Deadline: 31-Jan-23
Applications are now open for its Youth Movement Fund Aotearoa to movements, collectives, community groups and organisations led by people 16 – 35.
Areas
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They will distribute $750,000 to young people and youth movements working across five key areas:
- Decolonisation and Anti-Racism
- Climate Justice
- Economic Justice
- Disability Justice
- Takatāpui and Queer Liberation
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The goals are to:
- Back youth movements to transform Aotearoa and the world
- Nurture cross-movement collaboration, kinship and solidarity
Funding Information
- They are giving away $750,000 over the next four years to youth-led movements, collectives, community groups and organisations for the purposes of achieving systems change.
What they will fund?
- Social movements, campaigns, community organising and advocacy that is led by young people – particularly those from affected communities.
What they won't fund?
- Research, think tanks, support services, political parties, education, youth development programs. They are open to funding organisations that engage in research, services, youth development and education but it shouldn’t be the primary focus of the proposal.
Criteria
- They are looking for youth-led movements, collectives or communities who take organised action to build collective power, transform systems and create new futures. In particular they are looking for:
- A collective vision, dream or imagining for the future
- An articulation of how you think change will happen, what your movement will do to achieve it and how you will know if it’s working
- Ideas that have the potential to become transformational
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They are especially interested in funding:
- People with lived experience of the kaupapa they work on
- Movements that are intentional in their efforts to build power across difference
- Ideas that are innovative. They understand systems change requires experimentation
- Strategies that strengthen and nurture connections and relationships within movements – they think this is particularly important after years of lockdowns and the pandemic
- Things that are good for movement health e.g. initiatives that support wellbeing or up-skilling in facilitation, mediation and conflict resolution
For more information, visit Youth Movement Fund Aotearoa.
For more information, visit https://www.youthmovementfund.org.nz/