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Community Engagement Fund
May 2, 2022 - June 1, 2022
This fund supports local activities and events that directly benefit the communities concerned. Funding details on Hutt City website.
Community boards and funding panels receive a set amount of funding to give out to applicants each financial year. Applications must support the Local Community Plan (if there is one) and also core Council business identified in our Long Term Plan.
Eligibility criteria
You must:
- have legal status as charitable trusts or incorporated societies that have the right to receive or administer charitable funding
- be based in Hutt City
- be planning an event/activity in Hutt City.
Available funding for Eastbourne $2,366
What we fund
- Purchase of office equipment
- Food and catering costs
- Community festivals
- Youth group events and projects run by the elderly or citizens associations
- Art projects that are not part of the core curriculum
- Advertising, promotion costs
What we don’t fund
We don’t fund activities that:
- promote an organisation’s religious, ethical, commercial or political views
- involve buying land or buildings or carrying out maintenance on buildings
- duplicate services that are already covered by Council or by government agencies eg, health or education providers
- have already begun or have already finished
- involve the redistribution of funds to others at the applicant’s discretion
- involve fundraising or legal costs
- involve capital investments or trust funds
- go towards prize money
- are operational costs eg, salaries, wages, rent, power.
Funding rules
Successful applicants must:
- use funds only for the approved purpose and in line with any terms and conditions we’ve set
- use funds by June 30 of the following year
- let Council’s funding officer know immediately if any difficulty or potential difficulty arises that may compromise the service or project
- allow us to audit the use of the funds if we decide to
- recognise our support in all publicity material, annual reports and similar publications
- complete an online Accountability Report no later than six weeks after completing the project. This should outline how the funds were used and how the community benefited
- lay a complaint with Police if any funds are stolen or misappropriated, and then notify us
- present back to the Community Board/Funding Panel to show how the project/event met its objectives.