The Your West Support Fund is for one-off grants to support community initiatives associated with key focus areas. This includes support for projects and operating or capital costs.
Applications for this year’s $1,125,000 Your West Support Fund are closed. Keep an eye out for future grant round announcements.
For more information check out our Community Funding Guidelines and register for our Fluxx granting system so you’re ready to submit your next application.
Your West Support Fund recipients for May 2026!
In 2026, the Your West Support Fund delivered $1,236,881 across 73 community organisations in The West. This is our largest-ever Support Fund allocation, with 73 recipients sharing in a fund that backs the everyday mahi keeping our communities strong.
The Support Fund is built for one-off grants up to $20,000, helping local groups cover the costs of projects, operations, and equipment so they can keep doing what they do best. This year, 59% of recipients received the maximum $20,000 grant, with the remaining funding spread across smaller, targeted contributions to specific projects and needs.
This year’s recipients span every corner of The West, from Bethells to New Lynn, Henderson to Avondale, Rānui to Hobsonville. The funding supports everything from surf rescue equipment and community gardens to youth mentoring, refugee English classes, kaupapa Māori wellbeing programmes, environmental restoration, and family violence support services.
Around 40% of funded organisations are working with children, young people, and whānau, reflecting one of the strongest themes across this year’s round. Community Wellbeing accounts for the largest share of funding at 42%, followed by Social Services (16%), Environment (10%), and Culture and Arts (9%).
We’re grateful to every organisation that applied, and proud to back the 73 making it happen across The West.
Here are the 2026 recipients!
| Grant Recipient | Total Funded | Sector | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Mt Albert St Judes Scouts | $12,492.80 | Service and Social Clubs | Replacing a failing retaining wall at the Scout Hall. |
| Age Concern Auckland Trust | $19,250.00 | Social Services | Supporting older adults across The West with connection and protection from social isolation. |
| Awhero Trust | $15,000.00 | Community Wellbeing | Continuing the 24-7 Youth Work programme at Henderson High School. |
| Be a Tidy Kiwi Trust | $9,500.00 | Community Wellbeing | A community-based programme to reduce illegal dumping in The West. |
| Bellyful West Auckland (Bellyful NZ Trust) | $9,000.00 | Community Wellbeing | Delivering hearty meals to whānau with babies or young children. |
| Belong Aotearoa | $20,000.00 | Community Wellbeing | A mentorship programme for migrant and refugee women in The West. |
| Bethells Beach Surf Lifesaving Patrol | $20,000.00 | Community Wellbeing | A new Rescue Water Craft for patrols at Bethells Beach. |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Auckland | $20,000.00 | Community Wellbeing | One-to-one mentoring for vulnerable children in The West. |
| Christians Against Poverty | $20,000.00 | Social Services | A Debt Help Caseworker supporting West Auckland whānau with unmanageable debt. |
| Crescendo Trust of Aotearoa | $10,000.00 | Culture and Arts | Youth Music Mentoring for around 150 rangatahi each year. |
| EcoMatters Environment Trust | $20,000.00 | Environment | Sustaining the Ecohub in New Lynn, heart of their environmental work. |
| English Language Partners Auckland Central & West | $20,000.00 | Education | Free English classes for former refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants in New Lynn. |
| Fair Food Trust | $20,000.00 | Community Wellbeing | Building youth food literacy and community connection through shared meals. |
| First Foundation | $20,000.00 | Education | Pastoral care and guidance for academically talented young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. |
| Friends of Oakley Creek Te Auaunga Incorporated | $20,000.00 | Environment | Continuing restoration of Te Auaunga as a natural ecosystem. |
