For nearly 20 years we have offered an annual Youth Sponsorship grant. The Sponsorship is open to young people between the ages of 16 and 25 who are excelling in their chosen field at a national and/or international level in the fields of sport, music or the arts.
Please complete the form below to submit your application. Feel free to add links to videos, supporting material in your covering letter or CV that you would like us to see and that may support your application.
Applications close 31 July 2024
“It is an absolute honour to receive the FMT Youth Sponsorship for 2023. As my sport of Trampolining is fully self-funded, the sponsorship has been used to partially fund my recent trip to the World Age Group Trampoline Championships in Birmingham. There, I ended up placing 11th on the Trampoline and improved my personal best by a whole mark, a huge step towards my ambitions for future years.
The other half of the sponsorship is to be used to partially fund next year’s World Cup competitions in Portugal and Switzerland. My goal for the next four years, building up to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games, is to improve my average score by a mark each year so that by the time the Olympic year comes around, I will be sitting in good contention to qualify for a spot to compete at the Games.
This has been possible because of all of you at FMT, so a big thank you for sponsoring me and funding my ambitions and goals.”
– Lachie Kirk
“It is an absolute honour to receive the FMT Youth Sponsorship for 2022. The sponsorship will help to fund my swimming events and ambitions over the next 12 months. In December, I hope to complete the longest ever attempted, surf rescue solo swim event from Motiti Island to Pukehina surfclub which spans 20 km.
In January, I am off to the French Alps to represent NZ competing in the World Ice swimming championships. This is the first time a NZ team has been selected to compete in this event.
I am looking forward to swimming for NZ and promoting ice swimming for all New Zealanders.
A huge thank you to FMT for giving me this funding and helping me achieve my goals.”
– Quinn Boyle
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