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Parks, Arts,
Community and Events Committee
10 December
2020
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Regional
Arts and Culture grant allocation 2020/2021
File No.: CP2020/17678
Te take mō te
pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To
approve grants to regional arts organisations and artists through the 2020/2021
Regional Arts and Culture grants programme.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
2. The
Regional Arts and Culture grants programme is designed to enable organisations,
communities, and artists to deliver arts and culture projects and activities
across the Auckland region. Grants delivered through this programme support the
implementation of Toi Whītiki, Auckland’s Arts
and Culture Strategic Action Plan.
3. The
contestable programme had a budget of $941,976 for 2020/2021.
4. In
August 2020, responding to the Emergency Budget and emerging needs in the
sector following the effects of COVID-19, the Parks, Arts, Community and Events
committee (PACE) approved this budget, to be allocated in one grant round in
2020/2021 (PAC/2020/27). This differed from previous
years where two Regional Arts and Culture grants rounds occurred.
5. In
the 2017/18 to 2019/20 financial years, 15 multiyear strategic relationship
grants were approved. The terms of ten of these strategic relationships ended
in 2019/20 and are being recommended for further strategic relationship grants
at this meeting. The commitments for the other five grants in 2020/2021
totalled $130,000, which have already been approved in previous years through
multi-year grants.
6. This
left a balance of $811,975 in 2020/2021 to be allocated to through the
contestable grants process.
7. Sixty
applications were received requesting a total of $1,320,016.
8. Staff
recommend approving $811,975 with the following allocations:
· $283,054
to 19 audience development and programming grants.
· $93,921
to eight business and capacity project grants.
· $435,000
to 10 returning and one new strategic relationship grants.
9. There is a new strategic relationship grant recommendation for the
Auckland Festival of Photography Trust. The Trust had previously received
funding through a transitional three-year funding agreement outside the
contestable grants programme, with an agreement it would be considered in the
Regional Arts and Culture grants programme in financial year 2020/2021.
10. The
COVID-19 outbreak has had significant impact on the arts sector.
Recommendations from Creative New Zealand to local government indicated that in a time of crisis and recovery,
local government’s role around promoting the social and cultural
wellbeing of its communities, as
required by the Local Government Act 2002, becomes even more critical.
11. Specific recommendations from Creative New Zealand
include maintaining existing levels of funding for arts
and culture organisations. The recommendations at this meeting, and for
strategic relationship grants in particular, were informed by this advice.
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Ngā tūtohunga
Recommendation/s
That the Parks, Arts,
Community and Events Committee:
a) approve the following allocations of funding to arts organisations
for the Regional Arts and Culture grants programme
2020/2021:
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Organisation
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Activity
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Funding Allocation
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Audience
development and programming
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Te
Pou Theatre Trust
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2021
Kōanga Festival
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$25,000
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Auckland
Writers and Readers Festival Charitable Trust
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Auckland
Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki community and free programming
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$20,000
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Touch
Compass Dance Trust
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/rītaha/
- a disability-led arts festival
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$24,825
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Tungsten
Works Ltd
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I
Am Island and Sea multidisciplinary education programme
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$25,000
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Action
Education Incorporated
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WORD
The Front Line youth slam poetry programme
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$25,000
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Red
Leap Theatre
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Dakota
of the White Flats performance season
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$13,780
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NZ
Ukulele Trust
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2021
Ukulele Festival
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$10,000
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Panacea
Arts Charitable Trust
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Mapura
Studios arts programmes for people with disabilities
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$25,000
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Crescendo
Trust of Aotearoa
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Link
Up creative workshops for young people
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$15,601
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Atamira
Dance Collective Charitable Trust
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Atamira
Reimagined performance season
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$20,000
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Nightsong
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TE
PŌ at the Bruce Mason Centre
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$16,000
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Brilliant
Adventures
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Bruce
Mason Trilogy
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$15,000
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Indian
Ink Theatre Company
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Paradise
or the Impermanence of Ice Cream
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$9,500
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Objectspace
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Pouwātū:
Active Presence
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$15,000
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Ankita
Singh with Square Sums & Co
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Scenes
from a Yellow Peril
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$4,500
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Choirs
Aotearoa New Zealand
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Auckland
programming
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$5,000
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Youth
Arts New Zealand
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Young
at Art
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$5,000
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NZ
Barok incorporated
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2021
season
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$5,000
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Bach
Musica NZ Inc
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2021
season
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$3,848
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Total
- Audience
development and programming
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$283,054
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Business
capacity and development
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Touch
Compass Dance Trust
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Website
development incorporating accessibility for people with disabilities
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$20,000
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Te
Tuhi Contemporary Art Trust
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Developing
digital capability
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$10,000
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Ngā
Rangatahi Toa Creative Arts
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Digital
resiliance project phase 1
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$18,797
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Auckland
Writers and Readers Festival Trust
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E-commerce
integration
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$7,350
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The
New Zealand Comedy Trust
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Digital
marketing strategy
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$6,000
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He
Waka Eke Noa Charitable Trust
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Marketing
strategy and campaign
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$11,600
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Panacea
Arts Charitable Trust
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Business
and organisational plan
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$9,600
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Campus
Radio bFM Limited
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Radio
with Pictures in-house video production system
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$10,574
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Total
- Business
capacity and development
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$93,921
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Organisation
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Activity
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Funding Allocation
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Strategic
relationship grants
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The
New Zealand Dance Festival Trust (Tempo Dance Festival)
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Present
a pan genre dance festival and supporting programming throughout the year
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$25,000
two years
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Te
Pou Theatre Trust
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Provide
a kaupapa Māori led rehearsal and performance venue, and arts
programming. Develop Māori performing arts practitioners and theatre
productions operating on principles of manaakitanga,
whakawhānaungatanga and whakapakari.
