Grants and Sponsorship

Do you have a biodiversity-focused project in your local community that involves others? We're here to help! You can apply to our contestable fund when it is open for applications - from late March to early May. Outside of that window our friendly team of biodiversity advisors can still help with advice and ideas to help get you started or progress your project. We can also help to connect you with other groups who are doing similar work.

Every journey starts with a step. That’s what this fund does, enabling groups to take steps, to do something to respond to challenges brought by a changing climate. Any project that builds resilience to climate change for us or the environment, raises awareness, reduces carbon emissions or does all those things probably qualify.

Horizons' Regional Freshwater Community Grant is a new contestable fund for community projects throughout the Horizons Region which encourage engagement with or education around freshwater.

Horizons' Freshwater, Land, River Management and Biodiversity teams all have a variety grants that the public are able to apply for when looking to improve our Region's environment. From fencing and planting, to rejuvenating wetlands or helping to control erosive hill country we're here to help.

Horizons Regional Council receives dozens of proposals every year. Due to limited resources available for sponsorship we have developed a set of guidelines to assist in making our requirements clear to potential sponsorship seekers and to help sponsorship seekers present their proposals clearly.

To honour the contribution made to the Manawatū-Whanganui region and to local government by the late Don Linklater, Horizons Regional Council Chairman 1989-2000, we are offering a bursary for university study. The Don Linklater Memorial Bursary has a total of $8,000 per year available for up to four recipients, one of the four bursaries will be considered based on meeting the eligibility criteria and their iwi/hapū connection to the region. This bursary needs to be applied for each year.

Schools or ECE Centres in the Horizons Region who are taking a field trip to one of our region’s iconic sites or a visit to their local recycling recovery centre. The iconic sites include:

Supports schools and early childhood education (ECE) centres within the region towards action projects that links to our strategic priorities and community outcomes.