Grant funding for Playcentres
Top Tip for April
** Many venue funders, foundations and trusts prefer to fund finite projects, ending when the project aims have been achieved, rather than covering ongoing costs such as salaries and running costs. A strategy for dealing with this is to build salary and overhead components into the cost of projects where possible. **
Upcoming Funding Rounds
** Please note: Always check-in with individual funders BEFORE YOU APPLY. While every effort has been made to ensure information given is correct at the time of publication, funding availability and other details may change frequently. **
Geyser Community Foundation – Rotorua and Taupo
Applications open 1 March and close 30 April each year.
Geyser is the Local Donation Manager for The Tindall Foundation (TTF) in the Rotorua and Taupo District communities. Every year Geyser gives away donations of $500 – $15,000 on TTF’s behalf in their Whanau / Family and Environmental focus areas.
COGS – National
Opens on 20 April and closes 18 May. There are a handful of Centres that are incorporated and can apply to COGS. I have sent an email to these Centres already as a reminder to apply. At this stage, it is not possible for other centres to become incorporated and apply to COGS.
Tasman District Council Covid-19 Grants
Closes 1 May 2022, 24 July 2022, 16 October 2022.
Support community organisations that have incurred costs or suffered losses because of Covid-19 or that assist vulnerable people and who have needed to increase their service because of Covid-19. Typical allocation is $5,000.
Meridian Power Up
Te Apiti Manawatu (24 April), West Wind Wellington (1 May), Mill Creek Wellington (1 May), Waitaki Canterbury (24 April), White Hill Southland (24 Sep), Manapouri Southland (24 April)
If you live in a community near one of their hydro or wind farms, you can apply. Check the objectives for each region.
Ministry of Education Targeted Assistance for Participation.
Nationwide – Round 2 closes 15 April.
There are several rounds throughout the year. TAP is a property assistance fund that contributes towards establishment and expansion of early learning services. Creating new child places and supporting participation in high quality early learning that is responsive to the needs of tamariki and whānau. TAP supports services in Māori, Pacific, low socio-economic communities, and areas where participation is low and there are limited child places available.
TAP proposals will need to be located in areas where:
• The service will be supporting Māori, Pacific and/or low socio-economic communities
• participation rates are low and there is a lack of sufficient child places.
To discuss further, email Tonya on [email protected] if you think you may be eligible. Applications must come from Playcentre Aotearoa on behalf of your centre.
PGG Wrightson Cash for Communities – rural communities
Register your Playcentre on the website, then promote the program to your local community and farmers. When PGG Wrightson account holders purchase Ballance Agri-Nutrients fertiliser, they can nominate your centre against their account. $1 per tonne purchased will be donated.
Digital Wings – National
The Digital Wings programme enables the distribution of electronic equipment (laptops, desktop computers and printers) from corporate donors to community organisations to enhance educational and employment opportunities. Charities, whānau / hapū and community organisations are invited to apply for refurbished computers to support their goals and outcomes, free of charge.
Preference is given to organisations working in rangatahi, youth development and education to employment initiatives. Please note that supply is dependent upon donation stock available and allocation to community is at the discretion of the Digital Wings Trustees. Please also note Digital Wings does not supply computers to individuals or private homes and they do not have ipads or tablets as the donations are from businesses.
Click here to visit their Facebook page for all the latest news.
The Trusts Community Foundation
Please note that the closing date for applications has changed from the 10th of each month to the 1st of each month.
Shout out to funders from West Harbour Playcentre
West Harbour Playcentre are delighted to share the good news and photos of their new playground matting thanks to funding from Foundation North, The Trusts Community Foundation and The Trusts Your West Support Fund totalling over $41,000. The children were thrilled and excited when the centre reopened again. The centre looks forward to organising a Grand Opening Ceremony when the current Omicron outbreaks die down, hopefully sometime in Term 2 2022.
If you have a ‘Shout Out’ you would like featured as a thank you to a funder who has supported your Centre, please email Tonya on [email protected]
Discounts for Playcentres
Have you seen the “Centre Discounts” page on the members section of the website?
There are discounts from the Playcentre shops, Red Cross, Harvey Norman, Resene, Ecostore, Idealcup and Exult.
We have just added a new offer from NZ Facilities Maintenance for building washes.
If you have a business you would like us to approach and ask for a discount for Playcentre, please email Tonya on [email protected]
Grant funding support for centres
As your Grants Administrator, I am passionate about supporting centres with their grant funding applications. Some of the areas I can help with are to provide an affiliation letter or Spotlight (finance) report, point you in the direction of who might be suitable to apply to, help you with some benefits and outcomes or be there for struggling centres that need a lot of help with their application. You can email me on [email protected]. To support as many centres as possible and ensure quality applications, if you need me to review your application, please send it to me at least one week before the closing date.
You can also find lots of information to assist you with your funding applications on the Grants section of the Playcentre website (you need to first be logged in as a member) –
Tonya Bristow
Accounts Administrator – Grants