The Big Little Sponsorship is back for the sixth time, with even more chances to win! This year, you can give your local primary school a chance to win one of four $10,000 sports grants.
About the Big Little Sponsorship
Our Big Little Sponsorship celebrates our partnership with Eden Park by championing grassroots sport in schools and giving something back to the communities around us. For the past six years, we've asked New Zealanders to nominate primary schools across the nation in need of a helping hand. Your nominations give our littlest athletes a chance to reach their sporting dreams. This year, there are even more chances to win, with four $10,000 sports grants to be awarded to the most deserving schools across Aotearoa.
Our 2024 winners
The 2024 Big Little Sponsorship broke our existing record for nominations, with over 5,532 entries from 1,201 primary schools across the country. After much deliberation, our judging panel chose Kawerau South School in the North Island and Birchwood School in the South Island as our 2024 Big Little Sponsorship winners.
Kawerau South School stood out to our judges Kawerau South School stood out to our judges for its need to help give their tamariki in their small town more opportunities to participate in sports and out of town events. Birchwood School’s inclusive culture made it a stand-out to the Big Little judges, encouraging their 230 students to participate in sport no matter what a child's ability is. Both schools received a $10,000 sports grant to help overcome the challenges they face when organising sports activities for their students and community. They have been added to the new Big Little Sponsorship Hall of Fame at Eden Park, immortalised on the walls of New Zealand’s national stadium.
Give your local primary school a chance to win!
Now it’s your turn to give your local primary school a chance to win this year’s Big Little Sponsorship. Nominations are open from Monday 17th February to Sunday 16th March. To nominate your chosen primary school, enter your details in the nomination form. Answer all the questions giving as much detail as possible; the more information you can provide to support your nomination, the better our judges can understand the school.
To help you with your submission, here are the criteria our judges use to find our winners:
Eligibility: any primary school in New Zealand that hasn’t previously won a grant can be nominated and apply. A $10,000 prize will be given to four deserving primary schools across New Zealand.
Strength of nomination: our judges will be looking at how many unique nominations each primary school receives and evaluating the primary school’s need for support, so we can make sure the sponsorship has the biggest impact.
Value of winning: clearly outlining how a $10,000 sports grant could help the primary school overcome any challenges they face when organising sports activities can help make your nomination stand out.
The importance of sport: we want to make sure we award the four sports grants to primary schools that value sport and the role it plays for children at school.
Give your community a helping hand and help spread the word so your local primary school can be in to win the Big Little Sponsorship 2025!
You can find more information about the sponsorship, including eligibility criteria and terms and conditions on our website.