Deadline: 28-Feb-22
The Horowhenua District Council has announced a funding call for the Vibrant Communities Grant Program to support one-off celebratory, educational, competitive, commemorative or exhibitive projects and events that help specific community groups to celebrate their identity and share them with the wider community.
These projects and events 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 Vibrant Communities grant criteria that includes:
- The project or event must align with the purpose of this grant
- Projects or events must share a common purpose, be clearly defined with a beginning and end, occur for a limited time but are not regularly scheduled, i.e. weekly cultural activity classes.
- Projects and events should be locally significant, of special interest to the people of Horowhenua and enhance community wellbeing.
- The programme must demonstrate collaboration across community organisations
- The programme or project must be completed 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:
- 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/Vibrant-Communities-Grant