Community Event Funding

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

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. If you submitted an application in the latest January – June 2024 funding period you will receive an outcome email by the 27^th November 2023. If you haven’t received your notification after this date please contact [email protected]

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

• Application’s open Monday 4^th March 2024; for events July – December 2024.
• Applications open Monday 2^nd September 2024; for events January – June 2025.

Outside of funding rounds, please contact Dunedin Venues Management Limited at [email protected] to discuss possibilities. Or check out the current 2024 funding policies to see if you meet the funding criteria.

2024 Forsyth Barr Stadium Funding Policy