Up to now the Moera Community Garden has been funded by donations from participants. See Accounts for full details.
If we had more money we could:
- Install a rain tank next to the Hall
- Put in a sign about the garden out in front of the "bunker".
- Buy more gardening bits and pieces (tools, tressles etc)
- Pay for more compost, irrigation bits as needed.
- And...?
Funding applications lodged
- Community Engagement Fund 2009 Sept - Submitted 30 Sep 2009, asking for $490 for rainwater collection bits.
- Vogel Trust 2009 Apr? - Submitted Apr 2009 asking for $4922 (!) for very large rainwater collection system. Received $250
- Community Engagement Fund 2009 Submitted 31 Jan 2009, asking for $380.69 for soil and fertiliser. Successful
Council grants
There are some pro's and cons of going after council grants:
- Pro - allows us to do more and faster
- Con - funding it all ourselves provides stronger community bonding
- Pro - installing a rain tank is probably too expensive for our current group, so a grant might be compulsory to make it happen
- Con - applying for grants takes non-gardening time (any volunteers?)
- What else?
Grants available:
- Hutt City Council grants closing dates:
- Community Engagement Fund 1 February 2009
- Community Development Fund opens 6th March 2009, closes 4pm 17 April 2009 (the third Friday of April each year). Grants from $1,000 to $10,000.
- Small Grants Fund
- Dept Internal Affairs and Lottery grants closing dates:
- 25 July 08