Deadline: 12-Aug-20
The JR McKenzie Trust is seeking applications to fund groups who can address these needs in one or more of the three focus areas for funding:
- Disadvantaged Children and their whanau: those disproportionately affected by poverty and exclusion
- Maori Development: Maori-led and supported activities, by Maori for Maori
- Issues of Social Justice and Inclusion: marginalised people and unpopular causes
If a project fits within one of the funding focus areas, then the kinds of activities they are interested in funding include:
- CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT – activities that strengthen leadership, participation, community skills and resources
- Leadership – skills in social innovation and enterprise, governance, management, community engagement, collaboration and sector leadership, etc.
- Participation – engaging users and communities as participants and decision makers; diverse groups working together; participation of citizens in iwi/hapu, communities and civic affairs, etc.
- Community skills – training for staff, volunteers and members in community organisations; developing and disseminating resources on what works, developing communities’ leadership and self reliance
- MAORI DEVELOPMENT – Tino Rangatiratanga, self-determined development activities
- Supporting the wellbeing and aspirations of whanau, hapu, iwi and communities
- ‘by Maori and for Maori’ and utilising a kaupapa Maori approach
- Ensuring Maori participation in decision-making
- Maori economic development and provision for long-term sustainability of outcomes
- SOCIAL CHANGE – advocacy and other work towards social and systemic change
- Systemic change – increasing opportunity for the least well off and reducing the need for social services in the long term
- Advocacy – ‘voice’ for people or groups whose ability to influence systems is limited
- Social change activity based on evidence
The Trust funds
- Social development projects
- Scaling or evaluating a project
- Resource development or digitisation
- Events that are part of a project
- Skills training or professional development opportunities
- Maori-led projects ‘for Maori, by Maori’
- Activities that have financial sustainability goals
- Advocacy or systems change projects where people affected by policies are given a chance to have their voices heard
- Innovative projects that have long term goals to improve people’s lives
The Trust does NOT fund
- Provision and delivery of services in the health and education sectors
- Individuals or advocacy for individuals
- Sporting groups
- Schools, early childhood centres and other academic institutions
- Out-of-school care and arts programmes
- Rest homes and hospitals
- Environmental groups
- Disaster relief organisations
- Uniformed youth groups
- The purchase of land, buildings, equipment or vehicles
- The promotion of religion
- Building construction and alterations
- Overseas travel
- Projects already completed
- Conference or event costs where income could be derived to recover what they would fund
For more information, visit https://www.jrmckenzie.org.nz/apply/