The Council is proud to support local projects with the Sustainability Fund. Check out the great projects we have funded so far that help address our climate change objectives and targets.
| Project | Year | Applicant | Description | Funding |
| The Pūharakekenui Free Trees Project | 2023 | Styx Living Laboratory Trust | In collaboration with the local community, Christchurch City Council, Styx Living Laboratory Trust and Trees for Canterbury, plant approximately 1,000 native trees around the Styx River to support biodiversity. | $10,750 |
| Te Tuna Tāone /Urban Eel Action Learning Programme | 2023 | Christchurch Envirohub Trust(external link) | Deliver a learning programme for school students about caring for our waterways and native eels. | $25,000 |
| CVNZ Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor Planting 2024 | 2023 | Conservation Volunteers New Zealand | Continue to restore native ecosystems in the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor. | $35,000 |
| Styx Living Laboratory Trust | 2022 | Styx Living Laboratory Trust | Raise awareness of the value of urban trees, increase urban canopy coverage in the Redwood area in the vicinity of Murchison Park, engage communities, and conduct research into people’s perceptions of trees and their contribution to addressing both the climate emergency and ecological emergency. | $10,000 |
| Conservation Volunteers New Zealand | 2022 | Conservation Volunteers New Zealand(external link) | The project aims to increase and enhance the biota within Christchurch City and to enhance community awareness of the value and role of healthy ecosystems in realising a sustainable future for the city and its citizens. | $20,000 |
| Avoca Valley - landslips and climate change | 2022 | Summit Road Society Inc(external link) |
We are mid-way through a large-scale Jobs for Nature planting programme to restore lowland podocarp forest to Avoca Valley in Heathcote. |
$10,000 |
| Te Tuna Tāone/Urban Eel | 2021 | Christchurch Envirohub(external link) | Te Tuna Tāone is an action learning programme that works with schools in Ōtautahi/Christchurch to become kaitiaki and take action to improve the life of this taonga species, the longfin tuna/eel. | $35,852 |
| Restoration of Avoca Valley | 2021 | Summit Road Society Inc(external link) | A programme to protect remnant biodiversity and restore a lowland podocarp forest to the valley. | $20,000 |
| Protection of the Manaia Wetland(external link) | 2020 | Little River Campground Limited | To protect an area of native forest and wetland in the Okuti Valley | $2,625 |
| Restoration project | 2020 | Diamond Harbour Community Association on behalf of Friends of Morgan’s and Sam’s Gullies (external link) | Restoring native plants along walkways and gullies on Council land at Diamond Harbour | $3,000 |
| Native Plant Propagation | 2020 | The Living Streams Community Nursery Trust | Funding to support growing the capacity of its community-run nursery in Little River. | $1,500 |
| Restoration of the Upper Avoca Valley | 2020 | Summit Road Society Incorporated (external link) | Planting 87,000 trees and shrubs over 33 hectares of the Upper Avoca Valley on the Port Hills. | $20,000 |
| Technologies for predator-free Christchurch | 2019 | The Cacophony Project(external link) | Pilot application of technology-based predator control at Living Springs aiming to create a predator-free area using a thermal camera and artificial intelligence. | $50,000 |
| Conservation Week 2019 with Squawk Squad | 2019 | Squawk Squad(external link) | Innovative, digital, environmental education outreach into NZ schools during Conservation Week. Funding will support 110 classrooms and approximately 2,800 school children. | $20,000 |
| Squawk Squad education packs | 2018 | Squawk Squad(external link) | To deliver Conservation Week educational packs to 80 Christchurch school classrooms to support environmental education and practical actions. | $8,000 |
| Little River Trap Library | 2017 | Little River Wairewa Community Trust(external link) | Widen community conservation efforts and provide information about pest control. The Library provides traps free of charge for three months with mentorship on use. Funding was sought for traps, time and modest marketing. | $10,000 |
| Project | Year | Applicant | Description | Funding |
| Christchurch Conversations 2024: An Innovative Sustainable City Extended until January 2025 | 2023 | Christchurch Transitional Architecture Trust(external link) | Host free public events that promote innovative thinking about climate-related issues and opportunities for Christchurch. | $25,000 |
| Climate Campus community education | 2023 | Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery School Board of Trustees | Provide free community education using the facilities established at the Climate Action Campus. | $18,000 |
| Petrie Park Bowling club remediation | 2022 | Richmond Residents and Business Association | We wish to remediate the land that held the old Petrie Park lawn bowling club consulting with the surrounding community along the way to create a biodiverse urban forest, natural play area and food forest. | $5,000 |
| MacFarlane Park Community Garden | 2022 | Shirley Community Trust | MacFarlane Park Community Garden was established in 2017 on Council land. Shirley is a place for all of the community to meet and connect, to foster knowledge and enjoyment of gardening in the community, especially with the young of Shirley. Vegetables/fruit are grown collectively for the benefit of the community of Shirley. | $12,000 |
| Richmond Compost Collective & Urban Trapping | 2022 | Richmond Community Garden Trust | We have decided to open up to our community as a place for them to get involved, learn and hopefully take the learning to recreate the process at home. | $15,000 |
| Phillipstown Community Gardens | 2022 | Phillipstown Community Centre Charitable Trust | "Creating a circular Phillipstown" aims to promote, support and encourage circular transition interventions in Phillipstown in the following focus areas. | $20,000 |
| Christchurch Conversations 2023: the Regenerative City | 2022 | Christchurch Transitional Architecture Trust | A free public speaker series and shared content that informs and engages Christchurch residents, communities and businesses to understand key aspects of a regenerative city and inspires and supports them to participate, collectively and individually, in supporting a low-carbon regenerative city. | $30,000 |
| Continuation of Christchurch Conversations: Towards 2030 | 2021 | Christchurch Transitional Architecture Trust | A free public speaker series and shared content that informs & engages Christchurch residents, communities and businesses to understand the city's GHG emissions and inspires and supports them to participate, collectively and individually, in reducing the city's and their household and/or business emissions. | $30,000 |
| Ōtākaro Living Laboratory(external link) | 2021 | Kerr and Partners Limited for Ōtākaro Living Laboratory | The vision of the Ōtākaro Living Laboratory Trust is to establish a world-leading living laboratory in the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor. | $25,000 |
| Recycle A Device | 2021 | Digital Future Aotearoa(external link) | The initiative gets refurbished laptops to people who need them, by developing the tech engineering skills of ākonga who learn how to refurbish devices which are then given away via community groups and schools. | $25,000 |
| Te Awa Kura Barnett Park - Re-greening Barnett Park/Ki Uta ki Tai | 2021 | Redcliffs Residents' Association(external link) |
Ki uta ki tai project is predator control, weeding and planting in Barnett Park. |
$8,950 |
| Transitioning to low Carbon tourism for Banks Peninsula within the Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū / Banks Peninsula Geopark | 2021 | Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū / Banks Peninsula Geopark Trust(external link) |
To provide historical and geological information about Banks Peninsula as part of establishing a local Geopark. |
$10,000 |
| Climate Friendly Lyttelton | 2021 | Project Lyttelton Incorporated |
To establish a Community Carbon Coach who will help households and businesses in Lyttelton reduce their environmental footprint |
$20,000 |
| Community Climate Engagement | 2020 | Te Pūtahi Christchurch Transitional Architecture Trust (external link) |
A series of community education events on climate change in 2020. |
$30,000 |
| Flourish Kia Puāwai | 2020 | Flourish Kia Puāwai Social Enterprise Limited (external link) | Flourish Kia Puāwai aims to engage the community on climate change. | $15,000 |
| SALT Street Art Festival | 2019 | Salt Collective Charitable Trust (external link) |
Creating an event situated in the SALT district that is Christchurch-exclusive and leaves a legacy of public art. |
$50,000 |
| Braveheart Christchurch | 2019 | Braveheart Christchurch Charitable Trust |
Filming and online publication of 18 profiles of inspiring Christchurch people or projects to showcase local heroes and brave actions taken to help others. |
$36,000 |
| Bays & Beyond Learning Exchange | 2019 | Sumner Bays Union Trust | Programme of learning events hosted by community groups to teach a range of environmental and social topics. | $20,000 |
| Fit out and activation of GtR mobile workshop | 2019 | Greening the Rubble | Funding sought for fit-out and purchase of tools for a Mobile Workshop for community use. | $8,095 |
| Mobile workshop | 2018 | Greening the Rubble | Mobile tool workshop for community use. Funding sought for construction materials and set-up | $22,165 |
| Future Living Skills – Christchurch | 2018 | Christchurch Community Gardens Association(external link) | Funding sought to re-launch and update a community-led education programme to enable community groups throughout Christchurch to run 'Future Living Skills' courses. |
$8,250 |
| Talk Town Game | 2018 | Talk Town Limited |
Talk Town Limited App for deaf and hard of hearing children to develop skills to advocate for themselves, understand their communication needs and interact with others. |
$8,389 |
| In Correspondence - Mapping Christchurch (In Correspondence: Christchurch) | 2018 | Emma Johnson | Layering social and environmental stories over designed maps to be displayed at a series of events that also connect the audience with channels to volunteer in the community. |
