Lottery Outdoor Safety gives priority to grant requests that will:
- increase collaboration in the water or outdoor safety sector, including sharing knowledge, practices and resources.
- maintain effectiveness and volunteer capability water or outdoor safety sector organisations
- increase water or outdoor safety knowledge and skills in communities, hapū or iwi.
Multi-year funding not available this financial year
There will be no multi-year funding available from this fund for the 2024/25 financial year.
Important dates for the Lottery Outdoor Safety Fund
For the important funding dates for the the Lottery Outdoor Safety Fund, follow the link below to the funding calendar:
Lottery grant requests must align with one of the Board's criteria:
- enhance capability and increase capacity among applicants and the community
- reduce community organisation funding gaps
- have regards to the needs and aspirations of Māori
- consider the needs of older people, Pacific people and other ethnic communities, women and youth, people with disabilities.
Grant requests should show how they will contribute to at least one of these key objectives:
- support volunteers
- enable people to help themselves
- promote community wellbeing and address disadvantage
- promote community participation, inclusion and identity.
Applicants should also show how they:
- will focus on achieving their outcomes
- will work together with others to achieve common community outcomes
- are responsive to the communities they serve.
