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Community Engagement Fund

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

Freemasons’ Scholarship – Eastbourne-Bays Community Trust

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APPLICATIONS FOR EASTBOURNE FREEMASONS’ SCHOLARSHIP Closing date 15 May 2023. This $5,500 scholarship is available to students who have distinguished themselves during a minimum of three years tertiary study and who have lived in Eastbourne for a minimum of five years during their life. Application forms are available from the website. Contact: Gaby Brown 021 179 5311 https://www.eastbourne-bays-community-trust.org.nz/

Eastbourne Community Trust – Grant Applications

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Closing date: 15 June 2023. Applications from Eastbourne-Bays groups are invited. Application forms are available on the website (below) or from Eastbourne Library. Contact: Gaby Brown 021 179 5311 or email: trustees@ebct.org.nz. For information on the Trust go to: https://www.eastbourne-bays-community-trust.org.nz/

Representation Review – drop-in session.

Eastbourne Community Hub/Library 38 Rimu Street, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Have questions in relation to the representation review? Come along to one of the community drop-in sessions and have a chat with HCC! Dates: Naenae Neighbourhood Hub – Saturday 6 July 11am-12p War Memorial Library – Wednesday 17 July 7pm-8pm Eastbourne Neighbourhood Hub – Saturday 20 July 1pm–2pm Petone Neighbourhood Hub – Saturday 20 July 3pm-4pm Wainuiomata Neighbourhood Hub – Sunday 28 July 2pm-3pm Proposed changes to how our communities are represented on Council have just been released for public consultation and we’re keen to hear from you by 1 August. An independent panel undertook community engagement in late 2023 and early 2024 to consider

Community Climate Action Fund (closes July 13)

COMMUNITY CLIMATE ACTION FUND (formerly the Community Engagement Fund) Criteria The fund aims to contribute to the city’s carbon reduction goals by funding: i. Community-led carbon reduction initiatives, with a focus on initiatives already identified in the Lower Hutt Climate Pathway ii. Community engagement initiatives that can demonstrate a contribution to carbon reduction in the way they are delivered (eg waste minimisation). To be eligible for funding: • Initiatives/activities must take place within Lower Hutt. • Physical assets must not be stored on Council reserve land or road reserve. • Any asset purchased over the value of $1,000 must be added to the organisation’s asset register.

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