Small Scale Community Initiatives Fund (SSCIF)

Dates

The next dates are not published yet. We add them when they are.

What it funds

• Predator control and pest plant control by small community groups
• Traps, lure, bait stations, bait, herbicide, monitoring materials and protective equipment
• Contracted services up to $1,000 where essential

What it will not fund

• Plants and planting
• Landscaping, beautification, food gardening and wildlife pond projects without appropriate environmental outcomes
• Projects outside the Waikato Regional Council boundaries
• Central government departments and agencies, and territorial authorities
• Crown Research Institutes
• Groups better funded through other programmes
• Organisations based outside New Zealand

Good to know

Subscribe on the page for an email when the next round opens, as no dates are published.

A yearly round; the page asks you to subscribe for an email when the next round opens and gives no dates.

Checklist

What Waikato Small Scale Community Initiatives says you need:

• Maximum of three consecutive years of funding, then a break of at least one year

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.

• The SSCIF provides funding to small community groups or individuals undertaking predator control and/or pest plant control.waikatoregion.govt.nz/community/funding-and-scholarships/small-scale-community-initiatives-fund · read 17 October 2026
• This fund is primarily aimed at the purchase of materials to support these activities.waikatoregion.govt.nz/community/funding-and-scholarships/small-scale-community-initiatives-fund · read 17 October 2026
• Up to $5,000.waikatoregion.govt.nz/community/funding-and-scholarships/small-scale-community-initiatives-fund · read 17 October 2026
• Around $140,000 per year.waikatoregion.govt.nz/community/funding-and-scholarships/small-scale-community-initiatives-fund · read 17 October 2026
• Central government departments and agencies, and territorial authorities.waikatoregion.govt.nz/community/funding-and-scholarships/small-scale-community-initiatives-fund · read 17 October 2026
• Starting from the 2024/2025 round, applicants to the SSCIF may only be awarded funding for a maximum of three consecutive years and will then be required to take a minimum of one years break before applying to the SCCIF again.waikatoregion.govt.nz/community/funding-and-scholarships/small-scale-community-initiatives-fund · read 17 October 2026
• Plants and planting.waikatoregion.govt.nz/community/funding-and-scholarships/small-scale-community-initiatives-fund · read 17 October 2026
• Landscaping, beautification, food gardening and wildlife pond projects that do not have appropriate environmental outcomes.waikatoregion.govt.nz/community/funding-and-scholarships/small-scale-community-initiatives-fund · read 17 October 2026
• Individual landowners Charitable trusts Iwi/hapu Incorporated societies Community trusts Educational institutions Limited liability companieswaikatoregion.govt.nz/community/funding-and-scholarships/small-scale-community-initiatives-fund · read 17 October 2026

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