$5,000 |
| Sustainability Coordinator | 2018 | Sustainable Eastern Bays | Funding sought for staff time (sustainability coordinator) to deliver a range of community projects (e.g. food forest, predator-free, native planting, waste education, time banking). |
$25,000 |
| Implementation manager role | 2018 | Christchurch Enviro Hub (external link) | Establish and run a new Christchurch Enviro Hub. Funding was sought to support the implementation manager position. | $20,000 |
| University of Waikato | 2018 | Visualising Addington Heritage | Funding sought to develop a mobile app in which multimedia Addington heritage information is made available. | $10,000 |
| Project | Year | Applicant | Description | Funding |
| Christchurch Home Energy Saver | 2021 | Ecobulb Limited | Our project aims to deliver an initial energy-saving project to 200 Christchurch homes in energy hardship. | $49,763 |
| Installation of solar panels | 2021 | Diamond Harbour Community Association(external link) |
To install solar panels on the roof of the Diamond Harbour Community Hall. |
$5,000 |
| Phillipstown Hub Cafeteria - Solar Energy Improvement | 2021 | Phillipstown Community Centre Charitable Trust(external link) |
To install solar energy on a moveable small building at the Phillipstown Community Hub. |
$5,689 |
| Little River Playcentre - Light upgrade | 2020 | Little River Playcentre(external link) | Funding to install energy-efficient lighting at the play centre. | $405 |
| The Canterbury Railway Society Solar Energy Programme | 2019 | The Canterbury Railway Society Incorporated(external link) | Funding sought to set up a 3kW Solar array at the Railway Society in Ferrymead | $5,243 |
| LiteClub Christchurch | 2019 | Project Litefoot Trust(external link)(external link) | Supporting a further ten local sports clubs to improve their resource efficiency and carbon footprint. | $9,303 |
| LiteClub Christchurch | 2018 | Project Litefoot Trust(external link) | Supporting ten local sports clubs to improve their resource efficiency and carbon footprint. | $7,640 |
| Project | Year | Applicant | Description | Funding |
| Toha Kai Farms | 2023 | Roimata Commons Trust(external link) | Create an approach for small-scale urban farms to be net energy positive. | $15,000 |
| Edible Canterbury Communications Strategy | 2023 | Food Resilience Network INC(external link) | Promote the local urban food movement in Christchurch using the Edible Canterbury Charter and sharing stories of local food resilience. | $20,000 |
| Ōtākaro Orchard Urban Farm | 2023 | Food Resilience Network INC(external link) | Create and run a new urban farm in central Christchurch. | $13,600 |
| Funding for the Propagating Young Gardeners school program and composting; our main cost is wages. | 2023 | New Brighton Community Gardens Trust(external link) | Educate youth about growing and eating healthy food and composting. | $20,000 |
| Phillipstown Circular Community | 2023 | Phillipstown Community Centre Charitable Trust(external link) | Support food growing and soil and nature regeneration around the Phillipstown Community Hub. | $20,000 |
| Propagating Young Gardeners Sustainability Hub and Composting | 2022 | New Brighton Community Gardens Trust(external link) | NBCG Compositing and Propagating Young Gardeners Sustainability Hub have run for many years; these programs advance the Council's climate change objectives. We use every means available to us to introduce tamariki to new ideas, including recycling, re-using, food miles, sustainability, and growing and preparing food. | $20,000 |
| CNL Community Garden | 2021 | Cashmere New Life | To create a community garden to involve a wide range of community members within the Sydenham/Beckenham area. | $4,621 |
| OPEX for Urban Farm | 2021 | Cultivate Christchurch Limited(external link) | Urban Farm to support youth and community engagement. | $23,267 |
| School Garden Catalyst Project | 2021 | Food Resilience Network | The School Garden Catalyst Project aims to support teachers to have thriving edible gardens in Christchurch schools. | $30,000 |
| Propagating Young Gardeners Sustainability Hub | 2021 | New Brighton Community Gardens Trust(external link) | The Propagating Young Gardeners Sustainability Hub addresses climate change in a holistic approach from all angles and in an engaging and resource-efficient way. | $30,000 |
| Community Supported Agriculture | 2021 | Te Whare Roimata Trust |
To employ a co-ordinator to set up a food box delivery service for the local community. |
$20,000 |
| Bush Farm Food and Fibre Program | 2021 | Bush Farm Trust |
To support the youth education programme at Orton Bradley Park. |
$10,000 |
| Young Propagating Gardens Sustainability Hub | 2020 | New Brighton Community Gardens(external link) | Providing hands-on learning for at least 70 students from seven local schools about food growing and preparing healthy food. | $10,000 |
| Waste Not, Want Not | 2020 | Food Bank Canterbury | Collects surplus food from throughout the city and donates it to food banks. | $20,000 |
| Toha Kai | 2020 | Roimata Commons Trust (external link) | A food-sharing service that will reduce food waste and support food security for families in Woolston. | $20,000 |
