Climate action grants

Funding for Climate Action Grants was available in 2023/24 and 2024/25 and has now ended. This money came from the previous government’s Better Off Funding programme, which supported local government investment in communities' wellbeing. No rates funding was involved.

Grants were for projects to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, support community resilience, and help with a fair transition to low-carbon living on the Kāpiti Coast.    

Find out more about greenhouse gas emissions and what Council’s doing.  

Timeline

Funds available

Fund objectives

The fund was set up with the following objectives, and initiatives must benefit the Kāpiti Coast District in one or more of:

• enabling GHG emissions reduction
• helping create a culture of climate change action
• improving resilience in local communities
• supporting an equitable transition to low-carbon living
• supporting mana whenua vision and priorities in relation to these objectives.

Mana whenua vision and priorities, as outlined in our Long-term Plan 2021–41, are:

• kaitiakitanga – sustaining the environment and people
• ūkaipōtānga – identity
• whanaungatanga – connectedness
• pūkengatanga – preserving, creating, teaching and knowledge
• manaakitanga – supporting each other.

Application criteria

Funding preference was given to projects that:  

• aligned with one or more of the grant’s objectives
• continued to offer benefits to the Kāpiti Coast District after the grant funding was used
• demonstrated equity, with project benefits were accessible and relevant to different groups in the community
• showed how success would be measured in relation to project aims and goals, with success being quantifiable and reportable to Council.

The Climate Action Grants were for:

• new projects or programmes based on the Kāpiti Coast
• existing local projects or programmes wanting to expand within the Kāpiti Coast
• existing national or international projects or programmes wanting to establish on the Kāpiti Coast.

Recipients 2024

We’re pleased to announce the 12 successful Kāpiti community and business group applicants for funding from this year's Climate Action Grants.

Reporting

Interim progress reporting

Depending on the project and amount of funding allocated, you may need to provide interim project reports to Council staff, or Council staff may visit your site for progress updates.  We’ll give you details of any interim project reporting you’ll be required to do when we confirm whether your funding application has been successful.

Final reporting

You’ll need to advise Council staff when you complete your project. Depending on the project, Council staff may visit your site, and you'll need to provide a final report.

We’ll give you details of any final project reporting you’ll be required to do when we confirm whether your funding application has been successful.

Financial records

You’ll need to keep a record of how funds are spent, and include this information with your interim and final project reporting.

Future funding

Funding recipients who do not provide satisfactory interim and final project updates or reports will not be eligible for future funding.

Other conditions

Council reserves the right to:

• revisit the Climate Action Grant application criteria and process before each annual funding round opens
• to check on progress and celebrate success, visit project sites throughout project development and delivery, including taking photos, and brief interviews during these visits; applicants will be notified in advance of any proposed visits
• communicate concerns and work with fund recipients to find solutions if projects don't seem to be on track
• suspend and refuse further grant payments if, in Council’s opinion, the grantee wilfully or through neglect causes the project to fail, or proceeds with the project in a way that Council has not approved
• if the project changes significantly from the original plan, or finishes early, then Council may suspend or refuse further grant payments, or may require any equipment purchased with grant money to be transferred to Council for reallocation to another project.