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Power Up Community Fund

Community project grants for people living near Meridian's wind farms and hydro stations, with a separate round for each site.

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Dates

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What it funds

  • Community-led projects with lasting local benefit
  • Environmental awareness and programmes
  • Sustainability of non-profit organisations or volunteer services
  • Life-long learning
  • Sporting, social and recreational activities
  • Quality healthcare

What it will not fund

  • Ongoing or recurring operational costs such as wages
  • Private business finance or commercial gain
  • Applications from individuals
  • Capital works projects
  • Projects on private land
  • Retrospective costs
  • Projects that are usually funded through local or central government

Good to know

Each site runs its own round; the Te Uku page says its call is closed, so check the page for your site and register interest.

Each wind farm or hydro station has its own funding round; the Power Up Te Uku page says its call for applications is closed, so check the page for your site.

Checklist

What Meridian Power Up says you need:

Common things funders ask for, worth having ready:

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A weatherboard community hall with a sign on its gable
Pukekawa Hall

Sources

What we relied on, in the funder's own words.

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