Please note this Community Services Grant round closes at midnight on 30 June 2025.
1.1 The purpose of Hamilton City Council's Community Service Grant is to support:
- Community groups or organisations who provide key services for people across a diverse range of sectors or target areas in Hamilton, and/or
- Groups who host free or low-cost community events with wide community participation in Hamilton.
1.2 Applicants are able to request that consideration be given for a multi-year grant.
1.3 Grants will support organisations for:
- Key services, initiatives, and projects that:
- provide support for day to day needs such as food provisions.
- support the development of life skills.
- facilitate employment opportunities.
- enhance the lives of people living with high needs; or
- are initiatives that improve access to support or new experiences.
- Small capital or equipment items, repairs and maintenance of existing non-Council assets that have wide impact on community.
- Events that are open to the wider public, are low cost or free to attend, are likely to draw large audiences and activate our public spaces.
1. 4 Consideration will be given to the number of volunteer hours contributed and any in kind donations toward the project.
For further details please check our Community Grants Policy.