| Food Resilience Network Facilitation | 2019 | Food Resilience Network(external link) | Funds to support a network coordinator to deliver monthly networking forums, community education events, catalyst support for new community-growing projects and a pilot comprehensive delivery model to support healthy, edible schools. | $25,000 |
| Garden Festival for Christchurch (GROW Ōtautahi Festival)(external link) | 2019 | The Christchurch Garden Festival Trust(external link) | Hosting a free, three-day public garden festival in the Christchurch Botanical Gardens. Council funding will support educational opportunities and lower the cost for community organisations displaying at the event. | $30,000 |
| Edible Community Garden Empower Church | 2019 | Community Focus Trust(external link) | An edible community garden on the grounds of Empower Church, located in St Albans (140 Springfield Road). | $2,280 |
| Community Pantry and Fridge at the Riccarton West Community Garden | 2019 | Oak Development Trust(external link) | Funding to support the completion of a community pantry and fridge in Riccarton West. | $5,000 |
| Memorial Edible Gardens of Mt Pleasant | 2019 | Mt Pleasant Memorial Community Centre and Residents' Association Inc(external link) | Creation of a new community garden and gathering space beside the Mt Pleasant Memorial Community Centre. | $3,333 |
| Germinate Collective Workbook (external link) | 2019 | Host organisation - Food Resilience Network | Support for the completion and publication of Christchurch-specific practical workbooks for school, community and home gardeners on growing and eating healthy organic food. Funding will support 20 free workbooks for low-decile schools and Council libraries. | $9,825 |
| A Green Solution to Hunger | 2019 | Foodbank Canterbury (Formally City Harvest) | A service that reduces food waste and provides food to vulnerable residents. | $30,000 |
| City Harvest Food Rescue | 2018 | City Harvest | Support was sought for this food rescue service that safely recovers quality surplus food and redistributes it through agencies to in-need individuals, whanau and children. | $30,000 |
| Cultivate Christchurch: Richmond Urban Farm - a transitional project in the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor regeneration area | 2018 | Cultivate Christchurch(external link) |
Funding to support establishing an urban farm in the Ōtākaro Avon River Regeneration Area. |
$30,000 |
| Cultivate Christchurch | 2018 | Cultivate Christchurch(external link) | Urban farm to support youth development. Funding to support wages, fertiliser and irrigation. | $50,000 |
| The Addington Farm | 2018 | The Addington Farm(external link) | Community farm to supply fresh vegetables, employment opportunities, education and community engagement. Funding to support the Spin Farm, small-scale farming in backyards. | $30,000 |
| Project | Year | Applicant | Description | Funding |
| Christchurch Home Energy Saver Extension | 2023 | Ecobulb Limited | Providing advice and free energy-efficient lightbulbs to help more than 200 low-income households cut costs and emissions. | $14,988 |
| Diamond Harbour & Districts Health Centre Upgrade | 2023 | Diamond Harbour & Districts Health Support Group | Upgrade and improve the energy efficiency of the Diamond Harbour Health Centre. | $10,000 |
| Christchurch Curtain Bank | 2023 | Community Energy Action Charitable Trust | Run the Christchurch Curtain Bank that has helped approximately 900 homes each year since 2017 to be warmer and healthier with the use of recycled curtains. | $20,000 |
| Energy Champions Training and Volunteer Coordination and Follow-up with Shirley Village Project | 2023 | Community Energy Action Charitable Trust(external link) | Train community energy advisers to support households in the Shirley community. | $3,700 |
| Superhome Movement Healthy Home Guide and Super Renovations Guide | 2022 | Superhome Movement NZ Limited(external link) | The Superhome Movement Design Guides. A new Renovation Guide and Version 2 of The Healthy Home Design Guide which was prepared in 2021 with input from over 70 professionals across New Zealand. | $10,000 |
| Solar power installation | 2022 | Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery School Board of Trustees | Solar power installation. | $20,000 |
| Christchurch Home Energy Saver Extension | 2022 | Ecobulb Limited | Our project aims to deliver energy assessments for 200 more Christchurch homes in energy hardship. | $40,000 |
| Project Manager’s CCS (Climate Change and Sustainability) Toolkit | 2021 | Project Management Institute New Zealand (PMINZ)(external link) | To create and pilot in Christchurch a sustainability toolbox for project managers. | $20,000 |
| Healthy Home Guide | 2021 | Superhome Movement NZ Limited(external link) | To prepare and publish a public Healthy Home Guide to be made available online. | $6,000 |
| Whakoki establishment | 2019 | Whakoki Ltd | Purchase of wood-cutting equipment to support the manufacture of affordable, high performance and sustainable, pre-fabricated, modular homes. | $25,000 |
| Superhome Movement Tours(external link) | 2019 | Superhome Movement(external link) | Three public tours of Christchurch Superhomes, tours in October, March, and July 2020. | $6,287 |
