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KAWERAU COMMUNITY FUND.

We know that Kawerau is a community where people get things done. The Mercury Kawerau Community Fund is an annual fund of $30,000 to support organisations and projects that benefit the communities around our power station. This fund opens in August each year.

KEY INFORMATION

Applications to the Fund are considered by a small team including Mercury people who work or live in Kawerau, to have a good understanding of where additional support (from the Fund) might make a real difference. We may not be able to accept all requests, or to support any request in full.

We will look at applications from the communities nearest our geothermal operations first.

APPLY
Read the guidelines and complete the application form.
LET US KNOW
Once your funded project is complete, use the Report Back form to confirm how you've spent the funds and how the projects are benefiting the community.

RECENTLY FUNDED PROJECTS

Community Volunteer Responder (GoodSAM) $2000 towards keeping the AED service-ready for Kawerau community.
Eastbay REAP $4,000 towards repairs and maintenance to playgroup whare.
Hato Hone St John $2,000 towards the Waka Ora Health Shuttle in Kawerau and surrounding areas.
Kawerau and District Ageing in Place $2,500 towards transport, venue hire, food to support senior community members.
Kawerau Bluelight Ventures Inc $1,606 towards the purchase life jackets for our rangatahi.
Kawerau Boxing Club $3,500 towards tournament travel costs, accommodation, and boxing equipment.
Kawerau Scout Group $1,500 towards cooking equipment and den signage.
Kawerau Whakaora KAI Store $2,500 towards fuel and costs for collection of donated food from Rotorua.
KTown Community Animal Welfare Society $3,000 towards de-sexing for cats and dogs.
Momentum Charitable Trust $2,000 towards life and financial skills programmes at Kawerau Community Corrections.
Otakiri School $1,300 towards building materials for sensory garden project.
Eastern BOP Life Education $4,000 towards a life educator mobile classroom to Kawerau tamariki.

We were also proud to work with Eastlands Generation, Kawerau Forest and Hutec to support Kawerau South School setting up a secure storage contained for their sports equipment.

CONTACT US

For further information or discussion, please contact via email.