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Mayoral Earthquake Fund re-opens
Mayoral Earthquake Fund re-opens
The Marlborough Mayoral Earthquake Fund has been re-opened for new applications from Marlburians facing hardship issues due to the Kaikoura earthquake.
Marlborough Recovery Manager Dean Heiford says when the Fund was established 34 families and individuals requested immediate help and the Fund committee had distributed $12,000 in emergency grants before Christmas.
“Those grants helped ease the extra pressure that comes on at Christmas time but there’s still $85,000 left in the Fund and we’re now in a position to accept new applications from people finding themselves in a hardship situation.”
The one-off grants of up to $500 are available now, however the Council’s Funding Allocations Committee has discretion to allocate larger grants if required. Grant applications will be assessed within a fortnight of being received.
Application forms and information about criteria can be found on Council's website, with hard copies at Seddon Information office and Ward Hall.
The Fund would now stay open and applications would be accepted and assessed on an on-going basis, he said.
ENDS.
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