Lottery Outdoor Safety Fund

The Lottery Outdoor Safety Fund makes grants to not-for-profit organisations who have outdoor safety or water safety as their core business. Grants are one-off contributions for ongoing operational costs for existing or expanded services and activities, projects beyond an organisation's day-to-day operations, and minor capital works projects valued at $30,000 or less including buying equipment, assets or rescue craft. The fund prioritizes grant requests that increase collaboration in the water or outdoor safety sector, maintain effectiveness and volunteer capability in water or outdoor safety sector organisations, and increase water or outdoor safety knowledge and skills in communities, hapū or iwi. Grants are also available to air-based rescue service providers where search and rescue missions are significant to their operations, limited to projects that build their search and rescue capability. Organizations receiving grants must demonstrate how their projects will contribute to outcomes such as enabling communities to be self-reliant, enabling the voluntary sector to support increased capacity and capability, removing barriers to participation in sports, recognizing and resourcing volunteers, promoting equitable access to environments which improve health, safety and wellbeing, encouraging collaborative partnerships through cross-cultural understanding, and strengthening partnerships towards shared goals.