School Sustainability and Resilience Fund
The School Sustainability and Resilience Fund (SSRF) was established in 2022 by Bay of Plenty Regional Council to raise awareness and understanding of climate change, hazards, resilience and sustainability within local communities.
All schools, kura, kōhanga, kindergartens, early childhood organisations and educational organisations across our rohe can apply for funding to carry out sustainability projects and prepare for the impacts of climate change and natural hazards. The fund will provide support for educational institutions to setup projects related to climate change and hazards.
Over recent years, the funding has increased thanks to our funding partners, TECT, Bay Trust, Trust Horizon, Rotorua Trust, Western Bay of Plenty District Council and Tauranga City Council.
A funding pool of over $100,000 is now available to be allocated to the fund with a maximum of $10,000 (excl GST) to be allocated per successful project. All applications that meet the eligibility criteria will be included in the voting process. Funding is allocated through participatory budgeting (voting) to determine which applications receive funding.
Apply for the School Sustainability and Resilience Fund
The Voting Process
All applications that have met the eligibility criteria will take part in the participatory budgeting process, which means the public will be able to vote for their preferred projects online at Participate BOPRC. There will be two voting rounds.
Round One
The first round will include all the eligible applications and will be open to the public to vote for their preferences. Each participant who votes will be able to allocate (vote) approximately $30,000 towards different applications on how they think the budget should be spent. Each project application will have a cost estimate associated with it. Each time the participant selects the ‘fund this’ button of an application, the cost of that item will be deducted from the participants budget.
Round Two
The second round will involve the applications from the first round that were not successful (second chance opportunity). The second round will involve a youth panel from across our rohe who will vote with a second budget of approximately one third of the total funding pool. This voting round will not be open to the public.
Contacting successful applicants
We will notify the successful applicants shortly after the voting process has closed. A report on the successful applicants will also be provided on the Participate website. The successful applicants will be provided with a funding agreement which will outline the terms and conditions for the funding.