| Give a Kid a Blanket Charitable Trust | $20,000.00 | Community Wellbeing | Winter Warmth 2026: essential winter items for vulnerable whānau. |
| Glass Ceiling Arts Collective | $20,000.00 | Culture and Arts | Weekly inclusive theatre, singing, and dance for young people with and without disabilities. |
| Graeme Dingle Foundation | $20,000.00 | Community Wellbeing | Delivering Kiwi Can to over 2,200 tamariki across West Auckland schools. |
| Hawaiki TU Arts Foundation | $20,000.00 | Culture and Arts | A rangatahi development programme using Māori performing arts. |
| HELP Auckland | $2,578.00 | Social Services | Personal safety programme for tamariki aged three to five in West Auckland preschools. |
| I Love Avondale | $20,000.00 | Community Wellbeing | Community programmes building wellbeing and connection in Avondale. |
| Kaipātiki Project Incorporated | $20,000.00 | Community Wellbeing | Operating support for Engine Testing Bay Gardens at Hobsonville Point. |
| Kidney Society | $10,000.00 | Health | Supporting 321 West Aucklanders living with kidney failure and their whānau. |
| Life Education Trust Auckland West | $8,000.00 | Education | Helping tamariki across The West make healthy life choices. |
| Little Miracles Trust | $20,000.00 | Community Wellbeing | Family/whānau support for West Auckland families with babies in Neonatal Intensive Care. |
| Making Good | $18,500.00 | Community Wellbeing | Warmth for Waitākere Tamariki: winter clothing for children in Ranui, Henderson South, and Massey. |
| Man Alive – Tane Ora | $20,000.00 | Social Services | A Youth Worker delivering counselling and Boys and Girls Alive in West Auckland schools. |
| Manaaki Rangatahi | $20,000.00 | Community Wellbeing | Raising awareness for World Youth Homeless Day 2026. |
| Manaaki Tāngata | Victim Support | $15,258.00 | Community Wellbeing | Free 24/7 support for West Auckland people affected by crime and traumatic events. |
| Massey Community Trust | $20,000.00 | Social Services | Expanding youth hangouts and consistent local spaces for rangatahi in Massey. |
| Matuku Reserve Trust | $19,517.00 | Environment | Matuku Link Wetland Education for thousands of West Auckland tamariki. |
| Mindfulwell collective | Wāhine Hauora | $8,854.78 | Social Services | Community counselling and wellbeing access for wāhine and rangatahi facing trauma. |
| Mobility Assistance Dogs Trust | $6,000.00 | Community Wellbeing | Venue costs for their Henderson base where mobility dogs are trained. |
| MYLAUNCHPAD | $16,000.00 | Culture and Arts | FETU Creative Forum West Edition, a Pacific-led arts initiative for young creatives. |
| Nurturing Families | $18,029.14 | Social Services | Urgent items for safe sleep, safe travel, and basics for West Auckland babies and children. |
| NZ Pan African Broadcasting Corporation Charitable Trust | $6,000.00 | Community Wellbeing | Breaking the Cycles: Pan African Community Centre youth workshops in New Lynn. |
| Ranui Action Project | $20,000.00 | Community Wellbeing | Operations support to reduce inequities and strengthen wellbeing in Rānui. |
| Ranui Community Centre | $20,000.00 | Community Wellbeing | Ranui Community Garden Growth & Sustainability Project. |
| Raukatauri Music Therapy Trust | $17,744.30 | Community Wellbeing | Reinstating two music therapy programmes in West Auckland schools. |
| Redhills Community Kindergarten Incorporated | $19,993.15 | Education | Keeping the doors open for tamariki in Massey and Redhills. |
| RiverCare Group Te Wai o Pareira | $20,000.00 | Environment | Restoring Te Wai ō Pareira through community-led environmental work. |
| Sea Cleaners Trust | $20,000.00 | Environment | Removing plastics, tyres, and illegal dumping from local waters. |
| Seed 2 Harvest Trust | $20,000.00 | Pacific | Empowering West: sustainable kai, wellbeing, and equitable connections through the S2H Centre. |
| Silver Fern MotorSport Charitable Trust | $10,000.00 | Education | Driver mentoring and licensing support for high-needs West Auckland residents. |
