Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa (Tū Manawa) is an activation fund that supports tamariki and rangatahi, particularly those that are less active, to access quality play, active recreation, or sport opportunities of their choice in their community or school and kura.
Applications MUST show evidence that Tamariki and Rangatahi want to participate in the opportunites offered. This may be through either survey results (collated), images of a whiteboard brainstorm or feedback session, videos of young people talking etc. The key thing is to show us that you’ve consulted with young people and your activity is what they want or need.
Tū Manawa focusses on addressing the barriers that tamariki and rangatahi face in accessing a quality play, active recreation and sport opportunity.
The fund targets those that are less active, aged 5-18 years. These groups can include:
Examples of who can apply:
Hapū, Iwi, Marae, Māori organisations
Primary/Intermediate schools/Kura
Secondary schools/Wharekura
Tertiary Education/Whare Wānanga
Charitable Trusts
Regional or Local Councils
Incorporated Societies
For-profit businesses/commercial organisations and social enterprises
Examples of who cannot apply:
National organisations who already receive Partnership Investment from Sport NZ
Government agencies and their regional branches (e.g. Ministry of Health, Oranga Tamariki)
Early Learning Services
Professional or semi-professional sports teams and organisations
Individuals
If you want to apply but do not have legal status, we recommend you consider partnering with a qualifying (legal) entity
This is an activation fund to help cover programme or service delivery costs. This includes costs of:
Programme or project delivery (e.g. venue or equipment hire, transport to event)
Equipment (as part of a programme or project)
Officials, where these are required for the delivery
Delivery staff wages (e.g. activity leader, coordinator)
Please note that your application must be for a programme or project for up to 12 months (i.e. you cannot apply for costs past a 12-month delivery period).
The major funding round will be open from Monday 1 July until Wednesday 31 July 2024. Following this, there will be two Fast Fund rounds in November 2024 and February 2025.
Sport Canterbury has a total of $1,493,613 funds available: