Mayoral Relief Social Recovery Fund
Our Council has developed the Mayoral Relief Social Recovery Fund to address the needs of community organisations who are supporting those affected by the adverse weather events of 2023.
This fund must benefit tangata whenua, community and voluntary social service organisations located within the Thames-Coromandel area.
The Social Recovery Fund supports the following:
1. Community events and activities that enliven affected communities.
2. Initiatives that enhance community connections and builds community resilience.
3. Funding community groups to address costs related to an increase in demand for welfare needs related to the adverse weather events this year.
The maximum funding will be $10,000 per applicant. Both capital and operating costs can be applied for where they are contributing to one of the above criteria. This fund is GST inclusive.
This can include retrospective costs incurred since the Auckland Anniversary Weekend rain event that have not been funded to date. Our Council welcome conversations with organisations working within the tangata whenua, community and voluntary social services who feel their idea merits the involvement of Council and is able to provide a direct or indirect benefit for the district.
Open: 24 July–14 August 2023
Distribution: By 30 September 2023
For the online application, please click here.
Eligibility – organisations meet one or more of the following criteria:
• Are directly contributing increased services and costs related to the adverse weather events of 2023.
• Providing services based within the Thames-Coromandel area.
• Are enhancing community connections and building community resilience.
• Are a community organisation that is a legal entity i.e. a Charitable Trust or Incorporated Society.
• Applications from schools may be considered if they fit the criteria and are applying for a project that is not core education.
• This fund is available for capital expenditure up to $10,000.
Areas not eligible:
• Sports organisations that have received funding from Sport Waikato, and Sport NZ Disaster relief Fund are not eligible to apply.
• High-performance sport, sports clubs’ operational or programme costs, sport equipment.
• Core education in universities, colleges, schools, early childhood centres, including programmes, scholarships, equipment, or other activities that are curriculum related.
• Research from outside a community without its direct involvement.
• Organisations projects outside the geographic borders of Thames-Coromandel District.
• Overseas travel and expenses, and exchange programmes.
• We are unable to give donations to support individuals including scholarships, international travel to conferences, events or for research.
• Personal loans.
• Endowment funds.
• Religious or political advocacy, including religious advancement, political lobby groups, lobbying or marketing campaigns.
• Venture capital initiatives.
• Sponsorships.
Fund recipients
The successful recipients have been notified, with funds being allocated by the end of September.
“The applications showed just how many organisations are out there caring for our communities, and it’s great to able to support them in this way," says our Council's Community Partnerships co-ordinator Helen Flynn.
"We know the effects of the storms are still present in people’s lives, and our Community Partnerships team are working closely with those impacted, our wider Council, and local support services to achieve the milestones set out in our Recovery Plan.”
The following organisations were successful in their funding applications:
| Central North Island Kindergarten Trust |
$6,000 |
| Colville Bay Preschool |
$6,000 |
| Colville Junction Charitable Trust |
$10,000 |
| Coromandel Independent Living Trust |
$10,000 |
| Creative Coromandel: He Mana Toi Moehau Trust |
$6,000 |
| Eastern Coromandel Community Services Trust |
$10,000 |
| Harataunga Marae |
$10,000 |
| Hauraki House Management Committee Inc |
$7,000 |
| Hauraki Rail Trail Charitable Trust |
$3,000 |
| Living Well Trust |
$5,000 |
| Matai Whetu Marae |
$10,000 |
| Mercury Bay Area School |
$4,000 |
| Mercury Bay Museum |
$2,500 |
| Ngaati Whanaunga Incorporated Society |
$10,000 |
| Ngāti Hei Trust |
$10,000 |
| Ngāti Maru ki Hauraki Inc |
$10,000 |
| Opoutere Community Hall Incorporated |
$7,500 |
| Order of St John - Hauraki-Coromandel |
$5,000 |
| Pauanui Sports & Recreation Club |
$6,500 |
| Pauanui Volunteer Fire Brigade |
$6,500 |
| Steampunk the Thames Inc |
$2,500 |
| St John Tairua Area Committee |
$3,000 |
| Tairua Care & Friendship Club Inc |
$4,000 |
| Tairua Elim Community Church |
$3,000 |
| Tairua Focus Club |
$2.700 |
| Tairua Heritage Society Incorporated |
$4,000 |
| Tairua Information & Community Services Society Inc |
$4,000 |
| Tairua Residents and Ratepayers Association Inc |
$3,000 |
| Te Ahi Kaa Training and Social Services Centre Inc |
$10,000 |
| Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Harataunga |
$4,000 |
| Te Rerenga School |
$4,000 |
| Te Whāriki Manawāhine O Hauraki Women's Refuge |
$10,000 |
| Thames Blue Light |
$4,000 |
| Thames Citizens Advice Bureau |
$1,400 |
| Thames Coast Kiwi Care Incorporated |
$5,000 |
| Thames Māori Wardens |
$10,000 |
| Thames Museum Te Whare Taonga o te Kauaeranga |
$2,500 |
| Thames Music And Drama Incorporated |
$2,500 |
| Thames Valley Tangata Ora Trust |
$2,500 |
| The Basket Hauraki |
$7,500 |
| The Heritage Events Trust |
$1,400 |
| The Mercury Bay Community Support Trust |
$7,500 |
| Thrive Coromandel Trust |
$4,000 |
| Whangamatā Community Marae Trust |
$10,000 |
| Whangamatā Community Swimming Pool Inc |
$2,500 |
| Whangamatā Returned and Services' Association |
$4,000 |
| Whangamatā Theatre Society Incorporated |
$2,500 |
| Whangamatā Youth Trust |
$6,000 |
| Whangapoua Voluntary Rural Fire Force |
$6,500 |
| Wharekawa Adventure Education Trust |
$5,000 |
| Whitianga Bike Club Incorporated |
$3,000 |
| Whitianga Community Services Trust |
$10,000 |
| Whitianga Residents & Ratepayers Association |
$3,000 |