| Sport Waitakere Trust | $20,000.00 | Sport and Recreation | Funding the Tuia Waitākere Māori Outcomes Lead. |
| Te Ao Kita | $17,000.00 | Sport and Recreation | Rangatahi Sport & Leadership: a kaupapa Māori, whānau-led hauora programme. |
| Te Karanga Charitable Trust | $20,000.00 | Community Wellbeing | Navigators West: free weekly creative youth development at Zeal West, Henderson. |
| Te Pou Theatre Trust | $20,000.00 | Culture and Arts | Te Pou Theatre 2026: a kaupapa Māori-led performing arts venue at Corban Estate Arts Centre. |
| Te Waipuna Puawai | $20,000.00 | Social Services | Two kaupapa Māori programmes strengthening identity and wellbeing for wāhine in The West. |
| The Dust Palace Charitable Trust | $20,000.00 | Culture and Arts | Sustaining Te Kura Maninirau, Aotearoa’s first kaupapa Māori circus school. |
| The Kindness Institute | $20,000.00 | Community Wellbeing | Operational support for kaupapa Māori wellbeing programmes in The West. |
| The Nest Collective | $5,000.00 | Social Services | Free pēpi packs filled with essentials for newborns. |
| The ReCreators (Re-Creators Charitable Trust) | $10,000.00 | Education | Te Whare Tipu: a network of community growers working on kai sovereignty. |
| The TYLA Trust | $20,000.00 | Māori | West Auckland operations for early intervention and Youth Justice mentoring. |
| The Whau River Catchment Trust | $20,000.00 | Environment | Empowering landowners across the Whau River catchment as environmental kaitiaki. |
| Think and Be Me Foundation | $19,995.00 | Community Wellbeing | A Junior Anxiety Module reaching around 1,250 tamariki across five West Auckland primary schools. |
| Triangle Park Community Teaching Garden Charitable Trust | $15,000.00 | Community Wellbeing | Garden Coordinator contract for a hands-on community teaching garden. |
| Visionwest Community Trust | $20,000.00 | Social Services | A three-day Matariki celebration bringing whānau together. |
| Waitakere Badminton Association | $20,000.00 | Sport and Recreation | Upgrading 40-year-old toilet blocks at the Waitakere Badminton Centre. |
| Waitemata Seagulls Rugby League Football & Sports Club Incorporated | $20,000.00 | Sport and Recreation | Operational costs for a Rānui-based rugby league club serving since 1967. |
| Waitemata Volunteer Fire Brigade | $7,277.52 | Community Wellbeing | Two additional portable incident ground communication radios. |
| Waterview Primary School | $20,000.00 | Education | He Whare Pukapuka Ora: revitalising the school library. |
| Well Foundation | $20,000.00 | Health | Improving prenatal and postnatal education in The West. |
| West Auckland Living Skills Homes Trust Board | $20,000.00 | Social Services | He Rōpū Oranga Hāpori: holistic health and wellbeing for adults aged 65 and over. |
| West Auckland Mental Health Support Trust (aka Te Ata) | $20,000.00 | Community Wellbeing | Operational support for Te Ata, a peer-led mental health and addictions service in Henderson. |
| West Auckland Riding for the Disabled | $20,000.00 | Community Wellbeing | Widening the culvert crossing to complete a new covered arena project. |
| West Auckland Youth Development Trust | $20,000.00 | Social Services | Boxing-based youth development at West City Boxing for vulnerable rangatahi. |
| Whau Coastal Walkway Environmental Trust | $17,835.00 | Community Wellbeing | Te Whau Pathway Connection: safe walking, cycling, and water activities for school children. |
| Whau Pasifika Trust | $20,000.00 | Pacific | Whau Pasifika Festival 2026: Dream. Weave. Navigate. |
| Wordcore Wayfinders Limited | $6,356.00 | Culture and Arts | Impact storytelling through poetry, performance, and interdisciplinary arts. |
| Woven Earth (Trust) | $20,000.00 | Community Wellbeing | Ongoing services providing practical support to family violence survivors across The West. |
| YMCA North | $7,500.00 | Community Wellbeing | Raise Up West Auckland: youth-led development and leadership. |
| Zeal Youth Trust Aotearoa – West Auckland | $19,200.00 | Community Wellbeing | Expanding the Zeal West Auckland Street Youth Work service. |
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