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$25,000
three years
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Objectspace
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Provide
exhibitions, programming and development focused on contemporary craft,
design and architecture
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$60,000
three years
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The
New Zealand Dance Advancement Trust (New Zealand Dance Company)
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Create
high calibre dance productions, grow audiences for dance, and provide
ongoing career opportunities, mentoring and training for artists,
technicians and arts managers
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$50,000
three years
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The
Basement Theatre Trust
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Provide
a risk share model of year round theatre for Auckland’s emerging and
independent artists, alongside delivery of artist development programmes
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$65,000
three years
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The
New Zealand Comedy Trust
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Deliver
a festival platform for comedy including year-round mentoring and skill
development opportunities for artists
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$40,000
three years
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Silo
Theatre Trust
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Provide high-quality
arts experiences that include and showcase Auckland’s diverse
narratives, bringing communities together by celebrating our differences
and shared/common ground.
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$50,000
three years
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The
Big Idea Te Aria Nui Charitable Trust
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An
online resource hub for the arts, providing an accessible platform for
community announcements, news, residencies, opportunities and programmes.
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$30,000
two years
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NZ
Trio Foundation
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A
programme of high quality piano trio performances across the Auckland
region, alongside educational and community programming.
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$25,000
three years
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The
Documentary New Zealand Trust
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Provide
a documentary film festival and lead and support filmmakers to develop and
make compelling documentary films
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$25,000
one year
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Auckland
Festival of Photography Trust
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Provide
an accessible Auckland-wide festival of photography
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$40,000
one year
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Total
– Strategic Relationship Grants
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$435,000
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Total
recommended allocation
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$811,975
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Horopaki
Context
12. The Regional
Arts and Culture Grants Programme has been developed in accordance with
Auckland Council’s Community Grants Policy as adopted at the Regional
Strategy and Policy Committee meeting on 4 December 2014 (REG/2014/134).
13. The Regional
Arts and Culture Grants Programme budget is allocated under the following three
categories:
· Audience
development and programming project grants: These grants support the
delivery of a wide range of high quality arts and cultural experiences that
would not otherwise be economically viable. These projects should be capable of
attracting audiences from across the Auckland region.
· Business
and capacity development project grants: These grants are intended to
increase the professionalism and build the sustainability of regional arts and
culture organisations through the development of strategic, business and
marketing plans; feasibility studies; organisational development and
digital/web development activities.
· Strategic
relationship grants: These grants are single or multi-year funding
relationships with a number of strategic organisations operating at the
regional level. These organisations are, or are capable of becoming, the
‘cornerstones’ of a thriving arts and culture sector in Auckland.
14. The COVID-19 outbreak has had significant impacts on the arts
sector. Recent recommendations from Creative New Zealand to local government indicate that in a time
of crisis and recovery, local government’s role around promoting the
social and cultural wellbeing of its
communities, as required by the Local Government Act 2002, becomes even more
critical. Specific recommendations from Creative New Zealand include maintaining existing levels of funding for arts and culture
organisations. The recommendations at this meeting, for strategic relationship
grants in particular, were informed by this advice.
Tātaritanga me ngā
tohutohu
Analysis and advice
15. Sixty
applications were received requesting a total of $1,320,016 (Attachment A).
16. Staff and
external arts sector professionals assessed the applications and made
recommendations based on the arts and culture assessment matrix criteria
(Attachment B).
17. Staff
provided guidance to applicants and potential applicants. Following initial
assessments against the assessment matrix a moderation meeting with the
assessors prioritised the applications.
18. Staff
recommend allocating $283,054 to 19 audience development and programming
grants; $93,921 to eight business and capacity project grants and $435,000 to
11 strategic relationship grants.
