Playcentre Aotearoa One-on-One Clinics
Appointments are available with Tonya (Grants Administrator) to discuss advice on where to apply, how to word your application, what to include with your application and any other questions you may have about grants.
There are appointments available every Wednesday at 10am for Playcentres across New Zealand. Register for one appointment, or multiple, depending on the help you need.
Once you have booked an appointment, Tonya will be in contact to organise a Zoom or phone call appointment for the time and date that you have booked. If that time does not suit, send an email to [email protected] and we can try to arrange another time.
Funding Directories
Funding Directories are now available for all regions across the country – Northland; Auckland; Waikato; Bay of Plenty; Taranaki; Gisborne; Hawke’s Bay; Manawatū/Wanganui; Wellington; Marlborough; Tasman; West Coast; Canterbury; Otago; Southland.
Email [email protected] for your copy.
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.
New Discount for Centre Members
Les Mills is proudly New Zealand owned and operated, with 12 clubs from Auckland to Dunedin, each providing a unique fitness and wellbeing offering. Corporate membership includes a 7 Day Free Pass and discounted membership rate.
Email [email protected] for more information. Playcentre members can use the “Ministry of Education and Teachers” corporate affiliation. When needed, email [email protected] to get a letter confirming you are enrolled with Playcentre.
Click below for information on other “Centre Discounts” with offers from several companies including the Playcentre shop, Red Cross, Harvey Norman (commercial rates), Kohab (15% off bird feeders and bird houses), Resene and Ecostore.
https://www.playcentre.org.nz/member/grants/centre-discounts/
Please note that these are not exclusive/approved suppliers or specific Playcentre recommendations and you are more than welcome to use a local option, especially if they are cheaper.
Thank you to the Thomas George McCarthy Trust who have once again supported 59 Playcentres in the Lower North Island region with a $500 grant to go towards books, computers, and new or replacement equipment.
Last year, Houghton Valley Playcentre used the funds to purchase a set of Hart Soft Foam climbing shapes.
End of Year Accounts
When finalising your centre’s accounts, please remember that many funders require a separate line in your accounts for their funding. This is often part of the terms and conditions for accepting the grant. You can change the name of your grant codes in Xero to ensure this happens. You will also be asked to report on any grants received in the Finance Pack so we can thank our funders in the Annual Report. The information needed will be the grant funder, the amount granted and what the funding was for.
Registered Charities
It is important for centres that are registered charities to ensure their purpose, structure, officers, and rules on the Charities Register are up to date. Several centres still mention NZPF and Associations and this should be changed to Playcentre Aotearoa. It is also important that any centre that is a registered charity and an incorporated society has the same rules on both websites. Funders will look at your details online, and it is important that they are correct.
While the Trust Deed has been approved, centres still need to maintain their charity registration until the new operating model is in place.
More Information
You can 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) –
https://www.playcentre.org.nz/member/finance/grants-kit-and-supporting-documents/
There is also a toolkit to help your centre with support and ideas for fundraising and how to make more money for your centre.
https://www.playcentre.org.nz/member/grants/fundraising-support/