A media release from the Manawatū River Leaders’ Accord announcing the successful recipients of the
2019-20 community grants programme.
A media release from the Manawatū River Leaders’ Accord announcing the successful recipients of the
2019-20 community grants programme.
The Manawatū River Leaders’ Forum is pleased to announce 14 successful applications who have secured community grants funding for freshwater improvement projects throughout the Manawatū Catchment.
The Manawatū River Leaders’ Accord runs a contestable community funding programme once a year with the support of Horizons Regional Council. In 2018 the fund was expanded with help from the Manawatū District Council and the Ministry for the Environment, through the Freshwater Improvement Fund.
Manawatū River Leaders’ Accord independent chair Richard Thompson says that thanks to last year’s expansion of funding there is a further three years of $100,000 available for community projects per year.
“The grants aim to assist non-profit organisations such as community groups, schools, catchment care groups and iwi/hapū with projects that will help increase engagement with Manawatū waterways and improve water quality in the catchment,” says Mr Thompson.
“This year we received 20 applications seeking a total of $392,000 collectively. Each application was of exceptional calibre.”
“We have managed to award the $100,000 to 14 projects, which is very exciting.
Three of these were initially funded in 2018 for a two year period, two are new applications for projects which began last year, and the remaining nine are entirely new.
This year’s funding was awarded to:
For more information on the community funding programme, click here.