Grants

The Council’s Long-Term Plan sets the funding available for community support through grants. Through our funding we support one-off and ongoing activities. By providing direct financial assistance, SWDC can support shared objectives, be a catalyst for positive change, deliver value for money to ratepayers, and help to sustain a thriving and independent community sector.

Community and Youth Fund Application Form

To be eligible for a grant from the Māori Standing Committee fund, applicants must be able to demonstrate their connection to South Wairarapa through whakapapa or family connection, or how the activity will benefit the South Wairarapa Māori and non-Māori community.

Māori Standing Committee Fund Application Form

The Featherston Community Board funds community organisations, marae committees, an individual, or a group of individuals who have come together for a common purpose to benefit the Featherston ward.

Featherston Community Board Fund Application Form

The Greytown Community Board funds community organisations, marae committees, an individual, or a group of individuals who have come together for a common purpose to benefit the Greytown ward.

Greytown Community Board Fund Application Form

The Martinborough Community Board funds community organisations, marae committees, an individual, or a group of individuals who have come together for a common purpose to benefit the Martinborough ward.

Martinborough Community Board Fund Application Form

In 1932, George Pain made a will bequeathing the 210 acre property known as the Pain Farm to the then Borough Council (now the SWDC). Under provisions of the Charitable Trust Act 1957 in February 1966 the Court directed:

“That the income from the Trust Lands should be used, in maintaining and improving the borough’s parks, sports grounds, camping ground, swimming baths, providing equipping and maintaining sports facilities and a children’s playground in such manner and in such proportion as the Council may from time to time decide.”

Any funding distribution from the Pain Farm must be of benefit to the residents of Martinborough.

Funding for the Pain Farm Fund will be available early 2024. More details coming shortly.

Pain Farm Fund Application Form

The Creative Communities Scheme (CCS) supports and encourages local communities to create and present diverse opportunities for accessing and participating in arts activities within the South Wairarapa. The scheme is a partnership between Creative NZ and the Council who administer the scheme. To be successful applications must show that the proposed project meets one or more of the funding criteria: Access and participation, diversity and/or young people. Further information on CCS and your application can be found here (English / Te Reo).

Creative Communities Scheme Fund Application Form

The Creative Communities Scheme Festival fund was established to support festivals that celebrate life experiences, stories, cultures, and regional identity in New Zealand, that continue to be impacted by the effects of Covid-19.  The purpose of this one-off fund, is support the Festival sector to adapt and thrive as we move out of the pandemic. Further information on this fund is available here.

Creative Communities Scheme Festival Fund Application Form

The Sport NZ Rural Travel Fund is open to South Wairarapa sports clubs and school teams with young people aged between 5 and 19 years who require subsidies to assist with transport expenses to local sporting competitions. The scheme is a partnership between Council and Sport NZ and was developed in response to concerns about the lack of participation in sport by young people living in rural communities. Application guidelines can be found here.

Sport New Zealand Rural Travel Fund Application Form