Does the Lottery Significant Projects Fund Committee have any preferences?

The Committee prefers requests that show robust project planning has been done to support the scope of the project and type of regional or national asset that is planned.

What will the Lottery Significant Projects Fund provide grants for?

The planned project must:

be for a community purpose for public use in New Zealand
have a total cost of $3 million or more, and
show how the finished project will provide regional or national benefits or outcomes in:

the arts, culture or heritage
sport or recreation
conservation or the environment
economic development, and/or
visitor services and tourism.

What are the outcomes for the Lottery Significant Projects Fund?

Organisations receiving grants are expected to show how their project will:

help people to join in social, recreational, civil or cultural activities
reduce or overcome barriers that prevent people taking part in those activities, and/or
increase the community’s ability to look after its own needs and grow stronger.

Requests for grants are more likely to be funded if the need for the project and the benefits for a regional and/or national community are clearly shown.