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Resources » Midlands Regional Health Network Charitable Trust: Facility development fund

Midlands Regional Health Network Charitable Trust: Facility development fund

Published: 30/07/2025 | Website

The Midlands Regional Health Network Charitable Trust Board wants to help incentivise practices to invest in improving their buildings and facilities, so they've established a facility development fund specifically to provide grants for practices in the network that are investing in new buildings or upgrading their practice facilities.

Guidelines for grant applicants

Who can apply for a grant?

Any established general practice in the Pinnacle Midlands Health Network.

What can you apply for?

Grants may be used to fund facility development work, including: 

  • fit out of a new or refurbished medical facility when part of a new build or refurbishment project
  • construction costs for a new general practice facility or refurbishment of an existing facility
  • architectural and/or design work relating to a facility development
  • other professional or consent fees relating to a new building or refurbishment
  • a project in the practice that has an environmental impact. 

How much is available?

Any practice in the Pinnacle Midlands Health Network can apply for up to a maximum of $60,000 (plus GST) of funding from the Trust for facility development. The funding is available to match practice contributions dollar for dollar. 

The Trust's funding pool for facility development grants is capped each year and practices are only allowed to apply for the fund once per financial year. 

What can't be funded?

  • IT or telephony upgrades (when not part of a facility development or refurbishment project).
  • The purchase of any new equipment or furniture (when not part of a facility development or refurbishment project)
  • Repairs and maintenance e.g. replacement of worn-down carpet, painting, old branding replacement etc. 

How to apply

Complete this Flowingly form and ensure all relevant documents are included. If you have any questions during the process, you can contact liz.miller@pinnacle.health.nz.

Who considers the applications and when?

Applications will be considered each quarter. Finance, Audit and Risk review the applications and make recommendations to the Trust. Deadlines for applications are listed below. 

  • 29 July 2025.
  • 28 October 2025.
  • 3 February 2026.
  • 28 April 2026.

Please note these are not the meeting dates, simply a deadline in order to internally review the application and ask any questions before it goes to Finance, Audit and Risk.

How are applications assessed?

The Trust will consider all applications on their merits but in allocating the limited funds that are available for this purpose they will give priority to applications that meet one or more of the following criteria (with higher priority assigned for each of the criteria met).

  • Project is within a community that is particularly high needs and has a significant proportion of Māori or Pasifika. 
  • Projects that support the evolution of the model of care.
  • Projects that support a practice shifting to become more environmentally sustainable. 
  • Projects that meet a genuine need in the community that they serve.
  • Projects that provide options for teaching and training environments.

If a grant is approved how are funds paid?

Grant proceeds will be paid into an approved bank account for the applicant on provision of invoices from suppliers. For funds to be transferred the supplier invoices must be reconcilable with the supplier quotes provided with the application form. Any variances must be explained.

What if my practice leaves the network after receiving a grant?

If a practice receives a grant and then subsequently leaves the Pinnacle Midlands Health Network within four years of the date of approval of the grant then the Trust reserves the right to recover 100 per cent of the grant. By accepting the grant the practice agrees to this agreement.

For more information contact

Liz Miller, Governance Lead and Executive Assistant
liz.miller@pinnacle.health.nz

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