Community Grants 2017
If you are part of an organisation that provides a community service, activity or event that is not for profit, you could be eligible for one of our community grants.
Community Grants help local organisations pay for specific projects or maintenance of facilities that benefit our community.
Each Community Board area has a contestable grants pool to encourage and support not-for-profit organisations which have a positive impact on the community.
The grant values available in each area are:
- Thames Community Grants - $25,000
- Thames Community Events Grants - $15,000
- Coromandel/Colville Community Grants - $13,500
- Mercury Bay Community Grants - $20,000
- Tairua/Pauanui Community Grants - $37,000
- Whangamata Community Grants - $30,000
The grants allocated in each area are:
Thames Community Board
Community grants:
| Applicant's name |
Project |
Grant allocated |
| Thames Community Centre |
To assist 20 people to get their driver's licence. |
$1,200 |
| Ngati Maru Runanga |
To assist with the cost of running weekly wananga to teach Hauraki Waiata and Reo. |
$2,300 |
| Te Puru School |
To create a garden at the school for recreation and play for students and community |
$5,000 |
| Order of St John |
To cover costs for two free workshops focusing on sports first aid |
$600 |
| Friends of Te Whanganui A Hei Marine Reserve Trust |
For the delivery cost to provide the Experiencing Marine Reserve programme for a school in the District |
$1,200 |
| Bright Smile Community Garden |
To purchase tools and equipment |
$950 |
| Thames Coast Community Kindergarten |
To pay for building consent fees for extending existing building and installing a new kitchen, staff toilet and storage areas |
$3,000 |
| *The Coromandel Heritage Trust |
To part fund a project to catalogue and present the collection of A&G Price Foundry records |
$3,000 |
| *Thames Museum Society |
To mount an exhibition to preserve the stories of A&G Price Foundry |
$6,000 |
| *These two grants are conditional upon the two groups working together to catalogue/preserve and present these records |
The Board retained $1,750 of its $25,000 grants fund to allocate later in the 2017-18 financial year.
Events grants
| Applicant's name |
Project |
Grant allocated |
| Thames Christmas Wonderland |
Christmas event at the Thames War Memorial Civic Centre |
$5,000 |
| Thames Music Group |
Friday midday concerts |
$900 |
The Board retained $9,100 of its $15,000 events fund to allocate later in the 2017-18 financial year.
Coromandel-Colville Community Board
| Applicant's name |
Project |
Grant allocated |
| Coromandel Community Organic Garden |
Bio-intensive workshop and garden materials |
$1,200 |
| Coromandel Independent Living Trust |
Travel costs to support Kiwi Can programme being delivered in Colville and purchase of a speaker |
$1,827.59 |
| Coromandel RSA |
Hosting of RSA services and provision of safe and watertight storage facilities |
$2,500 |
| Coromandel Flying Club |
To purchase a trail camera |
$400 |
| Parenting Place |
To deliver three Attitude presentations and provide handbooks to CAS Year 10 students |
$403.20 |
| Coromandel Netball Centre |
To purchase netball equipment for both junior and senior netball in Coromandel |
$500 |
| Coromandel Community Preschool |
To purchase a teepee to assist with the development of an outside programme |
$2,000 |
| Adventure Racing Coromandel |
To purchase equipment to assist with track clearing for events |
$2,256 |
| Coromandel Players |
To install stairs to the attic in the theatre |
$700 |
The Board retained $1,713.21 of its $13,500 fund to allocate later in the 2017-18 financial year.
Grant to be provided from the Cultural & Heritage Fund:
| Applicant's name |
Project |
Cost |
| School of Mines and Historical Society |
To purchase copies of photographs and digital equipment to provide records specific to Coromandel |
$632.45 |
Mercury Bay Community Board
| Applicant's name |
Project |
Grant allocated |
| Off Beat Theatre company |
installation and purchase of black-out curtains |
$2250 |
| The Parenting Place |
"Delivery of Attitude," presentations at the Mercury Bay Area School. |
$400 |
| Mercury Bay Business Association |
Christmas lights for the town centre |
$2000 |
| Whitianga Scouts |
Architect fees for its new den. This is because they have raised $114k themselves but needed an additional $6k to apply for other external funding |
$6000 |
| Mercury Bay Community Support Trust |
Day camp set-up costs |
$3000 |
| Whitianga Half Marathon |
Set-up costs |
$2500 |
| Mercury Bay Seaside Carnival |
Set-up costs |
$560 |
| Matarangi Ratepayers Association |
Promotion and prizes for its summer carnival |
$1000 |
$17,710 was allocated out of the Board's $20,000 community grants and $20,000 events funds.
