As part of our ongoing commitment to supporting sustainability within our local community, we’re pleased to announce the fourth annual Counties Energy environmental and sustainability grants.
The grants are aimed at supporting initiatives that make a positive impact on our environment and community within the Counties Energy network.
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The two grants of up to $5000 are open to organisations in the following two sectors that reside within the Counties Energy
Network area.
• Preschools or Kindergartens
• Primary schools
• Intermediate schools
• Secondary schools
• Tertiary providers
• All
Note: Applications from Not-for-Profit Community Organisations that are not legal entities will also be
considered.
All projects must be undertaken within the geographical boundaries of the Counties Energy Network area.
Key Dates
Projects that we support must be able to demonstrate improvement in one or more of these key areas:
• Environmental – applicant aims to use grant to improve the physical environment. Examples include but are not limited to: Pest control, planting, weed management, waste reduction, habitat restoration/protection, emission reduction.
• Educational – applicant aims to use grant to help with education around an environmental and sustainability topic. Examples include but are not limited to: School programme, signage, community events.
• Cultural – applicant aims to use grant to enhance a site of cultural significance or to improve local understanding of a topic. Examples include but are not limited to: Stream planting, pest management, signage, community events.
The questions below are meant as a guideline only as you develop your application. However, be aware they are a prompt for the type of information the judges are looking for.
In this section provide a description of your organisation:
This section is focused on the project and how it will improve the environment.
a) Organisation name and purpose.
b) Clearly describe the project objective(s).
c) What is the significance of this environmental and sustainability project? Describe the current situation.
d) Describe the environmental and sustainability benefits that will be gained from the project for the immediate and/or wider area.
e) Describe how these environmental and sustainability benefits will be achieved.
Please provide a detailed budget showing how the grant will be spent.
Please include with your application detailed information (i.e. plans, photos, maps, diagrams etc.) that show where and how the grant will be used.
All projects must be undertaken within the geographical boundaries of the Counties Energy Network area as shown to the left.
The yellow shaded area in the below two maps provides the indicative Counties Energy Network area in the Papakura area. The map on the right shows the entire network region. If you are unsure if your eligible to apply, please email your physical address and that where the project will be undertaken to environmentalgrant@countiesenergy.co.nz where your eligibility to apply will be confirmed by return email.
The grant does not cover the following:
Applications can be submitted using any of the following methods.
Email
environmentalgrant@countiesenergy.co.nz
Post
Counties Energy Environment and Sustainability Grant Application
Private Bag 4
Pukekohe, 2340
Auckland
Please direct any questions or queries to the following email address.
environmentalgrant@countiesenergy.co.nz
