough District Council Community Grants

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Organisations wanting to apply for funding assistance must meet the following criteria: Be a not for profit organisation Provide services to the wider community or specific sectors in the Marlborough community (any National or Regional organisation applying must refer specifically to Marlborough costings and benefit) Be able to supply verified Annual Accounts The application form will be available on 30 June 2023.

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Yealands Wines, in conjunction with the Marlborough District Council and the Blenheim Sun, are calling for applications for the Yealands Wines Marlborough Sustainability Initiative. The programme supports not-for-profit efforts to enhance biodiversity across Marlborough. In its three years of operation, the Yealands Marlborough Sustainability Initiative has provided groups with funding to support weed eradication, waterway enhancement, wetland preservation, education and wildlife breeding programmes.
What is on offer?
The Yealands Wines Marlborough Sustainability Initiative will make available $50,000 every year for local environmental projects. Projects can apply for individual grants of up to $10,000 per year.
Who can apply?
The Initiative specifically supports not-for-profit community efforts to improve biodiversity across the Marlborough district. Please see the full terms and conditions here to see whether your project is eligible.
Application dates:
The next round of submissions will open 1st October 2023, and close 31st October. Winners will be announced 23rd November 2023.

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The Yealands Wines Marlborough Sustainability Initiative will make available $100,000 every year for local environmental projects. Projects can apply for individual grants of up to $10,000 per year. The Initiative specifically supports not-for-profit community efforts to improve freshwater quality, the preservation of sensitive natural areas, and/or biodiversity in the Marlborough district.

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Generosity NZ is the largest digital search facility for funding information in Aotearoa. Generosity do not administer funds themselves, they simply provide access to extensive opportunities offered throughout New Zealand.

Generosity is a social enterprise that operates on a cost recovery model so, in order to access the givME and givUS platforms,  subscription is required. However Marlborough District Council purchased the platforms for their ratepayers and they can be accessed through the Marlborough District Libraries website (About the library > Community > Grants and Scholarships > Create a login). You will need your library card number and pin number prior to creating a login.

https://www.marlboroughlibraries.govt.nz/about-the-library/community/grants-and-scholarships

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Running a marathon for charity? Needing funding to continue your studies? Need to fundraise?

Search these databases to find the right place/s to apply.

Accessing givUS and givME

Both givUS and givME are free to use with your library card number and PIN, but require you to create a login with Generosity New Zealand.

Follow the link below to create a login. You will need to enter your library card number and pin number prior to creating your Generosity New Zealand login.
Create a login to use with givUS and givME
Once you have created a login, use the link below to log in and search. Note: you will be prompted to log in with your Generosity New Zealand login:
Search givUS or givME
givUS

You can search for local or national funders, including government, local authorities and gaming trusts.

FAQS offer advice on how to prepare your organisation's funding bid.

Search for awards, grants and scholarships to help individuals with school, tertiary studies or professional development and training.

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Print Running a marathon for charity? Needing funding to continue your studies? Need to fundraise? Search these databases to find the right place/s to apply. Both givUS and givME are free to use with your library card number and PIN, but require you to create a login with Generosity New Zealand.