| Ōtakaro Orchard | 2018 | Food Resilience Network(external link) | Funding was sought to support building an architect-designed green building at the Ōtakaro Orchard. Funding to support the installation of a green roof, solar array, water catchment and building dashboard. | $60,000 |
| 2018 Exemplar Homes Tour Homestar assessment costs | 2017 | Superhome Movement(external link) | Public tour of sustainable homes in Christchurch with Homestar rating. Funds sought to partly cover the NZGBC cost gaining a Homestar Rating for 10 homes to provide the community with more understanding of Homestar and more certainty of housing quality. | $9,400 |
| Project | Year | Applicant | Description | Funding |
| Mission-led Community Climate Action | 2023 | Korimako Ltd(external link) | Host a two-day course and mentor people on mission-led approaches to climate action. | $20,000 |
| S360 Launch | 2021 | Sustainability 360 Ltd(external link) | Sustainability 360 to create a cloud platform to help make businesses more sustainable. | $10,000 |
| Climate Action Campus | 2020 | Ao Tawhiti Discovery School (external link) | A new climate school to equip students with practical action-oriented learning on climate change and provide a one-stop-shop for education on sustainability that other schools can tap into. | $40,000 |
| Mutu Sharing App | 2020 | Mutu Limited(external link) | An app that allows people to rent, lend or borrow household items instead of purchasing them, supporting a resource-efficient, circular, sharing economy. | $5,000 |
| Christchurch Climate Challenge | 2020 | Generation Zero(external link) on behalf of Christchurch Youth Climate Challenge | An event that aims to empower youth with the skills, tools, mentorship and connections needed to create practical action on climate change | $3,500 |
| Sustainable Development Goals Summit Event Series | 2020 | University of Canterbury(external link) | A series of three online events and a face-to-face two-day conference hosted in Christchurch during September 2021 to promote awareness and action on sustainable development in New Zealand. | $10,000 |
| The Christchurch Climate Challenge Conference | 2019 | Climate Challenge NZ Christchurch Conference | A June 2019 Christchurch conference led by a national youth-for-youth organisation to empower young people to be leaders and to take action on climate change. | $3,250 |
| Future of Learning Conference 2019 | 2019 | Think Beyond Limited(external link) | Funds to lower the cost for 30 people to attend a two-day conference on modern learning and technologies. Preparation of an event guide linked to the Sustainable Development Goals. | $9,900 |
| Social Enterprise Challenge / $85K Start-Up Challenge | 2019 | Entré, University of Canterbury(external link) | Funding sought to run competitions and challenges to support the development of innovation and tertiary institutions. | $5,000 |
| Impact Summit and Social Enterprise Climate Emergency Challenge | 2019 | UC Centre for Entrepreneurship | Flagship youth (17 to 25-year-olds) capacity-building events promoting innovation and entrepreneurship to approximately 400 youth with a focus on addressing our climate emergency. | $20,000 |
| Learning City Christchurch | 2019 | Learning City Christchurch | In collaboration with local educational institutions, create a learning opportunity database and a website as a platform to connect those learning opportunities across Christchurch, as well as a workshop series to support Christchurch becoming a learning city. | $25,000 |
| Limitless Programs 2019 | 2019 | Limitless Charitable Trust | A conference and series of hui to equip young people with greater self-awareness and confidence in the areas of strengths, values, goal setting, passions and career pathways. | $10,000 |
| Electrothermal Weed Management Trial(external link) | 2019 | Avon-Ōtākaro Incorporated(external link) | Following on from the training workshops held in February 2019, funding will support 12 months of field trials targeting different weeds in different locations to test the efficacy of the technology in different scenarios. | $25,010 |
| Electrothermal Weed Management Workshops | 2018 | Avon-Ōtākaro Incorporated(external link) | To deliver workshops around electrothermal weed management, a technology that could support a reduction in the use of chemical herbicides. | $5,000 |
| Pop Lab | 2018 | Fab City Aotearoa Trust | A design installation and temporary fabrication lab in the Arts Centre over the summer of 2018/2019 that will act as a showroom for locally produced, digitally exportable goods | $10,000 |
| Impact Summit 2018 | 2018 | University of Canterbury | Christchurch's flagship innovation and impact event is targeted at 17 to 25-year-olds (though all ages are welcome). | $10,000 |
| Limitless programs 2018 | 2018 | Limitless | Mentoring events to help youth understand their passions, values, skills and strengths and to channel this toward real-world problems, goals and meaningful careers. | $10,000 |
| Future of Learning | 2018 | Think Beyond(external link)(external link) | Workshops and events for adults and youth to explore disruptive technology. | $10,000 |
| Future City Activator Hackathon | 2018 | Ministry of Awesome | An idea generation and mentoring hackathon plus promoting CHCH as an innovative city. | $18,950 |
| Project | Year | Applicant | Description | Funding |
| Workride - Christchurch Launch | 2023 | Workride Ltd(external link) | Support a local startup that aims to encourage the use of electric bikes by making use of a new tax incentive that lowers the cost of bikes for commuting. | $40,000 |
| RAD Bikes Expansion 2021-23 (Yr 2 of 2) | 2022 | RAD Bikes Charitable Trust(external link) | RAD Bikes runs community bike workshops in central Ōtautahi/Christchurch, with the core purpose of improving access to cycling, minimising waste and developing community well-being. | $26,000 |
| Pedal Power | 2022 | Roimata Commons Trust | Pedal Power is part of a family of projects alongside Toha Kai. These projects are working to create an equitable and ecologically responsible food system. Pedal Power is focused on carbon emission-free delivery of our Toha Kai boxes. | $31,190 |
| Aranui Bike Fix-up | 2021 | Breezes Road Baptist Church | Aranui Bike Fix-up is focused on getting people in Aranui and surrounding areas into cycling and cycle maintenance/repair. | $10,000 |
| RAD Bikes Expansion 2021-23 (Yr 1 of 2) | 2021 | RAD Bikes Charitable Trust(external link) | RAD Bikes runs community bike workshops in central Ōtautahi/Christchurch, with the core purpose of improving access to cycling, minimising waste and developing community well-being. | $26,000 |
| Community transport in Horomaka/Banks Peninsula | 2021 | The Little River Wairewa Community Trust(external link) | Encouraging a car-sharing network and developing community transport. | $8,267 |
| RAD Bikes Expansion | 2020 | RAD Bikes Charitable Trust(external link) | Funding to support the organisation to expand its activities that repair and share bikes with low-income families and teach people how to maintain their own bikes. | $16,000 |
| BSB Electric Mobility Network - Carbon Zero Transport Christchurch(external link) | 2019 | Big Street Bikers | Installation of five securely locking cycle/scooter stands able to charge electric bikes and scooters, with an accompanying touch screen able to support wayfinding and positive cycle messages. | $50,000 |
| Electric Air(external link) | 2019 | Electric Airline Limited(external link) | Funding sought to contribute to the cost of purchasing and importing New Zealand’s first battery-electric aeroplane to be a local catalyst for this technology and future opportunities. | $40,000 |
| Biketober Passport 2019(external link) | 2019 | Spokes Canterbury(external link) | An electronic passport app to support the annual Biketober campaign and to replace a printed and manually stamped passport. | $12,000 |
| Little River Traffic Safety Project | 2019 | Little River Wairewa Community Trust(external link) | Creation of four 3D painted traffic calming devices for the Little River village car park where safety is of concern for the community. | $11,661 |
| Demystifying Electric Vehicles(external link) | 2018 | Yoogo Share(external link) | Free public events in Lyttelton and Papanui to demystify electric vehicles. | $6,000 |
| Realising the Future of Public Transport(external link) | 2018 | Ohmio Automotion Ltd.(external link) | Funding supplied to establish autonomous vehicle technology (the vehicle and navigation systems) in Christchurch, pass through the necessary legal processes to enable deployment in NZ and create opportunities for the Christchurch public to engage with the driverless vehicles. | $50,000 |
| Cycling Action Network | 2018 | NZ Bike Expo | Two-day bike expo for all types of riders. Funding to support community groups and sports clubs to have a presence at the expo at no cost. | $10,000 |
| Greater Christchurch Partnership | 2018 | Greater Christchurch Partnership commuting program | Delivery of the Great Christchurch Travel Demand Management programme (encouraging walking, cycling, busing and shared travel) for key organisations in the central city. | $20,000 |
| Project | Year | Applicant | Description | Funding |
| I'm a keeper, Sumner | 2023 | Sumner Community Residents' Association & Hub(external link) | Create a Sumner keep cup to reduce the use of takeaway cups and litter in this beachside community. | $2,900 |
| PIPS Sustainable Whanau Project | 2023 | PIPS Pregnancy Infancy Parenting Support Trust | Encourage families to use more sustainable alternatives for nappies and baby care. | $6,000 |
| Para Kore i roto i Te Waipounamu | 2023 | Para Kore Marae Incorporated(external link) | Para Kore is a Māori not-for-profit organisation, delivering te ao Māori-based, zero-waste education programme called Oranga Taiao. | $8,000 |
| Riverlution Precious Plastic | 2023 | Richmond Community Garden Trust(external link) | Recycle plastic items not collected by Council kerbside service into useful products sold or given away to residents at the Richmond Community Garden. | $12,600 |
| ResourceFull | 2022 | Te Puna Auaha Lyttelton Trust Board | The funding requested is for machinery specifically to recycle plastic items like lids that cannot be placed in the kerbside wheelie bin collections. In addition, the shipping containers need workbenches and windows for attendees to repair or upcycle broken items that have been brought into the space. | $20,000 |
