Community Group Sponsorship Application Form
If you'd like us to support your organisation, project or activity, please complete the form below by 5pm on Monday 31 March 2025.
Priority will be given to initiatives that provides a significant positive impact to our wider community.
Community sponsorship applications will be considered from organisations involved in the following aspects of our community:
- Tangata Whenua
- Education
- Community Cultural Projects, Activities and Volunteer Groups
- The Arts
- Health
- Sport and Recreation
- Science
- Decarbonisation initiatives
- Promotion of electrification
Further criteria and key dates:
- Community groups and organisations must be located within the Network Waitaki network area.
- As much as we'd love to support every project and event, we receive many requests for support and, unfortunately, can't support every project. We are unlikely to support hobby or personal interest groups, religious, political or high-risk events/activities.
- We are not able to consider ongoing operational costs, salaries or wages or cash prizes.
- Sponsorship requests should not exceed $10,000.
- Depending on the range and level of applications, we reserve the right to consider part or full sponsorship of the value requested.
- Successful recipients must be willing to sign and adhere to a Terms of Agreement prior to receiving a grant.
- Applicants will be notified in June 2025 on the outcome of their application.
- Successful recipients will be published in the Oamaru Mail and online in July 2025.
Please email sponsorship@networkwaitaki.co.nz with any queries or additional attachments which support your application.