The following websites have useful resources, guidelines or information about good practice:
This fund is currently closed.
Te Puna Tahua Lottery Grants Board (the Board) has decided that Lottery Community Sector Research (LCSR) will remain closed for the 2024/25 financial year.
The Board will decide in late June 2025 if the LSPF will open again for the 2025/26 financial year. This decision will be posted here in July 2025.
For more information about the funding allocations to lottery distribution committees for the 2023/24 financial year, visit Te Puna Tahua Lottery Grants Board allocations for 2023/24.
If you have any questions, please contact your local advisor or email us at community.matters@dia.govt.nz.
Projects may include both research and evaluation, or focus on just one.
Research or evaluation must be carried out to a high standard. Processes need to be in place to ensure that:
Research or evaluation projects that involve interviewing people, asking people to fill out questionnaires or observing people's behaviour must meet accepted ethical practices. This means ensuring that the people who take part: