HBRC’s LEAF Fund Well Used by Local Groups

Eleven local groups and their environment projects are being assisted this financial year by Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s LEAF fund.

Non-profit groups, schools and small businesses with environmental projects in Hawke’s Bay can apply to the fund for a small grant of up to $500 to assist with tools and materials. The LEAF fund is limited to $5000 and applications open on 1 July each year.

This year $4933.84 will be used by the successful applicants –

Forest & Bird Central Hawke’s Bay

Kimi Ora Community School in Flaxmere

Argyll East School

Camberley Kindergarten

Patoka Rural Kindergarten in Napier

Guthrie Smith Trust, Tutira

Port Ahuriri Early Childhood Centre

Village Kids Childcare, Te Mata Road and Napier Road centres, Havelock North

Eskdale School

Matangirua Kindergarten in Wairoa.

The funds will help a lot of different projects including: timber for raised gardens, lifetime labels for native trees, vegetable seedlings, mushroom kit, compost bins, worm farms, a sensory indoor garden and riparian plants for a stream.

http://www.hbrc.govt.nz/Services/Education/Community/Pages/Community-Resources.aspx

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