Community Preparedness Grant

Get to Know Your Neighbours poster

The Community Preparedness Grant is under review as the Council works towards the 2012-22 Long Term Plan (LTP).

The Long Term Plan sets out what the Council will do over the next 10 years, and how much this will cost.

Long Term Plan 2012/22 - Overview

If the grant is renewed, updated application information will be made available.

About the Grant

We want Wellington to have safe and resilient communities where people know each other and are ready to help when things go wrong.

A Community Preparedness Grant can help you get to know your neighbours.

Purpose

Community Preparedness Grants can help you organise a local project for your neighbourhood, so that if anything happens you are best placed to help each other. A resilient community is one that knows each other and is ready to help when things go wrong.

Criteria

To qualify for the grant, your project must:

• be a local neighbourhood initiative that impacts upon at least 15 homes or a defined geographic community such as walkways or apartment buildings
• strengthen local connectedness in a way that is sustainable and has an ongoing benefit to the neighbourhood
• increase community resilience and emergency preparedness locally
• be open to the whole neighbourhood
• improve the wellbeing of people in the community
• improve how safe people feel within the community.

and the applicant must:

• be a legally constituted community group or organisation (an individual or individuals cannot apply for this grant, but groups may apply under an umbrella organisation)
• give evidence of sound financial management
• have reported adequately on any previous funding received.

More Information

Grants Advisor

Related Links

• Emergency Management
• Get Ready Get Thru website
• Neighbours Day Aotearoa website

Department Details:
Grants