ABOUT THE FUND
At the Bay of Plenty Regional Council, our work guides and supports the region's environmental sustainable development. This is focused around four outcomes we're working towards for the community; a healthy environment, freshwater for life, safe and resilient communities, and a vibrant region.
The School Sustainability and Resilience Fund helps support the work we do, and we invite all schools, kura, kohanga, kindergartens, early childhood education centres and other education organisations across our rohe to design and plan an environmentally sustainable and resilience project.
Key Information
- Design and decide your project.
- Complete and submit the application form provided on the "Apply to the fund" tab.
- The fun part! Involve your community in the voting process. This fund will have multiple winners and voting is a fun way to support your project and other projects across the region.
- Second chance voting round by the Youth Panel.
- The people have spoken! The winners will be announced.
All schools, kura, kohanga, kindergartens, early childhood education centres and other education organisations across our rohe are eligibile to apply to this fund.
Projects must contribute to one or more of the following categories:
- Raising awareness of and understanding natural hazards and/or climate change risks.
- Improving long-term resilience and sustainability.
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Applicants can apply for $1,000 - $10,000 in funding (excl. GST)
Complete the application form either online or send via email to SSRfund@boprc.govt.nz.
Applications from previous funding rounds can reapply.
Project ideas
Project ideas could include, tsunami evacuation signs, bike racks, edible gardens, composting set-up, climate change education programmes.
2024 PROJECTS
School Sustainability and Resilience Fund
In early 2024 we received 38 applications for our School Sustainability & Resilience Fund from schools, kura, kohanga, kindergartens, early childhood education centres and other education organisations across our rohe. This year Trust Horizon, TECT and BayTrust have contributed extra funding to help make more projects a success.
Together with the community vote and the youth vote, we congratulate the 31 successful applicants who will receive funding towards their environmentally sustainable project.
We thank everyone for their contributions, time and commitment to making the 2024 funding round a great success!
Successful projects:
Applicant | Project Title |
Beststart Papamoa Plaza | Tsunami Ready |
Brookfield Kindergarten | A waste minimisation system that promotes tamariki engagement. |
Central Kids Elstree Kindergarten | Ngā Kākano o Apumoana |
Central Kids Ōwhata Kindergarten | Maara Kai to Pataka Kai |
Fern Garden Preschool | Te Whare heihei |
Glenholme Primary School | Edible Garden |
Grow On Katikati Seedlings Club | Seedlings Club Educational Signage |
Kidiwise Preschool and Childcare | Rainwater Tanks |
Lilliput Preschool | LifeCycle Garden |
Little Moments Childcare Ltd | Forest Kindergarten Māra kai |
Matua Kindergarten | Sustainable Waterplay |
Maungaarangi Kindergarten and Whānau Centre | To fence mara kai and create a sensory garden |
Mount Maunganui Playcentre | Bike and Scooter Racks |
Ōmanu Preschool | Sensory Garden |
Otumoetai College | Stream bank restoration project |
Ōtūmoetai Primary School | Te Māra Kai o Ōtūmoetai Primary - The Food Garden of Ōtūmoetai Primary |
Owhatiura Lynmore Playcentre | Pi, Puawai & Putiputi (Bees, butterflies and flowers) for Owhatiura Lynmore Playcentre |
Pohutukawa Preschool | Explore and Grow |
Port Ōhope Playcentre | Feijoa Food Forest |
Pyes Pā Playcentre | Weather Station |
St Josephs Matatā | Maara Kai |
Tarawera High School | Tarawera Community Garden |
Te Kura o Manunui | Poipoia te kākano, kia puawai (Nurture the seed and it will bloom) |
Te Kura o Maungatapu - Maungatapu School | Bike Rack for bike track and bike tool station |
Te Puke High School | Rainwater harvesting for sustainable irrigation system |
Te Puna School | Māra Kai - Raised Garden Beds |
The Blue Cottage Early Learning Centre | Harvesting Rain and Wind, growing kaitiakitanga |
Trident High School - Science | Te Māra Kai Garden Development |
Tūhura Wilderness | Tūhura Wellbeing & Kai Food Forest |
Whakamārama School | Uru Huarākau - Whakamārama School Orchard |
Whakatāne Intermediate School | School Composting Programme |
PREVIOUS PROJECTS
Take a look at the brilliant ideas and fantastic projects that young people all across our region have been involved in!
Explore our past projects
Thornton School - Field restoration and planting
Maungaarangi Kindergarten and Whānau Centre is a small kindergarten, but it has a big community behind it.
The Welcome Bay-based kindergarten was one of 16 education providers to receive funding from Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s $50,000 School Sustainability and Resilience Fund for 2023.
