Albert-Eden Local Board Grants Committee

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Albert-Eden Local Board Grants Committee  held in the Albert Eden Local Board Office, 135 Dominion Road, Mt Eden on Tuesday, 23 June 2015 at 3:23pm.

 

present

 

Deputy Chairperson

Lee Corrick

 

Members

Helga Arlington

 

 

Graeme Easte

 

 

Rachel Langton

 

 

Margi Watson

 

 

ABSENT

 

Chairperson

Glenda Fryer

 

Members

Peter Haynes

 

 

Tim Woolfield

 

 

 

 


Albert-Eden Local Board Grants Committee

23 June 2015

 

 

 

1          Welcome

 

 

2          Apologies

 

Resolution number AEG/2015/12

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson LA Corrick, seconded by Member MJ Watson:  

That the Albert-Eden Local Board Grants Committee:

a)         accepts the apologies from Chairperson Fryer and Members Haynes and Woolfield for absence.

CARRIED

 

 

3          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

 

4          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number AEG/2015/13

MOVED by Member GD Easte, seconded by Member H Arlington:  

That the Albert-Eden Local Board Grants Committee:

a)         confirms the minutes of its ordinary meeting, held on Tuesday, 3 February 2015, as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

 

 

5          Leave of Absence

 

There were no leaves of absence.

 

 

6          Acknowledgements

 

There were no acknowledgements.

 

 

7          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

 

8          Deputations

 

There were no deputations.

 

 

9          Public Forum

 

There was no public forum.

 

 

 

10        Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

 

11        Notices of Motion

 

There were no notices of motion.

 

 

12

Albert - Eden Local Board Discretionary Community Funding: Round Three 2014 - 2015

 

Danielle Hibson, Community Funding Advisor, was in attendance to speak to this report.

 

Resolution number AEG/2015/14

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson LA Corrick, seconded by Member H Arlington:  

That the Albert-Eden Local Board Grants Committee:

a)      receives the Albert-Eden Local Board Discretionary Community Funding: Round Three 2014/2015 report.

b)      approves the following applications for funding from round three of the Albert-Eden Local Board Discretionary Community Fund 2014/2015:

Applicant

Project Title

Amount Requested

Amount Allocated

Notes

Connect the Dots

Project ‘Make, Do’

$4,724.00

$2,000.00

Towards materials for ‘Make, Do’.

Transition Town Point Chevalier

Dignan Street Community Garden Hub at the Pt Chevalier Bowling Club

$5,000.00

$5,000.00

Towards materials for a Community Garden Hub at the Pt Chevalier Bowls Club.

The Auckland Indian Association Incorporated

Business seminars

$8,000.00

$1,500.00

Towards sound system and printing.

Connected Media Charitable Trust

The Outlook for Someday Free One-day Film-making Workshop in Central Auckland

$1097.00

$332.00

Towards venue hire and project management costs.

Show Me Shorts Film Festival 2015

Show Me Shorts Film Festival 2015

$5,000.00

$3,000.00

Towards event costs at the Capitol Theatre.

Central Auckland Parents Centre Incorporated

Moving and Munching Course Speaker Fees

$3,825.00

$2,543.00

Towards presenter fees.

Multiple Sclerosis Society of Auckland and the North Shore Incorporated

Hydrotherapy for people with Multiple Sclerosis living in the Albert-Eden local board area

$3,741.00

$1,500.00

Towards Hydrotherapy classes.

Bhartiya Samaj Charitable Trust

Annual Summer Camp 2016

$7,500.00

$500.00

Towards activity material costs (Art, Craft, Printing, Stationary, Videos) only.

The Eden Garden Society Incorporated

Native Butterfly Restoration Project

$5,000.00

$2,500.00

Towards butterfly shade cloth.

New Zealand Tamil Society Incorporated

Women empowerment

$2,700.00

$1000.00

Towards materials for project.

Auckland Deaf Society Incorporated

New Zealand Sign Language at Work (NZSL @ Work)

$2,515.00

$2,515.00

Towards curriculum, PPT and printed resource development.

Shine - Safer Homes In New Zealand Everyday

KIDshine service for five families living in the Albert-Eden Local Board area

$4,830.00

$3,075.00

Towards delivery costs for service to families living in the Albert-Eden Local Board area.

