2023/24 Paraparaumu Community Board Discretionary Grants Fund

The purpose of the Paraparaumu Community Board’s Discretionary Grants is to provide financial assistance for projects or activities that promote the wellbeing of the Paraparaumu community and show clear community benefit.

Eligible Organisations/Individuals

1. The organisation/individual must undertake its activities in the Paraparaumu area. The Board may consider financial assistance for events occurring outside the Paraparaumu Community where it is shown the community will benefit.
2. Eligible organisations include those that provide cultural, sports, environmental or social services to the Paraparaumu areas.

Criteria

1. The applicant is unable to receive sufficient grants from other sources.
2. The applicant must be non-profit making.
3. The organisation/individual must use the financial assistance for its activities in the Paraparaumu Community. The Board may consider financial assistance for events occurring outside the Paraparaumu Community where it is shown the community will benefit.
4. Organisations must provide the most recent financial statements and a copy of a resolution noting the decision to apply for funding.
5. The organisation/individual has not received financial assistance from the Paraparaumu Community Board Community Grants Fund in the last twelve months.
6. Only one application will be considered by an organisation for one event (Individual team member applications will not be eligible).

Please note: All applications must have full documentation to support their application (maximum of five pages in total).

Eligible Purposes:

1. Unique or infrequent project or activity;
2. Special project or activity;
3. Meritorious project or activity;
4. To partially or fully offset the cost of any Council permit, licence or resource consent fees*
5. The remission of hall rental (within the current financial year of the project or activity).

Ineligible Purposes

1. Expenses incurred for school curriculum activities.
2. Retrospective expenses*

*Grants will not be paid retrospectively other than for hall hire or for the cost of a permit, licence or resource consent fee

Maximum Grant

The maximum grant payable is $750.

Accountability

Applicants are required to provide written confirmation or a verbal report that the money was spent for the purpose granted within 2 months of completion of the activity. Individuals are required to outline the benefits gained for them and community groups are required to furnish a written report outlining the benefits gained by the community. In normal circumstances applicants failing to meet accountability criteria will be excluded from any further applications for two years.

The Paraparaumu Community Board requires all monies that are not used for the purpose applied for to be returned to the Community Grants Fund. Failure to do so may exclude the applicant from any further application.

The above conditions and criteria do not preclude the Paraparaumu Community Board from considering any application at its discretion.

Submit Applications Prior to Meeting

To ensure your grant application is included for consideration in the agenda for Paraparaumu Community Board meetings, please submit your application at least 8 working days prior the upcoming Paraparaumu Community Board meetings dates listed below:

• Tuesday, 13 February 2024
• Tuesday, 26 March 2024
• Tuesday, 7 May 2024
• Tuesday, 18 June 2024

Once your application has been processed you will be acknowledged by email to confirm its receipt.