19. The
Community Grants policy provides direction to prioritize multi-year funding
relationships with a small number of strategic organisations operating at the
regional level. The term lengths are staggered to ensure an even and cyclic
renewal opportunity for partners and to enable long term predictability of
funding and planning.
20. Ten
strategic relationship grants that have come to the end of their funding term
are recommended for funding at this meeting.
21. One
new strategic relationship grant is recommended for funding, for the Auckland
Festival of Photography Trust.
22. Prior
to implementation of the Community Grants Policy (2015) the Festival of
Photography was funded from the Auckland City Council and the Auckland Council
Events funds on an unconfirmed annual basis. In response to a public submission
to the 2015 Long Term Plan, the Governing Body approved funding of $72,000
directly to the festival, outside the contestable grants programme.
23. In
2018 the Governing Body resolved to agree the transfer of the Auckland Festival
of Photography Trust operational grant of $72,000 per annum to the Regional
Arts and Culture grant programme with a transitional three-year funding
agreement.
24. The
final payment was made in July 2020 for the year through to June 2021. As there
is only one funding round for the Regional Arts and Culture grants programme
this year, the the Festival was invited to submit a strategic relationship
grant application in the current funding round. The recommended grant will
provide funding through to the end of 2021, allowing staff to work further with
the organisation to assist transition.
25. Funding
the recommended projects will allow council to:
· strengthen
its relationship with regional arts organisations, including strategic
partnerships
· invest
in building capacity and capability so that the organisations are better able
to deliver their services effectively
· provide
arts opportunities to support wellbeing and connectedness
· assist
in recovery in the arts sector which has been severely impacted by COVID-19.
26. The
reasons for not recommending applications for funding are varied, but fall into
the following areas:
· projects that do not align sufficiently with the priorities and aims
of the Regional Arts and Culture grants programme policy
· projects that do not show a clear focus on the programme or project
they are applying to i.e. a strong focus on audience or building business
capacity
· applications and projects that require further development (budgets
not clear etc.)
· applications more closely aligned with priorities for other council
grant funds are referred to these programmes
· applicant has submitted more than one application and the other
application is prioritised
· requests for grants exceed the available funds.
Consideration
of COVID-19
27. Strategic
relationship and business development projects will not be impacted by COVID-19
as they are operational funding and projects (e.g. strategic planning, website
development) that will continue under all levels
28. Audience
development projects have the potential to be impacted by alert levels. All
applicants were asked to submit a COVID-19 risk management plan with their
grant application, and will agree to follow all public health guidance while
delivering their activity or project.
Tauākī whakaaweawe
āhuarangi
Climate impact statement
29. Many of the
recommended projects are developing or delivering online content. This will
have a positive impact on climate change due to the reduced need for people to
travel to reach these services. The arts sector has responded quickly,
creatively, and effectively to deliver online content in the wake of COVID-19.
Ngā whakaaweawe me
ngā tirohanga a te rōpū Kaunihera
Council group impacts and views
30. Several
applications are for projects that connect with other areas of council
delivery. These include projects taking place in a council venue, or receive
council funding for other aspects of their work. In these cases, staff consult
relevant bodies that may have an interest in the projects and take this
information into account when presenting recommendations for funding. Ongoing
conversations will be held where the project is taking place in a council
venue.
Ngā whakaaweawe
ā-rohe me ngā tirohanga a te poari ā-rohe
Local impacts and local board views
31. Local
boards can advise staff of organisations that have applied for local board
funding but are ineligible and require regional funding.
32. There are
exceptional circumstances where local organisations are able to apply for a
regional fund. These circumstances occur when the activity or project is so
specialised or unique to the region that it is considered to be regional, and
therefore should be eligible for the Regional Arts and Culture Grants Programme.
Tauākī whakaaweawe
Māori
Māori impact statement
33. This
funding supports both Māori and non-Māori organisations and artists
helping to deliver arts and culture outcomes for Māori.
34. All
applications were assessed for their delivery of Māori outcomes, one
assessment panel member was Māori and advice was sought from the Senior Advisor, Māori Responsiveness.
35. In
this round, three applications recommended for funding are from Māori
organisations, and 14 projects will deliver strong Māori
outcomes through work with Māori practitioners.
36. The
delivery of Māori outcomes is included in the
funding agreements for all approved strategic relationship grants.
Ngā ritenga
ā-pūtea
Financial implications
37. Staff
recommend allocating the entire budget of $811,976 as this will be the only
round of 2020/2021 Regional Arts and Culture grants programme.
38. A total of
$130,000 was pre-committed through five multi-year strategic relationship
grants.
