Community Infrastructure Grant

Grant Eligibility

All Community Infrastructure projects must meet the following criteria:

• Be for a community facility located in the Ashburton District (please check below for Eligible Infrastructure).
• Be for the development or maintenance of infrastructure available for community use.

Applicant Eligibility

Applicants must be:

• Based in the Ashburton District & the event must take place between 30 June 2023 to 1 July 2024.
• The administering / governing body for the project.
• Applications will only be accepted on the completed Community Infrastructure Application form.
• Incomplete applications that do not provide all of the requested information will be excluded from funding assessment.

Ineligible Projects

The following projects are ineligible for Community Infrastructure Funding:

• Retrospective works, except in exceptional circumstances such as a natural disaster.
• Salaries or wages.
• Any form of insurance.
• Equipment hire.
• Facility operating costs (including power, water, phones, ticketing, IT charges).

Eligible Infrastructure

MEMORIAL HALLS

Laghmor / Westerfield Memorial Hall , Mayfield Memorial Hall, Mt Somers Memorial Hall, Tinwald Memorial Hall, Mt Hutt Memorial Hall and Rakaia Memorial Hall.

COMMUNITY HALLS

Alford Forest, Flemington, Pendarves, Ashburton Centennial Sports Hall,Greenstreet, Rokeby, Barrhill, Highbank, Ruapuna, Carew, Hinds, Seafield, Chertsey, Lauriston, Staveley, Dorie, Lowcliffe / Coldstream, Wakanui, Ealing, Willowby, Eiffleton, Lynnford, Winchmore, Fairton, Maronan and Ruapuna.

RESERVE BOARDS

Alford Forest, Methven, Highbank, Chertsey, Mt Somers,Hinds, Dorie, Pendarves, Ealing, Rakaia, Maronan, Ashburton Forks / Green Street, Ruapuna, Mayfield, Tinwald and Seafield.

COMMUNITY POOLS

These criteria have been adjusted given Council’s Community and District Pool funding grant criteria. Council recognises that for smaller communities the local swimming pool is an important asset that enables more people to access aquatic facilities. To be eligible for funding from this scheme, the swimming pool must be accessible to the community.

Priority will be given to the following:

• Applications from swimming pools that are two or more kilometres away from a Council funded facility (EA Networks Centre, Tinwald Community Pool).
• Applications from swimming pools that are two or more kilometres away from a community pool on reserve land, as listed below.

The pools listed below are ineligible to apply, as funding is available through Council’s District Pools Grant, or alternative funding arrangements have been established. Further information can be found at www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/our-district

• Hinds Community Pool
• Methven Community Pool
• Mayfield Community Pool
• Rakaia Community Pool
• Mt Somers Community Pool
• Ruapuna Community Pool

Assessment Considerations

Council will consider the following:

• The contribution that the proposed work will make to the usability of the facility.
• The number of users of the facility per annum.
• Accessibility of the facility to the general public.
• The community contribution to the project (including volunteers, in-kind work or materials and financial support).
• The urgency of the work required.
• Other sources of funding potentially available to the applicant.
• Any previous assistance provided by Council.

Reporting

Successful applicants must complete and return a grant reporting form on the completion of the project, or by 31 July, or before applying for further funding, whichever comes first.

Receipts are required for all expenditure.

Organisations that do not complete their reporting will not be eligible for future Council grant funding.