Whakatāne Community Climate Action and Youth Development Funds opening soon
We're proud to be launching the Whakatāne Community Climate Action and Youth Development Funds – a new partnership between Whakatāne District Council and Trust Horizon, designed to empower our community to take real action on climate change. The funds' purpose is to increase community action in the Whakatāne District.
It is aimed at local groups (but businesses can also apply, they just need to fund 50%) with a project to cut carbon emissions or build climate resilience. Eligibility and project possibility is kept wide as we wish to spark innovation, support equity, and grow climate leadership across our rohe.
A total of $95,000 is available in 2025/26, for the community fund and a separate Youth Development Fund has $5,000 set aside to support young people (under 24 years old) from the Whakatāne District to pursue climate-related education or training.
Have questions?
The administrator of the fund is willing to meet with anyone to discuss potential projects or help with applications. If helpful, they are willing to attend one of your meetings to go over the fund in more detail.
Reach out to ccfund@whakatane.govt.nz
Criteria
You can view the final funding criteria here.
Apply now
Applications for Round 1 open 1 July and close the 15 August 2025.
Whakatāne Community Youth Development Fund »
Whakatāne Community Climate Action Fund »
Please note: The full fund may be allocated in the first funding round. There is no set amount reserved for each round — if all available funding is allocated in Round 1, no further rounds will be held.