To assist community groups where their project funding request falls outside other Council funding criteria and/or closing dates. This fund is also for emergency or unforeseen situations.
Please contact us to check the fund balance before filling out an application form.
For assistance, please contact a grants advisor or email communitygrants@ccc.govt.nz.
If you wish to make an application to this fund please contact a grants advisor to check the availability of funds and the eligibility of your project.
All organisations applying for funding must also complete a Community Organisation Registration(external link) form. Organisations only need to complete one registration form for the year, no matter how many grant applications they intend to make.
To assist community groups where the project and funding request falls outside other council funding criteria and/or closing dates. This fund is also for emergency funding for unforeseen situations.
Applications are open from 1 July each year. Once the annual allocation of funds is exhausted the fund is closed.
Funding period is for 12 months after date of submission.
Note: This fund operates differently at a metropolitan and local level.
Community Board’s can grant funds to any group or person for any purpose except for those listed below.
Applications are invited from eligible not-for-profit groups whose activities provide opportunities in the areas of community, social, recreation, sports, arts, environment or heritage to the wider community or to specifically defined communities of interest.
Applications can be for operational or project costs, incurred in the provision and delivery of the agreed initiative.
Local Discretionary Response Funds will not cover:
The Metropolitan Discretionary Response Fund will not cover:
Future funding can be withheld if accountability requirements are not met.
