Running an event? - heard about the Living Wage for Events Fund?
From the Wellington City Council website
The Living Wage for Events Fund was established as part of the Long-term Plan (2021-31) to support non-Council event organisers to apply for funding to enable them to deliver events that provide the living wage for participating artists, staff and contractors.
We will prioritise support for events that support one or more outcomes of the Council's Events Policy, these events outcomes are:
Events that contribute and celebrates the arts
Events that partner with mana whenua to develop, promote and deliver cultural events that profile mana whenua
Events that support communities in creating their distinctive character
Strive to be an environmentally friendly event and sustainable in the long term
Events that promote inclusive, tolerant and strong communities.
Applicants must be a legal entity, those groups or organisations that are not can apply using an umbrella agreement with another organisation, Applications are made through our online funding portal. See the funding calendar for closing and decision dates.
We have closing dates scheduled for 10 February 2022 for events after 16 March 2022 and a second funding round closing on 24 March 2022 for events after 17 May 2022 but will accept applications for events that are scheduled before 17 May, please contact the funding team if you meet the criteria and have an event that is scheduled before May 2022.