Grants to be provided from the Cultural & Heritage Fund:
| Applicant's name |
Project |
Grant allocated |
| Mercury Bay Museum Trust |
Upgrade of its Dairy Factory exhibition |
$3000 |
| Kotare Reserve Memorial Garden Trust |
Help towards build an entrance wall, historical wall and the first memorial wall along with initial planting and landscaping |
$1500 |
Tairua-Pauanui Community Board
| Applicant's name |
Project |
Grant allocated |
| Pauanui Surf Life Saving Club |
Purchase a new Mercury Engine Stand to transport equipment |
$300 |
| Tairua-Pauanui Community Promotions |
New Year's Eve fireworks display |
$8,000 |
| Tairua Care & Friendship Club Inc |
Venue rental |
$1,000 |
| Pauanui Sports & Recreation Club Inc |
Summer Series |
$8,000 |
| Walk Tairua Society Inc |
Signage for Pepe Walkway and pedestrian refuges from golf balls for health and safety purposes |
$1,500 |
| Coromandel Peninsula Coastal Walkways Society Inc |
Maintenance and upgrade of tracks |
$1,000 |
| Tairua Wet n Wild |
Permits, health and safety costs, insurance for event |
$2,320 |
| Pauanui Community Menz Shed |
Parachute Drop event |
$2,000 |
| Tairua Information Centre |
Security camera costs and support |
$1,200 |
| Pauanui Neighbourhood Watch |
Help with vehicle recognition cameras costs and support |
$1,864 |
| Tairua Information & Community Services Inc |
Summer Event Programme |
$3,500 |
| Tairua Elim Church Trust |
Annual Light Party |
$1,000 |
| Pauanui Community Office |
Pest control bait |
$116 |
| Pauanui Business Association - Experience Pauanui |
Development of Paradise Coast Brand |
$2,500 |
| Tairua Troubadors |
Tairua Hall Hire |
$1,200 |
| City Surf Series Ltd |
Event expenses for Pauanui Stand Up Paddle-Board Surf Race |
$1,500 |
The Board allocated all of its $37,000 grants fund.
Whangamata Community Board
| Applicant's name |
Project |
Grant allocated |
| Onemana Surf Life Saving Club |
Purchase of digital radios |
$1,000 |
| Whangamata Scout Group |
Annual lease costs |
$403 |
| Whangamata Surf Life Saving club Inc. |
Training equipment for Junior Surf Lifesaving |
$1,000 |
| Ella Williams Trust |
Surfing equipment |
$2,000 |
| All Saints Community Church |
Christmas Eve "Carols in the Park" community event |
$600 |
| Whangamata Community Services Trust |
Stock cars for youth-focused initiative |
$5,000 |
| Onemana Ratepayers Association |
Seating for meeting room |
$500 |
| Onemana Ratepayers Association. |
Replace of community notice board |
$3,000 |
| Whangamata Croquet Club Inc. |
Lawn maintenance costs |
$1,000 |
| Whangamata Lions Club Inc |
Annual Christmas tree forest and Santa's Grotto |
$2,000 |
| Parenting Place |
Attitude Youth Division. Youth drug and alcohol education programme booklets |
$300 |
| Whangamata RSA |
Le Quesnoy Battle Pins |
$2,000 |
| Whangamata Community Swimming Pool |
Supply and installation of finger directional signs |
$1,500 |
| Whangamata Lions Club Inc. |
Traffic Managements Costs for Run Walk Festival. |
$3,045 |
The Board retained $6,652 of its $30,000 fund for allocation later in the financial year.