| World Sustainable Toy Day campaign | 2022 | Sustained Fun Limited |
Sustained Fun will coordinate a programme of local events to shine a spotlight on the environmental impacts of the toy industry and celebrate sustainable solutions. |
$4,200 |
| Responsible neighbours of Pūtaringamotu | 2022 | St Teresa's School | The aim is to develop systems for composting and reusing all our non-recyclable organic matter within our grounds and grow vegetables. This will include all the small bits of paper, tissues and food packaging that often get placed in red bin waste. | $4,960 |
| Mount Pleasant Community Resilience | 2022 | Mt Pleasant Memorial Community Centre and Residents' Association Incorporated | Continue to develop the centre to become more sustainable and environmentally sound by implementing a comprehensive waste minimisation system, reducing reliance on petrol and diesel generators and updating our cycle racks. | $5,000 |
| Community Networker | 2022 | Canterbury Community Gardens Association Incorporated | The role of Community garden capacity builder was funded last year and we are seeking to extend this role into supporting community gardens to take on three key climate change initiatives, water reduction, waste reduction and active transport support. | $10,000 |
| Molten Media Trust(external link) | 2022 | Molten Media Trust(external link) | We collect and repurpose or recycle these goods with our original project 'Ethical E-Waste'. The core goal of this project is waste reduction. By repurposing and repairing goods we can extend their useful lifespans reducing the demand for brand new products. | $10,000 |
| Carbon footprint calculation and emission reduction initiatives with church communities | 2022 | A Rocha Aotearoa New Zealand (external link) | The Eco Church NZ project actively engages church communities to understand their carbon footprint and to support them in reducing their emissions. | $15,000 |
| Recycle a Device | 2022 | Digital Future Aotearoa(external link) | Digital Future Aotearoa is on a mission to help close the digital divide — we envision a future where every child in Aotearoa New Zealand has access to high-quality digital technologies (DT) education and tools, with opportunities to make a meaningful difference in their community. | $25,000 |
| Community Action on Climate change - Carbon Reduction | 2022 | Project Lyttelton Incorporated | Building on the success of the Community Carbon Coach, Project Lyttelton (PL) is transitioning the whole organisation to be the Lyttelton Community Carbon Coach. Utilizing simple communication channels we will walk alongside our community building on everyday actions to reduce our community carbon footprint. | $26,500 |
| Ethical E-Waste | 2021 | Molten Media Trust(external link) | Aim to reduce the amount of e-waste going to landfills by accepting e-waste from both the public and other organisations. | $18,400 |
| Rubbish Talk | 2021 | Flourish Kia Puāwai Social Enterprise Ltd(external link) | Three complimentary community-led initiatives to reduce waste at the grass-roots level; utilising engagement and education. | $29,020 |
| Riverlution Sustainability Hub | 2021 | Richmond Community Garden Trust(external link) | Sustainability Coordinator's wages and the Riverlution Sustainability Hub. | $20,000 |
| Pūharakekenui Sustainability Project | 2021 | Styx Living Laboratory Trust | The Pūharakekenui Sustainability project aims to decrease greenhouse gases by encouraging the use of electric transportation alternatives, increasing efficiency and removing greenhouse gases through forest restoration in the Pūharakekenui (Styx River). | $10,000 |
| TOCK.earth Operational Costs | 2021 | TOCK.earth Limited(external link) | TOCK.earth aims to expand reach to most of Christchurch's young tamariki, their whānau and their teachers, delivering our transformational, innovative outreach programme to engage and empower them in positive steps to care for the Earth and our precious taiao. | $12,000 |
| Development and Deployment of the Mutu Xchange | 2021 | Mutu Limited(external link) | An app to enable businesses, councils and other asset-based organisations to manage better and share their resources and is planned to be piloted with Sport Canterbury, Canterbury University and Christchurch Holdings Limited. | $20,000 |
| Rocha Zero Waste Churches | 2020 | A Rocha Aotearoa New Zealand (external link) | A Zero Waste programme to support churches to reduce waste. | $10,000 |
| School Composting Project | 2020 | Christchurch Boys’ High School | A school composting project that will see students involved in managing waste and growing fruit and vegetables. | $900 |
| TOCK Education programme | 2020 | Tock Earth Limited (external link) | Funding to support testing early childhood and primary school education programmes for one year in Christchurch. | $10,000 |
| PET Wash Plant Venture | 2019 | Custom-Pak Plastic Products(external link) | Build a PET plastic washing and recycling facility in Christchurch to support a circular economy for packaging. | $75,000 |
