Oxford Sports Trust

Dates

No fixed rounds: apply any time.

What it funds

• Travel expenses within New Zealand for tournaments
• Sports equipment
• Playing uniforms
• Ground hire
• Recognised charitable purposes beneficial to the community

What it will not fund

• Professional players or teams
• Trophies, rosettes and medals
• Referees fees
• Administration wages below regional level
• Retrospective funding for events

Good to know

Applications close on the 5th of each month, and an event must fall in the month after the trustees meet.

Applications close on the 5th of each month and are considered at the trust meeting towards the end of that month.

Checklist

What Oxford Sports Trust says you need:

• Apply online
• Two quotes for any funds applied for
• Event must be held or attended in the month after the trustees meeting
• Accountability for previous grants returned

Common things funders ask for, worth having ready:

• What exactly is the money for, and when will you spend it?
• How much do you need, and do you have quotes under three months old?
• Who benefits, and how many people?
• Your legal name, registration number and bank account in the group's name.
• A committee or board decision approving the application (some funders want a signed resolution).
• Your latest financial statements or annual return.
• Other funders you have applied to for the same thing.

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Sources

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

• Grants may be made to amateur sports teams and clubs, which are formally established and/or constituted.oxfordsportstrust.org.nz · read 17 October 2026
• Grants may be made for recognized charitable purposes within New Zealand including the relief of poverty, advancement of education, advancement of religion or other purposes beneficial to the community.oxfordsportstrust.org.nz · read 17 October 2026
• Grants will be targeted to the community from which the funds have been raised.oxfordsportstrust.org.nz · read 17 October 2026
• Close off date is the 5th of each month.oxfordsportstrust.org.nz/grants.htm · read 17 October 2026
• No longer fund Referees Feesoxfordsportstrust.org.nz/grants.htm · read 17 October 2026
• 22nd August 2013 at the monthly Trustees meeting it was decided that the Society will no longer fund Trophies/Rosettes/ Medals.oxfordsportstrust.org.nz/grants.htm · read 17 October 2026
• Two quotes for any funds applied for unless a satisfactory explanation is supplied.oxfordsportstrust.org.nz/Grants-Policy-2019.pdf · read 17 October 2026

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