TLC DEMONSTRATION GRANTS
Up to $10,000
New Round of Funding Announced!
Applications opened 1 November 2023
Applications close 31 March 2024
This round of funding is only open to the following catchments:
Waipawa, Makaroro, Mangaonuku, Upper Tukituki Corridor and Mangatarata.
One grant per sub-catchment group.
On 1 November 2023, TLC reopened applications for our $10,000 Demonstration Grants for the five sub-catchments that did not submit applications in the first funding round.
“We encourage landowners and catchment groups in these areas to think about how their catchment could use a $10,000 grant”, says Richard Hilson, chair of TLC. “The grants are open to a wide range of initiatives and this is a brilliant opportunity to try something new”.
The five sub-catchments are invited to apply for a grant for a project which has demonstration value, meaning that it provides an opportunity to trial something new whilst gaining valuable knowledge which can be replicated across the region. Only one grant will be awarded per sub-catchment.
As well as offering demonstration value, the successful projects will be cost effective and will be completed within seven months of receiving funding approval. Once completed, knowledge sharing with other catchments will be a priority and this may include open days for other landowners to view and learn from the projects.
Criteria for TLC Demonstration Grant
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Project needs have demonstration value: meaning we learn more than we currently know (it can’t be more of the same). We are also keen that these projects are transparent about what goes well and doesn’t so that the right lessons can be learnt from the work.
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Cost-effective replication: To the greatest extent possible the project is cost-effective and replicable in other sub-catchments.
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Timely completion: Project needs to be completed within 7 months of receiving funding approval.
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Knowledge sharing: At project completion a conversation should be held with your Catchment Co-ordinator to discuss the possibility of an open day for other Landowners to view and learn from the project.
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A condition of receiving a grant is that a project report will be sent to tukitukilandcare@gmail.com within one month of project completion.
For more information, please contact Kahlia Fryer on 0273426071 or email her at tukitukicoordinator@gmail.com
Grant Recipients 2023
In September 2023, we announced that we were awarding $10,000 to twelve Tukituki sub-catchment groups to fund projects with demonstration value. The chosen projects encompassed a range of initiatives, from land management practices and weed control to water quality improvement and community engagement strategies. “These are catchment-specific projects as a result of genuine community engagement, which is a novel approach for the wider Tukituki waterway”, said Hilson. “We are excited to see the impact these projects will have and the knowledge they will generate for the broader Tukituki community and even further afield."
The 2023 grant recipients were:
Upper Tukituki - willow and shingle island management
Papanui - community engagement through two primary kura
Mangarara - increasing knowledge around erosion control and silt retention
Mangamahaki - rethinking riparian planting - best practice following willow removal
Tukipo - Old Man’s Beard management trial (Monckton Scenic Reserve)
Makaretu - baseline report on the Makaretu River
Maharakeke and Pōrangahau (combined project) - signage and riparian planting
Kahahakuri - cow cress management
Hawea - cost benefit report on best use of poplars at the end of their useful life
Makara - catchment stock-take
Lower Tukituki Corridor - collective learning with a high level assessment of current issues and potential future risks of this section of the Tukituki River
