Participate

We want more people participating in active recreation, sport, cultural and heritage activities as a means of enhancing health and wellbeing. Reducing barriers to participation can help people lead fulfilling lives.

Our priorities are projects, programmes or services:

• Improving wellbeing by removing barriers to participation in active recreation and sports
• Improving wellbeing by removing barriers to participation in creative activities, heritage, culture and traditions
• Enabling deeper understanding of tikanga Māori in arts, heritage and traditional tākaro

What we will look at

• What difference will your project, programme or service make?
• Does your organisation have the capability and capacity to deliver the project, programme or service?
• How do you know there is a need for your project or organisation?
• How are the community or people who use your service involved with or supporting your organisation or project?
• How is your organisation or project culturally responsive, or working towards being culturally responsive?
• To what extent do you work with other organisations to achieve your aims?
• How do you learn about whether your programme is meeting its intended outcomes?
• How does your project, programme or service meet good practice or is it evidence based? This is particularly important if your organisation is working with vulnerable people including children, young people, elderly people, disabled people, and people with mental health issues.
• Do you have a need for our funding?
• Read about our additional criteria for heritage projects.

What we don't fund

For the list of things Rātā does not fund, read our Frequently Asked Questions.