SPARC Rural Travel Fund is now closed

The Rural Travel Fund is a partnership between SPARC and local authorities to assist the development of junior sport in rural communities by providing a travel subsidy.

About the Scheme

The Rural Travel Fund has been developed to support the participation in sport by young people living in rural communities.

SPARC outlined 4 key priorities for rural communities in 2009/2010:

1. Developing a rural participation strategy
2. Distributing a one-off rural travel fund
3. Investing in active communities
4. Establishing new sport and physical activity coordinators in rural high schools

The rural travel fund is designed to help subsidise travel for junior teams participating in local sport competition.

Applications will be called for by public advertisement (date to be determined).

Criteria

Who can apply?

School club teams and sport club teams may apply and are defined as follows:

•  A school club team participating in local sport competition in weekends, that excludes inter school and intra school competitions played during school time; and/or
• A sports club team participating in organised sport competition through club membership outside of school time

Eligibility

Application for the rural travel fund is open to rural sports clubs and rural school teams with young people aged between 5-19 years who require subsidies to assist with transport expenses to local sporting competitions.

Note: Funding will not be provided for the purpose of travel to regional or national events.

For further details please contact the Rural Travel Fund Administrator, Heather Kitson at Central Hawke’s Bay District Council either via e-mail or by phoning 06 857 8060.

SPARC Rural Travel Fund is now closed