Community Climate Action Fund

About the Community Climate Action Fund

This fund is comprised of the combined budgets of the previous Local Projects Fund and the Community Engagement Fund for the contestable fund in the 2022/2025 triennium.

Objectives

The fund aims to contribute to the city's carbon reduction goals by funding:

Eligibility criteria

You must:

  • Community service groups must be from or have a base in Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai / Lower Hutt from which they provide regular business-as-usual services.
  • Applicants cannot apply to multiple council funds for the same kaupapa/project/event.
  • All applications made must go towards meeting the objectives of the Lower Hutt Climate Action Pathway.
  • Groups applying for funds over 10K must be a registered charity or legal entity.
  • Groups applying for up to 10K of funds do not have to be a registered charity but are required to show good finance records and a verification of bank account with more than one signatory.
  • Applicants must try and utilise local Lower Hutt businesses and services where possible for required resources, materials, and support.

Available funding

Hutt City Council made budgetary provisions in 2022/2025 triennium through the Community Boards/Wards as follows:

 Community Engagement Fund Local Projects FundCombined Community Climate Action Fund
Eastbourne Community Board $7,302 ($2,434pa) $7,302
Petone Community Board $19,293 ($6,431pa) $19,293
Wainuiomata Community Board $26,595 ($8,865pa) $26,595
Eastern Ward$26,118 ($8706pa)$60,300$86,418
Northern Ward$23,595 ($7865pa)$60,300$83,895
Western Ward$19,140 ($6380pa)$60,300$79,440
Central Ward$28,770 ($9590pa)$60,300$89,070

Within the combined Community Action Fund there are two funding streams:

  • Engagement events
  • New projects

Funding Rounds

  • Wards will have two funding rounds over the triennium (mid 2024 and 2025)
  • Community board will continue to have two funding rounds per annum in-line with the Community Board Meetings
  • See our funding calendar for more information

Examples include:


  • improving access to secure bike parking and charging
  • supporting tamariki to walk or scoot safely to school
  • community initiatives to tackle food and green waste
  • community-led, nature-based solutions to tackle the impact of climate change (eg: riparian planting or planting trees)
  • initiatives that help organizations move away from the use of fossil fuels (such as natural gas for heating and cooking)
  • community-led carbon reduction or waste minimisation initiatives

    • We don't fund activities that:

    • Assets on Council land which require ongoing operational funding
    • Projects-assets which require significant support from Council teams to implement
    • Promotion of an organisation’s religious, ethical, commercial, or political views
    • Buying land or buildings or carrying out maintenance on buildings
    • Duplicate services that are already covered by Council or by government agencies e.g. health or education providers
    • Kaupapa that has already begun or finished
    • Redistribution of funds to others at the applicant’s discretion
    • Fundraising or legal costs
    • Capital investments or trust funds
    • Prize money or prizes
    • Operational costs e.g. salaries, wages, rent, power.

    How to apply

    Past successful applicants

    Year/Funding RoundDetailsFile/Size
    2023-2024Community engagement successful applicants 2023-24PDF 153KB
    2019-2020Community engagement successful applicants 2019-20PDF 108KB
    2018-2019Community engagement successful applicants 2018-19PDF 115KB

    More information

    Contact details

    Email: funding@huttcity.govt.nz