Summer 2025 funding round
In March, the Transpower CommunityCare Fund panel selected 12 community projects across the country to receive a grant in the Summer 2025 funding round. Additionally, six community projects received funding from the Bunnythorpe-Wilton special project, two received funding from the Brownhill Pakuranga cabling special project, one from the Edgecumbe Kawarau special project and one from the Tokaanu Whakamaru special project. The successful recipients are listed below and were selected from the 128 applications received.
The total Summer 2025 grant amount was $147,677.00, and $155,700 Special Projects Funding.
| Organisation | Project | Council Area | Amount Granted | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amuri Collie Club | Judges Box | Hurunui | $10,000 | To build a new judges' box for sheep dog trials. |
| Ngongotaha Association Football Club | Football equipment | Rotorua Lakes | $14,987 | To purchase new football equipment for the junior football teams. |
| Clothed in Love | Clothing supplies | Christchurch | $15,000 | To purchase new underwear and socks for inclusion in every second-hand clothing pack. |
| St Luke's Anglican Church Wadestown | Building costs | Wellington | $15,000 | Fix weathertightness issues in the St Luke's Centre. Walls will be replaced with modern materials using a cavity cladding system |
| Te Kura o Te Teko | School bell | Whakatane | $18,235.60 | Renew and update the school bell system. |
| Shotover Hayes Community Response Group Incorporated | Community resilience hub | Queenstown Lakes | $15,000 | The creation of a Hub in a container with Starlink set up, two generators, emergency equipment and communication aids and devices. |
| Give a Kid a Blanket | Warmth supplies | Auckland | $15,000 | To provide bedding and other items of warmth to those in need and often crisis. |
| Northland Community Preschool | Building costs | Wellington | $15,000 | Improving the kaiako/staff area with a refresh of cupboards and tables and chairs. |
| Tanera Gardens Incorporated | Community garden improvement | Wellington | $12,000 | Increasing the area available to be actively gardened with the removal of trees that are shading areas that could be gardened. |
| The Village Green Charitable Trust | Heritage Trail | Wellington | $13,700 | To establish of a Heritage Trail in Wadestown, replacing and extending signage, creating an online oral history site and website update. |
| Crofton Downs Primary School | School playground | Wellington | $30,000 | To upgrade the school's playground creating a secure and stimulating play environment where children can explore, interact, and learn safely. |
| Auckland City Mission - Te Tāpui Atawhai | Food supplies | Auckland | $15,000 | To purchase non-perishable groceries for the daily meal service. |
| Life Education Rotorua Area | Technology supplies | Rotorua Lakes | $6500 | To purchase a new Hard drive, a new Laptop and a TV to enhance the teaching experience in our mobile classroom. |
| Howick Local Board on behalf of the Golfland Community Group | Upgrade of Golflands Reserve | Auckland | $15,000 | To upgrade Golflands Reserve by purchasing and installing park benches, picnic tables, and an internal pathway connecting the proposed facilities to the footpath along Golflands Drive. |
| Kuratau School | Update social room | Taupo | $15,000 | To upgrade the school staffroom into a social room - repainting walls, install Autex acoustic wall tiles for improved aesthetics and sound management, and purchase modern, ergonomic furniture suitable for both students and teachers. |
| Whitford Residents and Ratepayers Association | Pest control | Auckland | $15,000 | Enlarge the current active pest control programme by establishing new trap lines (managed by trained community volunteers) Establish two new recreation trails and associated planting. |
| Halfway Bush School | Playground upgrade | Dunedin | $15,000 | To restore the Halfway Bush School Playground back to a safe and happy place for the students and surrounding community to enjoy. |
| Ngā Manu Nature Reserve | Tuatara Enclosure | Kapiti | $15,000 | Upgrading the Tuatara enclosure. |
| Ohiwa Headland Sanctuary Trust | Predator traps | Opotiki | $13,190 | To purchase predator traps to protech native species and plants. |
| West Coast Riding for the Disabled Inc | Building costs | Westland | $15,000 | For the completion of the indoor arena. |
| Friends of Belmont Regional Park | Predator traps | Hutt City | $9,000 | To purchase self-setting traps to increase rat control and increase the coverage of the traps. |