10 Community Funders In Southland Mataura Licensing Trust (MLT) There are a number of funding options available in • Covers the Gore district only; Southland for groups and individuals. The nature of your project will determine what funding opportunities are • Applications considered throughout the year; available. • Varying grant amounts and types of projects Please see sheets 11 & 11a for information and helpful hints considered. about completing funding applications. Contact MLT directly for more information: 1st Floor, 25 Trafford Street [email protected] PUBLIC FUNDING PO Box 43 www.mltgore.co.nz Public funding in Southland comes from a variety of Gore sources - local authorities or councils, local and national 03 208 9540 gaming machine trusts, local organisations such as the Community Trust of Southland, and national funders. Below are the details of some of the main funding options Southland District Council in Southland and also some of the national funders. Southland District Council facilitates the distribution of funds to community groups in Southland for purposes LOCAL SOUTHLAND FUNDERS and projects that will benefit its residents. Some of its Community Trust of Southland funds include: • Covers whole of Southland, and grants funds to a wide • Community Initiatives Fund variety of projects for varying amounts. • Northern Southland Development Fund • Grants under $5,000 considered on a monthly basis. • Ohai Railway Fund ( Individuals & Organisations) • Grants $50,000 and under have three funding rounds • SPARC Rural Travel Fund per year. • Creative Communities NZ Scheme • Grants over $50,000 have one funding round per year. All of these have two funding rounds per year, where Contact the Community Trust of Southland directly for applications close at the end of March and September. more information: Contact Southland District Council or Venture Southland 62 Don Street www.ctos.org.nz for more information and application forms: Invercargill [email protected] Southland District Council 03 218 2034 or 0800 500 185 15 Forth Street www.southlanddc.govt.nz PO Box 903 [email protected] Invercargill Invercargill Licensing Trust (ILT) & ILT Foundation 0800 732 732 • Cover Invercargill area only; (Venture Southland contact details are at bottom of page) • Applications considered throughout the year; • Varying grant amounts and types of projects considered. Invercargill City Council (ICC) & Gore District Council (GDC) There are also various funds available at these councils - Contact ILT directly for more information: contact them directly for more information. ILT Contact ILT directly for more information: Cnr Dee & Thames Streets www.ilt.co.nz ICC PO Box 208 [email protected] 101 Esk Street [email protected] Invercargill Private Bag 90104 www.icc.govt.nz 03 211 3640 Invercargill ILT Foundation GDC Cnr Dee & Thames Streets www.iltfoundation.org.nz 29 Civic Avenue [email protected] PO Box 1771 [email protected] PO Box 8 www.goredc.govt.nz Invercargill Gore 03 211 3640 November 2011 Community Resource Information Sheet 10 Other Funds OTHER FUNDING OPTIONS There are also other funds available that relate to either a Fundview / Breakout / Corporate Citizens specific area or purpose in Southland, such as: (www.fis.org.nz) • Southland Regional Heritage (Preservation Fund and Fundview, Breakout and Corporate Citizens are easily Development Fund) searchable databases that allow individuals and • Wyndham Charitable Trust Fund community groups to search for funding sources for their • Tuatapere Amenities Fund projects. They include funding from government, local authorities, statutory and philanthropic trusts, • Meridian Energy Community Funds gaming trusts and some service organisations. Corporate Please contact your Venture Southland Community Citizens also provides details of New Zealand businesses Planner for more information about these funds. that are committed to building relationships with community and voluntary organisation. Gaming Machine Trusts These trusts distribute funds collected through pokie Fundview machines in their areas. They will generally only consider For voluntary and community groups, and whanau, hapu funding projects that benefit residents of areas where and iwi looking for funding sources. they have venues. You will need to contact the funding organisation directly for application forms and Breakout information, and you can refer to the Department of For individuals looking for scholarships, awards and Internal Affairs website (www.dia.govt.nz) for a list grants to fund their study or professional development. of venues belonging to each gaming machine trust. Some gaming machine trusts available to Southland Corporate Citizens organisations are: For organisations looking for relationships with Lion Foundation www.lionfoundation.org.nz businesses offering sponsorship, volunteering mentoring, gifts in kind, loans and other initiatives. New Zealand Community Trust www.nzct.org.nz Pub Charity www.pubcharity.org.nz Please note that you will not be able to use these The Southern Trust www.southerntrust.org.nz databases from your home computer unless you pay a subscription or search fee. Fundview, Breakout and For a full list go to the Department of Internal Affairs Corporate Citizen databases can however be accessed website, the Venture Southland website, or contact free of charge at the Invercargill City Library, and any Venture Southland directly. Southland District Council Area Office/Library. Information prepared by LINKS / WHERE TO GO FOR MORE INFORMATION: For more information or help you can also contact your local Community Development Planner at Venture Southland: www.dia.govt.nz 143 Spey Street, Invercargill (search for “funding community groups”) Ph: 03 211 1400 www.southlandnz.com/liveinsouthland/funding [email protected] www.fis.org.nz www.southlandnz.com November 2011 Community Resource Information Sheet 10.