Applications are now open for the Lottery
Outdoor Safety Fund that includes outdoor safety or water safety organizations
to provide search and rescue activities.
Grants are one-off contributions for:
- ongoing operational costs, for
existing or expanded services and activities
- projects beyond an
organisation’s day-to-day operations
- minor capital works projects
valued at $30,000 or less may also be funded, including buying equipment,
assets or rescue craft.
Priorities
Lottery Outdoor Safety gives priority to grant
requests that will:
- increase collaboration in the
water or outdoor safety sector, including sharing knowledge, practices and
resources.
- maintain effectiveness and
volunteer capability water or outdoor safety sector organisations
- increase water or outdoor
safety knowledge and skills in communities, hapu or iwi.
Outcomes
- The outcome for Lottery Outdoor
Safety is to enhance water safety or outdoor safety for New Zealand
communities through grants for:
- a capable and effective water
safety or outdoor safety sector
- an increase in outdoor users’
safety knowledge and skills.
- Grants are made to
organisations whose requests show the benefits and outcomes that will be
achieved for your water safety or outdoor safety organisation, sector or
community, hapu or iwi, and how you will show or measure this.
What they don't fund?
In addition to what may not be funded by any
Lottery Committee, Lottery Outdoor Safety does not fund:
- individuals
- safety activity and equipment
for outdoor education, sport, leisure and/or recreation programmes
- urban search and rescue
services such as Civil Defence and local community volunteer rescue teams
- general accident prevention,
personal safety programmes and projects, playground safety, road safety or
road accident prevention
- vehicle purchases or leases,
insurance, repairs and maintenance costs
- major capital works projects
costing over $30,000
- requests for operating costs or
projects where outdoor safety is an incidental component rather than the
core business of the organisation, such as a community swimming pool
seeking the costs of pool attendants.
- There is no limit to the amount
your organisation may request from Lottery Outdoor Safety.
Post Date - 11-Jun-2021