The Rotary Clubs of District 9940 undertaking projects to improve access to the outdoors have been invited to apply for funding through the 2013 round of the Enhanced Access Fund. Clubs have until
16 March to apply for the funding.
The
New Zealand Walking Access Commission has made up to $138,000 (including GST)
available in this year’s funding round, with a maximum allocation of $25,000
possible to any one organisation.
New
Zealand Walking Access Commission Chief Executive Mark Neeson said the
contestable fund helped to create new opportunities for people to access the
New Zealand outdoors.
“Free
access to beaches, lakes, rivers and mountains is a wonderful part of New
Zealand’s culture and the fund helps groups around the country to continue
making meaningful access contributions for future generations,” Mr Neeson said.
This year, funding will be prioritised towards
projects designed to obtain
certain and enduring access to the outdoors, such as negotiations to secure
access agreements, or support for the legal or survey costs of obtaining
access.
Other eligible projects
include those that provide information about access, such as installation of
signs, and projects that develop and improve walking opportunities by
installing gates, stiles and fences.
The fund is also available to groups seeking a contribution to the cost
of obtaining professional reports, such as engineering reports, and groups undertaking
community walking access projects, including construction of new
infrastructure.
The
deadline for applications is 16 March 2013 and application forms are available
on the Commission’s website, at www.walkingaccess.govt.nz.
Fifty-three projects have received funding through
the Enhanced Access Fund since its first funding round in 2010.
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