Grants are provided for a number of purposes. If you are unsure about the eligibility of your project, please contact the Trust Office.
 
Project Grants
These include one-off community projects and programmes, new initiatives, facilities and events. Applications must provide evidence of need and community benefit. 

If an application is successful, an evaluation will be requested as part of Central Lakes Trust's accountability requirements.

Download Guidelines

Download Application Form


Operational Grants
This includes the delivery of existing programmes or services. Under certain conditions, the Trust will provide funding for salaries or wages and/or operational costs. Generally these grants are only provided to organisations that are totally reliant on community funding and have limited means of raising their own funds. Education and health are primary charitable causesbut are treated carefully as many services are funded by Central Government. For organisations whose services or activities are traditionally funded by government (central or local) or other agencies, the Central Lakes Trust will only consider applications where it is clearly demonstrated that there is insufficient funding provided for the required service delivery. The tenure of the grant is normally for a twelve-month period, aligned to an organisation's financial year.

When applying for an Operational Grant an organisation must clearly define the outcomes it wants to achieve. If an application is successful, an evaluation will be requested as part of Central Lakes Trust's accountability requirements.

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Download Application Form

Grants for Informal Groups
An 'informal group' is an organisation that is not a Trust, Incorporated Society, Company or any other type of entity formed under New Zealand legislation. An informal group may be involved with managing a one-off project or a series of community activities. Generally an informal group would have a bank account, but would not own any assets of significant value. 

An 'informal group' may be eligible to apply for a grant up to $2,000. For amounts over $2,000, groups need to be incorporated or formalised. The same application form is used for both formal and informal groups.

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Download Application Form

Central Lakes Arts Support Scheme (CLASS)
These grants are administered by the six Community Arts Councils in the Central Lakes Trust region to increase, at a local level, both participation in the arts and the range and diversity of arts available to the community. 

These grants are administered by the six Community Arts Councils in the Central Lakes Trust region to increase, at a local level, both participation in the arts and the range and diversity of arts available to the community. 

The maximum amount per project that can be funded through this Scheme is $2,000. If funding greater than $2,000 is required, then a formal application should be made to the Central Lakes Trust by way of the standard Central Lakes Trust grant application form.

Conditions of CLASS
For the purposes of the Central Lakes Trust Arts Support Scheme, "Arts" is defined as, "all forms of creative and interpretive expression". These include:

• Language, Arts and Literature
• Performing Arts
• Visual Arts
• Multi-disciplinary (projects which cross over two or more of the above categories)

1. Applicants must meet the Scheme's eligibility criteria
   Grants are limited to a maximum of $2,000 per project
   Applicants can only receive one grant in any 12-month period from Central Lakes Trust either through:
2. Central Lakes Trust Arts Support Scheme, or 
3. directly from Central Lakes Trust itself

Download CLASS Application Form & Guidelines 

Community Arts Council Contacts

Alexandra Community Arts Council
Kathi McLean
Central Otago REAP, 17A Brandon Street, Alexandra 9391
Telephone: 03 448 6115
Email: kathi@coreap.org.nz

Creative Queenstown
Jan Maxwell
Queenstown Lakes District Council, Private Bag, Queenstown 9348
Telephone: 03 441 0469
Email: janm@qldc.govt.nz

Cromwell & Districts Community Arts Council
Peter Mead
82 Neplusultra Street, Cromwell 9310
Telephone: 03 445 1266
Email: perome@xtra.co.nz

or

Heather McPherson
320 Felton Road, Bannockburn RD 2, Cromwell 9384
Telephone: 03 445 0477

Roxburgh Community Arts Council
Wyn Dryden
16 Henderson Drive, Molyneux Estate, Alexandra
Telephone: 03 448 8925

or

Anita Christie
49 Scotland Street, Roxburgh 9500
Telephone: 03 446 8130 
Email: randachristie@kinect.co.nz

Upper Clutha Community Arts Council
Robyn van Reenen
P O Box 216, Wanaka 9343
Telephone: 03 443 1810
Email: rvr@cleangreen.co.nz

Tertiary Education Scholarships 2012 for 2013 Academic Year
Applications for Central Lakes Trust Tertiary Education Scholarships for the 2013 academic year are now OPEN. Applications close on 17 August 2012. These scholarships are available to Year 13 students who meet the scholarship Eligibility Criteria, who wish to commence study at a New Zealand Tertiary Institution, which charges fees, to further his or her education following Year 13 or a GAP year. A small additional pool of funds will be available to students who come from the Central Lakes Trust region, but who attend a boarding school outside the region (south of the Waitaki), or who are currently undertaking a GAP year. Please see Application Form and Guidelines for Eligibility criteria and further information.
Tertiary Education Scholarship Application Form and Guidelines 2012 

150th Anniversary of Gold Celebrations in the Central Lakes Trust region
(Applications are now CLOSED)