Community Event Funding

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How would you like to have your community event or activity at Forsyth Barr Stadium or the Dunedin Centre?

Dunedin Venues Management Limited supports and encourages individuals and groups to develop their given passion. Community users can apply for funding through the Dunedin City Council Community Access Grant scheme to get subsidised venue rental at Forsyth Barr Stadium or the Dunedin Centre.

Community Access Grant applications are now closed for events in January – June 2025.

If you have applied, you will receive an outcome email within 8 weeks, by 25th November. If you haven’t received your notification by this time, please contact [email protected].

The Community Access Grant applications can be submitted during two funding rounds per year.  

  • Applications open Monday 3rd March 2025; for events July – December 2025.
  • Applications open Monday 1st September 2025; for events January - June 2026.

Take a look at the Community Access Grant funding guidelines to see if your event is eligible:

Forsyth Barr Stadium

Outside of funding rounds, please contact Dunedin Venues Management Limited at [email protected] to discuss possibilities.