A new lottery fund worth $40 million has been established to focus on community and social initiatives in response to COVID-19.

The Lottery COVID-19 Community Wellbeing Fund was announced on the 18th of August by Internal Affairs Minister Tracey Martin, Presiding Member of the Lottery Grants Board.

“The Lottery Grants Board wants to help these groups as they provide support, rebuild and strengthen our communities and help with the recovery.
“The funding will be able to be used to support groups that have lost access to funding sources, have extra demand on their services or are now working in different ways in responding to COVID-19.”

The Fund will provide one-off grants and is expected to be up and running in the last quarter of the year.

Information about eligibility criteria and application requirements for the Lottery Grants Board’s distribution committees are available on the Community Matters website https://www.communitymatters.govt.nz.

The full media release can be viewed HERE