Sport NZ Rural Travel Fund 2024-2025 Round 1
One community sports club was awarded funding from Round One of the Sport NZ Rural Travel Fund 2024/2025 at a Council committee meeting on Tuesday 22 October 2024.
The Sport NZ Rural Travel Fund is designed to help subsidise travel for rural junior teams aged between 5-18 years, removing the barrier of travel costs so they can compete in regular sporting competition. The fund is administered on behalf of Sport NZ by 35 eligible Territorial Authorities across Aotearoa, including Grey District Council.
Council received only two applications from local community sports clubs for part of the $8,872 funding available for Round One and Round Two.
Each applicant needed to meet the guidelines of Sport NZ Rural Travel Fund:
- Eligible teams: Applications for funding from the Rural Travel Fund can be made by rural sport club teams and rural school club teams within the Territorial Authority region Grey District, with members aged 5 and 18 years who require financial assistance and transport costs so that they can participate in local sporting competitions and events.
- Eligible travel: A rural school club team will be eligible for funding if it is participating in a regular local sports competition outside of school time, excluding inter-school and intra-school competitions run during school time.
- A rural sports club team will be eligible for funding if it is participating in an organised, regular sports competition through club membership outside of school time.
The following received funding:
- Greymouth Junior Athletic Club - $750.00
We believe this funding will help meet Council’s vision and expected outcomes. We look forward to following their progress and seeing the benefits this funding brings to our community.
The remaining $8,122 funding available will be carried over to Round Two.
