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.
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
$2000 towards keeping the AED service-ready for Kawerau community.
$4,000 towards repairs and maintenance to playgroup whare.
$2,000 towards the Waka Ora Health Shuttle in Kawerau and surrounding areas.
$2,500 towards transport, venue hire, food to support senior community members.
$1,606 towards the purchase life jackets for our rangatahi.
$3,500 towards tournament travel costs, accommodation, and boxing equipment.
$1,500 towards cooking equipment and den signage.
$2,500 towards fuel and costs for collection of donated food from Rotorua.
$3,000 towards de-sexing for cats and dogs.
$2,000 towards life and financial skills programmes at Kawerau Community Corrections.
$1,300 towards building materials for sensory garden project.
$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.