Eligibility and Criteria

Eligibility

This fund is for current Enviroschools only.

This fund is made possible with support from Christchurch City Council, Selwyn District Council, Waimakariri District Council, Kaikoura District Council, Timaru District Council, Mackenzie District Council and Waimate District Council, alongside the Ashburton, Waimate and South Canterbury Kindergarten Associations.

As such, it will only provide funding to Enviroschools within these territorial authorities.

Criteria

The fund is designed to support actions contributing to schools’ and centres’ Enviroschools visions.

To be considered for funding, actions must meet these criteria:

  1. Contribute to one or more of Environment Canterbury’s long-term aspirations: 
    • Accelerate regeneration of the natural environment
    • Enable improved water and land use outcomes
    • Empowered communities taking action
    • Champion safe, reliable multi-modal transport choices
    • Prepared and resilient communities.
  2. Be underpinned by the guiding principles of Enviroschools:
    • Empowered Learners
    • Learning for Sustainability
    • Te Ao Māori
    • Respect for Diversity
    • Sustainable Communities.
  3. Be realistic for the school/centre to complete with the skills, resources, funding and time available to them. Funding must be spent by December 5, 2025.
  4. Have been discussed with your Enviroschools Facilitator and school/centre management.


The fund will not support:

  • Organisations and/or initiatives that are primarily political
  • Any project that will exclusively result in private gain
  • Any project that is a legal obligation or condition of a resource consent
  • Any project involving the use of firearms, helicopters or dangerous chemicals.