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, leadership, academia, music or the arts.
The grant is to be used towards helping the recipients excel in their chosen field.
Applications close on the 31st of May 2025
For 2025 we have two separate grants, one for those aged 16-19 and another for those aged 20-25.
Applicants are required to provide a cover letter, cv and a short video describing themselves, highlighting their ambitions and achievements to date, and what the grant will be used for.
Applications close on the 31st of May 2025
Please complete our application form below to apply for the Youth Sponsorship Grants.
We will only be accepting applications through this form, we are no longer accepting email applications.
For the 2-minute video keep it brief! We only need to know a few things:
– Name
– Age
– What you do & what level you compete at
– What you’ll use the grant for
Please upload your video to Youtube or Vimeo and save it as an unlisted so you can share the link without publishing it publicly.
Gabby is a T54 competitive wheelchair racer, who has spent over five years competing at the highest levels. Her journey after becoming paralysed in 2016, is a powerful story of resilience and success. She refused to let adversity slow her down, instead she’s used it to fuel her successes, both on and off the track.
Gabby has set multiple New Zealand records, competed internationally, and continues to push the boundaries of what’s possible, with her ultimate goal being to compete at the 2028 Paralympics in Los Angeles. Beyond athletics, she’s also channeling her passion for change into architecture, with a vision to revolutionize accessibility in modern design.
“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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