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Hastings Youth Grants are currently closed.Hasting Youth Grants are currently closed
Applications will not be available in 2023.
Hastings Youth Council is offering grants for young people aged 15 to 19 who live in or represent the Hastings District.
If you require financial help to succeed in the areas of music, sport, arts, education (or anything that will help you achieve your goals) then apply for a Hastings Youth Council youth grant.
This year we are awarding 10 lucky recipients $200.00 each to help support young people in our district thrive.
Contact the Youth Team on 0800 4 YOUTH or youth@hdc.govt.nz if you require any further information.
What can we help with:
You can see what other people have received funding for in the past below:
| Name | School | For |
| Miya Ryder | Taradale high school (Hastings Based) | Gym membership to support entry requirements to NZ Defence Force |
| Esta Chaplin | Karamu High School | Spirit of Adventure 10 day youth development voyage |
| Fessyiden Skipworth | Flaxmere college | Equipment to help with music and song writing career |
| Taygen Elliott | Iona College | Support attendance to the theatre-based education programme at the Globe Theatre as part of the Young Shakespeare Company |
| Monique Poa | Manukura School (Hastings Based) | To attend Touch NZ Youth Trans-Tasman test series as part of the NZU18 girls touch team. |
| Te Atawhai Reti Kaukau | Turanga Ararau (Hastings Based) | Support with course and education related costs |
| Tiaana Rolls | St Josephs Māori Girls College (Hastings Based) | Support to attend the Senior Touch Nationals |
| Harmony Morris | Service Skills Centre | Attend a course that will help me to have my own business one day. |
| Hannah Hunt | Karamu High School | New Zealand Canoe Polo Training camp |
| Francine Sales | Napier Girl's High School (Hastings Based) | Buy art supplies to create paintings that inspire, motivate, and evoke change |
| Name | School | For |
| Sahria Adams | Napier Girls High School | To support sport commitments in 2021 and support future plans to join the police force |
| Thomas Colman Savage | Hastings Boys High School | To represent the region at the 2021 BMX National Championships |
| Jonty Laver | To help purchase sporting equipment to continue training with the Hawkes Bay Kayak Racing Club | |
| Josh Woodhead | Hastings Boys High School | To represent the region at the NZ Decathlon Champs in 2021 |
| Dylan Van Heerden | Hastings Boys' High School | To support costs for University starting in 2021. |
| Putiputi Te Wake-Munro | TKKM o Te Wananga Whare Tapere o Takitimu | To support the Basketball team at TKKM o Te Wananga Whare Tapere o Takitimu to Attend National Māori Basketball tournament in Rototura |
| Campbell O’Hara | Hastings Boys High School | To help with the costs of basic tools to kick start his Building and Construction Apprenticeship |
| Monique Poa | To represent the area at the 2021 National Netball Camp | |
| Tiaana Rolls | St Josephs Māori Girls College | To represent Hawkes Bay at the National Touch Tournament in 2021 |
| Vili Moore | Hastings Boys High | To support further study at the New Zealand School of Music |
Congratulations to the following young people who were awarded grants from the 2018 Youth Council:
| Name | School | Reason |
| Adam Iaone | Flaxmere College | Attend Canterbury University to study engineering majoring in mechatronics, (robotics) |
| Anna Gilmour | Hastings Girls High | Attend NZ Youth Drama School |
| Sophie Ward | Havelock North Intermediate | Elite tennis coaching by former number 2 in New Zealand |
| Asher Grapes | Hastings Girls High | Regional Team, Beko (Netball) training |
| Sam Gilbert | Havelock North High School | Attend National Age Group Football Tournament in Wellington |
| Tyla-Rose Halton | Karamu High School | Attend Canterbury University to study Social Work and Maori Indigenous Studies |
| Jemma Moffitt | Heretaunga Intermediate | Attend “Dancers Paradise” 2019 Competition in Mexico |
| Felicity Keane | Havelock North High School | Attend the Australian Volleyball Schools Cup in Melbourne 2019 |
| Jena Gregory | Havelock North High School | Attend New Zealand Squash Training Camps |
| Oliver Taylor | Havelock North High School | Study Aviation locally in the Hawkes Bay to become a commercial pilot |
| Paul Henare and Paora Wintana Basketball Academy | Team members to attend basketball training and research camps in the USA |
Congratulations to the following young people who were awarded grants from the 2017 Youth Council:
| Name | School | For |
| Mae Gilmour | Hastings Girls' | To attend Hands-On at Otago 2018 |
| Paora Winitana | St Johns | NZ Basketball trial |
| Hena Dugh | Hastings Girls' | Science degree |
| Isha Kaur | Hastings Girls' | To attend the National Rotary Science and Technology forum |
| Brayden Matchitt | Hastings Intermediate | To become a New Zealand athlete |
| Emmanuel Fuimaono | Waikato University | NapierPanPacs |
| Bella-Marie Matich | Havelock High | Start own business |
| Ben Jacobs | Hastings Boys' | To qualify as Seed 1 Hoe Tonga J19M W1 trials and medal at Nationals |
| Rongowhitiao Maaka | Flaxmere Primary | To become an NBA elite basketball player |
| Trinity Hart | Hastings Girls' | To attend Australian Country Junior Basketball Cup |
| Anna Haronga | Havelock High | To play basketball for NZ |
| Name | Project |
| Daniel Brown | To attend a Canoe Racing New Zealand pathway training camp |
| Monique Poa | Attend camp for Aotearoa Māori Secondary School Netball team |
| Harmony Morris | Attend a further education Course |
| Tessa Hollway | Education money for my Bachelor of Nursing |
| Thomas Jenson | Mic for Film Making & Light Reflector |
| Isabella Bradley | Spirit of Adventure 10 day Voyage |
| Jeremy Gaffaney | Outward Bound |
| Sophie Webber | Model UN exchange to Geneva |
| Noorpreet Jalaf | To attend the Rotary National Science and Technology Forum |
| Riley Chapman-Taylor | Help to get to global games in Hawaii |
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