Sport NZ's new $68 million fund now open $686,458 of Sport NZ’s new community fund now available in Hawke’s Bay Applications are now open for Sport NZ’s new $68 million fund – Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa. The fund is for community-based programmes and projects targeting children and young people at most risk of missing out or being less active. $686,458 of the fund will be available in Hawke’s Bay over the next twelve months, to be managed and distributed on Sport NZ’s behalf by Sport Hawke’s Bay.

Tū Manawa replaces and improves on Sport NZ’s Kiwisport Regional Partnership Fund and now has double the funding available - $68 million over four years, of which half is from the $265 million Sport Recovery Package. Where Kiwisport only focused on organised sport, Tū Manawa will also fund play, and active recreation. It also has a distinct application and assessment process for Kaupapa Māori organisations.

“Tū Manawa is all about focussing on our least active tamariki and rangatahi by supporting those who are delivering new or existing programmes and projects in local communities based on the needs of those communities,” says Sport NZ CEO Peter Miskimmin.

“In the first year we have placed special emphasis on those tamariki and rangatahi whose physical activity levels have been impacted most by COVID-19, which we know from our research are girls and young women, disabled people, those in higher deprivation communities and a slightly higher age bracket of young women aged 19 to 24.”

To ensure it reaches these groups, Sport NZ is partnering with the county’s network of 14 Regional Sports Trusts to manage and distribute Tū Manawa, and has allocated funding to them based on both population and deprivation modelling. The priority groups and funding modelling will be reviewed before 30 June 2021 to help inform the second year of investment.

Sport Hawke’s Bay CEO, Mark Aspden says having over $685,000 available in Hawke’s Bay over the next 12 months is a great opportunity to support those most impacted by COVID-19 by providing opportunities for them to enjoy the benefits of being physically active.

“This new fund is a great opportunity to get more tamariki and rangatahi from Hawke’s Bay active. Initial figures on participation numbers are reasonably positive considering the impact of Covid-19 but funds such as this continue to provide us to focus on those that are less active and support the wider play active recreation and sport sector.”

“We encourage anyone who is getting tamariki or rangatahi active in our community to get in touch with our team as we all work towards getting more of our young people active, more often”

Tū Manawa is available for both new and existing programmes and projects, and funding will be provided for up to 12 months.

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