| Organic Composter | 2019 | Living Springs Charitable Trust(external link) | Purchase of a locally made small-scale enclosed compost machine to manage catering waste at Living Springs and to use as a learning opportunity for their 12,000 annual visitors. | $20,000 |
| Zero Waste Expo | 2019 | Waste Expo Aotearoa Trust | A series of expo-style events with attendees having the opportunity to learn how to improve their waste reduction efforts. | $1,200 |
| New Brighton Stitch-O-Mat | 2019 | New Brighton Stitch-O-Mat Charitable Trust | A community organisation teaching people how to mend clothes, make items using recycled materials and teach aspects of household sustainability. | $30,000 |
| Household Devices Batteries Collection Trial(external link) | 2019 | Christchurch City Council | Pilot a household battery collection recycling service for Christchurch and gather data to help create a value case for a permanent recycling solution. | $72,490 |
| Soft Plastics Recycling Service | 2018 | Kilmarnock Enterprises | Support for the collection and recycling of soft plastics from supermarkets and retail outlets throughout Christchurch. | Collection vehicle |
| Lyttelton Library of Tools & Things | 2017 | Project Lyttelton | Set up a library of tools for community use and a platform for workshops, supporting less waste and resourcefulness. | $7,588 |
| Project | Year | Applicant | Description | Funding |
| Sea Cleaners - Christchurch | 2023 | Sea Cleaners Trust(external link) | Encouraging community volunteers to collect litter from in and around Lyttelton Harbour. | $10,000 |
| Ocean literacy education for Ōtautahi/Christchurch | 2023 | Blue Cradle Foundation(external link) | Provide public events and school activities to improve understanding and care of the marine environment. | $15,000 |
| Ōtākaro Avon River upper reaches and tributaries | 2023 | Avon Ōtākaro Network INC(external link) | Engage communities to take a whole catchment approach to caring for the Ōtākaro Avon River and its tributaries. | $15,000 |
| Water recycling | 2023 | Sydenham Community Preschool Inc | Establish a system to collect and beneficially use rainwater in our preschool garden. | $1,300 |
| Rainwater tanks for Phillipstown community gardens | 2023 | Community Energy Action Charitable Trust(external link) | Establish a rainwater collection system for the Phillipstown Community Gardens. | $4,500 |
| Waste and Consumption Reduction Project including Water Tanks | 2022 | Te Whare Taonga O Nga Iwi Katoa Linwood Resource Centre | Community drop-off collection bins for recycling products that can't go in the yellow bin, recycling more waste within the centre environment and reducing our water consumption in the community gardens. | $1,530 |
| Friends of Morgan's and Sam's Gullies - Purau Bay Reserve | 2022 | Diamond Harbour Community Association Inc | Purau Bay Reserve is an area of 3.1 hectares set on a slope between Purau Avenue and Bayview Road. This project is aimed at the medium-term preparation of this reserve. | $2,000 |
| Avon Ōtākaro In River Clean up project | 2022 | Avon Ōtākaro Network INC | The purpose of this 12-month trial is to gather baseline data and collect data on the trash collected in the river and also the positive downstream effects in the coastline and estuary, whilst diverting as much waste as possible from landfill. | $10,000 |
| Te Tuna Tāone | 2022 | Christchurch Envirohub Trust | Improve the aquatic and terrestrial habitat in our waterways for the native longfin tuna. | $15,000 |
| Avon Ōtākaro Network | 2021 | Avon Ōtākaro Network(external link) |
Facilitate a World Rivers Day event for the Ōtākaro Avon River network. |
$5,500 |
| Blue Cradle | 2021 | Blue Cradle Foundation |
To support community education about the local coastal environment. |
$20,000 |
| Stormwater Superhero Mobile Resource | 2020 | Avon-Heathcote Estuary Trust (external link) | A mobile water education facility that will help schools and community groups throughout the city learn about waterways. | $20,000 |
| Operation River Quest | 2020 | EOS Ecology(external link) | Helping to clean up and teach school students about waterways in Christchurch. | $10,000 |
| Urban Eel Project | 2019 | Working Waters Trust | Educate students about eels and their habitat, connect students to community groups, educate group leaders in the use of nets for eel monitoring and undertake eel monitoring throughout Christchurch. | $10,000 |
| Nature Agents - Operation River Quest | 2019 | EOS Ecology(external link) | Preparing and hosting a practical learning event for 17 schools on stream care, ecological research and a litter clean-up along local waterways. | $10,000 |
| Te Tuna Tāone - Urban Eel | 2018 | Working Waters Trust | Delivery of a school student education programme aiming to improve the habitat for eels. | $22,000 |
| Next generation influence - Innovation | 2018 | Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research(external link) | Workshop expenses and artists’ fees to encourage local stewardship of land and water. | $3,000 |
| Converting Didymo fibres into marketable products | 2018 | Biome(external link)(external link) | Harvesting invasive Didymo fibres and processing them into useful eco-friendly products. | $10,000 |