Community Capability and Resilience Fund – New Zealand

Deadline: 14-Sep-21

The Ministry of Social Development is inviting applications for Community Capability and Resilience Fund to critical need as a result of the current COVID-19 outbreak, particularly in areas that may not have access to other forms of support during higher alert levels.

The Community Capability and Resilience Fund (CCRF) is a fund available to iwi, hapü and community groups for initiatives that support the rebuild and recovery from COVID-19.

Funding Information

The $36 million fund became available on 1 August 2020 to support communities over a two-year period.
$2 million fund available for Iwi.

Type of Things

The types of things you can apply for funding:

Promoting initiatives that strengthen community capability and wellbeing
Implementation of community COVID-19 recovery plans
Initiatives that support economic and employment outcomes
Iwi, hapu, community hubs and collaborative impact initiatives
Initiatives that support and strengthen social cohesion
Initiatives that support and promote communities to normalise requirements and safeguards known to protect against or respond quickly to the risk of COVID-19.

Priority Groups

The CCRF is targeted towards initiatives that support priority groups, which include Maori, Pacific and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities.

Eligibility Criteria

The CCRF is for community organisations supporting their community to recover from impacts of COVID-19 and strengthen their social and economic wellbeing.
Community organisations that:
- received significant funding in the previous round;
- can demonstrate they’ve been able to support community outcomes, and can continue to do so with further investment;
- are endorsed by an MSD Regional Office;
will receive a higher weighting in the assessment process than applicants for new initiatives.
Examples of community groups who can apply are:
- Local marae, whanau, hapu, iwi
- Multicultural councils
- Ethnic community organisations
- Faith based, religious and church groups
- Community Hubs
- Not for profit organisations and social enterprise.