Te Roopu O Wai Ora Incorporated

Fitness Training Programmes / Community Club Programmes

$3,500.00

$2,000.00

Towards to costs for running of fitness programme in the Albert-Eden Local Board area.

Auckland Embroiderers Guild

Little Sew’n’Sews and Junior Stitchers

$700.00

$700.00

Towards costs for delivery of Little Sew’n’Sews and Junior Stitchers project.

Mt Eden Community Garden

New boxes and straw and seedlings for the Mt Eden Community Garden

$1,737.00

$1,737.00

Towards new boxes and straw and seedlings.

TOTAL

$59,869.00

$29,902.00

 

 

 

 

 

c)         declines the following applications for funding from round three of the Albert-Eden Local Board Discretionary Community Fund 2014/2015:

Applicant

Project Title

Amount Requested

Reason for decline

Roopa Aur Aap Charitable Trust

JAAGRITI (AWAKENING) PROJECT

$15,000.00

Decline as applicant is not based in the Albert-Eden area and venue is in Puketapapa area

The Learning Collaborative

Academic Coaching Service Delivery

$4,421.00

Decline as application is for start-up / ongoing operational expenses.

Connect the Dots

Good Hood: Family Art Day at Sandringham Community Centre

$1,502.00

Decline as wages are ineligible.

Opposable Thumb Films

"Have you tried, maybe, not worrying?" a short film

$4,000.00

Decline due to budget constraints.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Auckland

Community based one to one mentoring

$1,049.00

Decline due to minimal evidence of benefit within the local board area.

Harmony Trust

12 week family intervention programme offered by Harmony Trust

$4,050.00

Decline due to application not being in the local board area.

The Waterview Coffee Project

Waterview Active Community Hub

$1,640.00

Decline as applicant is a limited company.

StarJam Charitable Trust

Talent Expansion Programme Workshop

 

$1,356.00

 

Decline due to budget constraints.

The Parenting Place

Mental health and wellbeing presentations and resources designed to build resilience in young people

$5,000.00

Decline due to budget constraints.

Youthline Auckland Charitable Trust

Volunteer training: Advanced Personal Development and Facilitator training

$5,160.00

Decline due to budget constraints.

OUTLine New Zealand Incorporated

Volunteer Coordination and Support

$5,000.00

Decline due to minimal evidence of benefit within the local board area.

Panacea Arts Charitable Trust (Spark Centre of creative development)

Teens Open Studio

$3,098.00

Decline as wages are not eligible for funding.

Carlson School

World Cerebral Palsy Day

$8,000.00

Decline due to minimal evidence of benefit within the local board area.

Sriom Incorporated New Zealand

Talent Nite

$1,095.00

Decline due to budget constraints.

Edge City Church Trust (operating as Edge Kingsland)

Installation of access doors to our shared community space

$6,808.00

Decline due to budget constraints.

Auckland Challenge Incorporated

To supplement cost of the running of Youth Programme (Duke of Edinburgh's expeditions)

$5,000.00

Decline due to the applicant being already funded this funding year.

YMCA Auckland Incorporated

Badminton/Netball Resources

$3,140.00

Decline due to budget constraints.

The committee recommends the applicant to engage with Auckland Council staff regarding resource options.

Transition Town Point Chevalier

Community Garden Hub at the Pt Chevalier Bowls Club

$10,000.00

Decline noting the applicant had applied for the same project in round two.

Project Litefoot Trust

LiteClub

$4,000.00

Decline due to budget constraints.

The committee recommends the applicant to engage with the Auckland Council Sport and Recreation staff.

Hurun Trust Empowering Migrant and Refugee Women

Empowering Migrant and Refugee Women

$6040.00

Decline due to funding being sought for operational expenses.

TOTAL

$95,359.00

 

 

d)         notes that the committee has allocated it full Local Board Discretionary Community Funding budget for the 2014/2015 financial year.

e)         thanks Danielle Hibson, Community Funding Advisor, for her attendance.

CARRIED

  

 

 

 

13        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.  

 

 

 

 

 

4.12 pm                                              The Chairperson thanked Members for their attendance and attention to business and declared the meeting closed.

 

CONFIRMED AS A TRUE AND CORRECT RECORD AT A MEETING OF THE Albert-Eden Local Board Grants Committee HELD ON

 

 

 

DATE:.........................................................................

 

 

 

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