Community Funding

This page provides information about community funding provided by Porirua City Council, and the other funding information

Community Development Fund

The purpose of this fund is primarily to provide grants for community organisations for community development projects, up to $3,000 per grant per year

Groups do not need to be legally constituted, nor do they need to apply through an umbrella organisation for this fund.

Applications are accepted twice a year, and are usually advertised during the months of June and December in the local newspaper.
 
The Community Grants Subcommittee considers all applications. Organisations may not receive more than one grant from the fund in any one financial year, which is from 1st July - 30th June. Note: Retrospective grants are not given.

All groups applying for funds need to supply quotes if specific items are involved. The organisation's latest financial statement is also required.

Application Forms and Information

Application forms and application information sheets are available from the links below or from the following locations:

  • Porirua City Council, Customer Services, Cobham Court;
  • Porirua Citizens Advice Bureau, 2nd floor, Pember House;
  • Porirua Central Library, Norrie and Parumoana Streets

Organisations are not eligible to apply for both the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND and the COMMUNITY OUTCOMES FUND. They can only apply to one of the Funds in any one financial year, which is 1 July– 30 June.

Resource Recovery Activities Fund

The Resource Recovery Activities Fund was established by Council to provide small grants to assist groups with resource recovery operations.

Criteria for applying for the grant are that:

  • The resource recovery operation must be run by a not-for-profit organisation/community group
  • The operation must be for resource recovery - e.g. second hand shops, metal stripping operations, repairs to white ware for re-sale etc
  • Funding of $2,000 is available with grants of up to $500 per year awarded to each organisation or community group.

An application form and information sheet are available from the link below or from Porirua City Council Reception, Porirua Citizens Advice Bureau and Porirua Central Library.   

Community Outcomes Fund

The purpose of the Community Outcomes Fund is to advance the Porirua City Community Outcomes 2009-2015:

  • Porirua is Multicultural and Creative
  • Porirua is Strong Families and People, Young and Old
  • Porirua is Active and Healthy
  • Porirua is Learning for Life
  • Porirua is Prosperous
  • Porirua is a Safe City
  • Porirua is Sustainably Designed and Built
  • Porirua is a Valued Natural Environment
  • Porirua is Well Connected and On the Move

The Community Outcomes Fund is distributed to established organisations who are legally constituted and working towards the Community Outcomes in the Long Term Plan. The fund assists groups to build the capacity of their organisation, or to assist with the long term development of the community sector in Porirua.

The Fund is distributed once a year and is usually advertised in June/July each year. The Community Funding Sub-Committee of Council considers all eligible applications. Applications from sports and arts groups are not accepted. The next funding round will be open for applications in July 2011.

An Information Sheet and an Application Form are available from the link below, or from Porirua City Council Administration Building, Cobham Court

Organisations are not eligible to apply for both the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND (including the Resource Recovery Activities Fund) and the COMMUNITY OUTCOMES FUND. They can only apply to one of the Funds in any one financial year, which is 1 July – 30 June.

Fundview Database and Breakout Database

Porirua City Council subscribes to the Funding Information Service for the 'Fundview' and 'Breakout' computer databases.

Fundview is a national database that identifies funding sources such as government, philanthropic, local government and service sector funding for community organisations.

Breakout is a national database that identifies scholarships, awards and grants for individuals.

The information is updated regularly, is free and available online at the following locations: Porirua Central Library, phone (04) 237 1533; Citizens Advice Bureau, Phone (04) 237-8846; Whitford Brown Trust, phone (04) 236-8944.

Membership to the Porirua Library provides access to both funding databases from home. Please contact the Library on (04) 237 1533 if you are unsure how to access the library databases.