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Speaker 1: Usually we're the ones giving council money in the form

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Speaker 1: of rates. It's not often that we have the opportunity

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Speaker 1: to get that back, but that's exactly what's going on

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Speaker 1: at the moment. Annual grant's rat is open.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it is open, and we're looking forward to getting

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Speaker 2: that underway. And this year a little bit different. So

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Speaker 2: we've launched the fund Finder site which is to try

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Speaker 2: and make getting grants easier and it's part of making

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Speaker 2: the applications as easy as possible. Most people who are

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Speaker 2: applying for grants are volunteers, busy in this new fund

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Speaker 2: Finder process hopefully will be easier. There's nine council grants

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Speaker 2: available and just covers a whole wide range of things

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Speaker 2: from biodiversity to school sports, travel to a whole host.

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Speaker 1: Of heritage mountain bike trail maintenance. I see on there

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Speaker 1: as well. So with the new tool, does that mean

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Speaker 1: that every application is online now?

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Speaker 2: Ultimately yes, yeah. But the fund Finders as a site

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Speaker 2: that's aimed at helping people see and understand the criteria

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Speaker 2: for funds, both both council but elsewhere as well. So

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Speaker 2: it's really trying to put together the need with the

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Speaker 2: fund and they can always be the tough.

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Speaker 1: But I've got a really cool thing coming up, But

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Speaker 1: which paul are my best applying to?

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Speaker 2: That's right, So you and you think it will be

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Speaker 2: a Paul because of the name of it or something.

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Speaker 2: Play and find out that you didn't meet the criteria

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Speaker 2: and yet there's three other funds over here that might

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Speaker 2: well have been able to consider.

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Speaker 1: Your Yeah, you might have a better chance at apply there.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so we are really excited about it. We hope

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Speaker 2: that it's going to really assist you voluntary community groups

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Speaker 2: get access to grants money across Mid Canterbury.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, brilliant. Yes, your sort of front deer staff are

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Speaker 1: happy to sort of help us out if we get

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Speaker 1: a little lost with that though.

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Speaker 2: Of course, everything we can do to guide and we

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Speaker 2: know when things are brand new and a new system there.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we think could be some handholding.

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Speaker 2: We think it's going to be great and it should be,

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Speaker 2: but there's a process to help people get the very

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Speaker 2: best out of it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, neat. If you jump on the Council's website under

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Speaker 1: the Grants TEP you can find all their information and

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Speaker 1: applications need to be in by the end of the months. Tuesday,

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Speaker 1: the thirty, first of March. Cheers haymus Rie, have a

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Speaker 1: great week perfect Thanks so much,