Holiday alert: Please note that kerbside collections between 25-27 December and 1-3 January will be pushed out a day (even recyclers need a holiday). For more on Rubbish & Recycling in our district, see our dedicated webpage.

Council offices will close at midday Wednesday 24 December 2025 and reopen 8.00am Monday 5 January 2026. For urgent issues, call us on 03 441 0499 (Queenstown) or 03 443 0024 (Wānaka). For non-urgent issues, please us the Snap Send Solve App. We hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Get Active Community Grant

Find out more about the Get Active Community Grant.

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About the grant

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About the Get Active Community Grant

QLDC Sport & Recreation’s mission is to encourage more people, to be more active, more often. This connects with our communities’ Vision Beyond 2050 outcome for Thriving people | Whakapuāwai Hapori – “Our environments and services promote and support health, activity and wellbeing for all”.

This annual Get Active Community Grant will support not-for-profit organisations, incorporated societies and charities that benefit the health and wellbeing of the Queenstown Lakes District Council community members. 

Applications for the next funding round of the Get Active Community Grant will be open from 1-24 August, with grant recipients being notified by 30 August.

Your organisation can apply for entry passes for your members to a service at our Sport and Recreation facilities (Queenstown Event Centre, Arrowtown Memorial Pool, Wānaka Recreation Centre and Paetara Aspiring Central).

Grant recipients’ passes will be valid for one year running from 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2026.

We will only be giving out physical vouchers that grant access to our pools, gyms, group fitness classes and other casual programmes available at the Wānaka Recreation Centre and Paetara Aspiring Central. 

Funding criteria

The funding criteria for the Get Active Community Grant is as follows:

  • Applicants must be a registered charity, incorporated society or not-for-profit group.

  • Applicants must be based in the Queenstown Lakes District.

  • Sports groups and businesses are not eligible.

How to apply

Apply on the Smarty Grants platform starting 1 August. Applications close on 24 August 2025.

Any questions?

If you have any questions about the application criteria and process, please contact:

marie.schmidt@qldc.govt.nz