Deadline: 28-Feb-22
The Horowhenua District Council is inviting applications for the Community Development Grant Program to provide funding to community not-for-profit or voluntary organisations for Community and Social development programmes that support innovative solutions to community driven needs.
These programmes must also contribute to the Horowhenua District Council’s Strong Communities Nga Hapori Kia Kaha – Community Wellbeing Strategy, 2021 – 2024. The vision of this strategy is for Horowhenua to be a safe, vibrant, inclusive and connected community.
Funding Information
Funding awarded will vary, but the average grant issued will be between $500.00 and $3,000.00
Criteria
- Applications must meet all of the specific Horowhenua Community Development grant criteria that include:
- The programme must align with the purpose of this grant
- The programme must demonstrate collaboration across community organisations
- The applicant must be a recognised and active community organisation that is either Not-forProfit or Voluntary,
- The programme should be locally significant and of benefit to the people of Horowhenua
- The programme or project must occur within the nine month period of November 2021 to July 2022
- Applications must also clearly demonstrate a link to at least one of the following Horowhenua District Council’s Strong Communities Nga Hapori Kia Kaha – Community Wellbeing Strategy, 2021-2024 key principles of:
- Collective action – Community-led development is both an outcome and a way of doing things. It is one way of achieving Horowhenua’s community wellbeing vision of Horowhenua being a safe, vibrant, inclusive and connected community. Council’s role is to create conditions that enable community-led development to flourish and enable people and organisations to work collaboratively to achieve common objectives.
- Sense of community – Promote inclusion, reduce discrimination and remove barriers to opportunity and participation, particularly for disadvantaged groups. They have an important role to play in promoting equity and fairness, which is crucial for improving the wellbeing of all people in Horowhenua. One of the strengths is that they have strategic tools and levers to achieve positive change on a large scale.
- Social cohesion – Social cohesion involves building shared values and communities that anticipate opportunities, reducing disparities in wealth and income, and generally enabling people to have a sense that they are engaged in a common purpose, facing shared challenges, and that they are of the same community.
For more information, visit https://www.horowhenua.govt.nz/CommunityPlaces/Grants-Community-Funding/Council-Facilitated-Grants/Community-Development-Grant