Table 1 - Proposed Arts and Culture regional grants
allocation 2020/2021
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Purpose of grant
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Amount
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Audience development
and programming
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$283,054
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Business capacity and
development
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$93,921
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11 Strategic
relationship grants
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$435,000
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5 existing multi-year
strategic relationships (previously approved)
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$130,000
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Total
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$941,975
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Ngā raru tūpono me
ngā whakamaurutanga
Risks and mitigations
39. The
risk of projects not going ahead due to COVID-19 has significantly reduced. The
risk will be further mitigated by staff requesting a new project timeline from
the applicant, with payment contingent on an updated project timeline that
falls within the grant period (12 months from the date of approval). Ongoing
relationship management with applicants will continue to manage expectations
and provide advice on future applications.
Ngā koringa ā-muri
Next steps
40. Once funding allocation decisions have been confirmed, funding
agreements will be prepared in line with current Auckland Council standard
practice, and including the additional steps outlined above regarding COVID-19
risk management.
41. Where grants
are awarded that do not meet the full amount requested, appropriate outcomes
for the level of funding will be negotiated with the recipients and this will
be reflected in the funding agreement.
42. All applicants will be offered the opportunity to discuss their
application and be coached on areas for future development.
Ngā tāpirihanga
Attachments
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No.
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Title
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Page
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a⇩
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Recommendation Summary
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13
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b⇩
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Arts and Culture Assessment Matrix
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17
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Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
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Author
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Catherine George – Regional Funding Advisor
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Authorisers
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Graham Bodman - General Manager Arts, Community and
Events
Claudia Wyss - Director Customer and Community
Services
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Parks, Arts,
Community and Events Committee
10 December
2020
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Regional Community Development grants
2020/2021
File No.: CP2020/17986
Te take mō te pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To
approve the allocations for the Regional Community Development grants
2020/2021.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
2. The
2020/2021 Regional Community Development grants programme funding round has
received 28 applications, requesting a total of $829,062.
3. While
there are significantly fewer applications than previous years, staff are
recommending that 11 organisations be funded, which is a similar number of
recipients to previous years.
4. The
recommended recipients demonstrate organisational and project quality and meet
the programme priorities based on the assessment criteria and matrix.
5. In
August 2020, the Parks, Arts, Community and Events committee (PACE) approved
the budget of $295,000 for 2020/2021 to be allocated in one annual funding
round. In 2020/2021, this funding round was brought forward to better respond
to emerging community needs in the wake of COVID-19 (PAC/2020/27).
6. One three-year strategic relationship grant of $30,000 per annum was
approved in the 2019/2020 funding round, leaving a balance of $265,000
for distribution in 2020/2021.
7. The
Regional Community Development grants programme has been developed in
accordance with council’s Community Grants Policy as adopted at the
Regional Strategy and Policy Committee meeting on 4 December 2014
(REG/2014/134).
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Ngā tūtohunga
Recommendation/s
That the Parks, Arts,
Community and Events Committee:
a) approve the allocation of $265,000 for the regional community
development grants for the amounts and projects outlined below:
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Organisation
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Project
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Recommended Grant
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Project grants
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Auckland
North Community and Development
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Auckland
Community Accounting (ACA)
Further
development of the Auckland Community Accounting project, building
financial management capability within Māori and Pacific community
organisations across Auckland
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$25,000
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Auckland
Deaf Society
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Being Deaf
- our language, culture, and identity
A pilot series of Deaf
culture awareness workshops for Deaf people, it aims to make current Deaf
studies theory and research accessible to Auckland Deaf community members
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$20,000
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Refugees as
Survivors Trust
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Welcoming
schools for Refugee Background children, young people and their families.
A range of trauma
informed programmes primarily in schools including professional training,
alongside its current youth and family programmes.
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$30,000
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Presbyterian
Support Services (Northern)
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Communities
Feeding Communities: Galvanising Food Sovereignty in Auckland
A
two-phase project aimed a providing long-term solutions to food insecurity
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$30,000
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Auckland
Refugee Council
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ASST
Social Engagement Programme
Development
of the current social engagement programme of community meals and shared
activities with a focus on building connections with local iwi, Marae and
other community organisations
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$15,000
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Belong
Aotearoa/Refugees as Survivors/Red Cross
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Diversity
Stars
The
Collective of organisations will empower rangatahi from ethnic communities
(youth from migrant and former refugee backgrounds and their families)
through mentoring ,training and co-creating solutions with marginalised
young people that focus on addressing systemic inequities that pose
barriers to success
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$30,000
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OUTLine New
Zealand
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Volunteer
Coordination (Capacity and Capability)
Volunteer
management software, increased and expanded training, evaluation and
development of clinical resources.
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$20,000
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The
ReCreators
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Zero
Waste Product Design - Circular Economy Education in Tamaki Makaurau
A
practical Zero Waste Product Design programme delivered across Auckland.
Once refined, the course will developed to be available on an online
platform to Tamaki Makaurau
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$20,000
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Volunteering
Auckland Trust
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Supporting
Community Resilience through Volunteering
Fostering
voluntarism and increasing awareness of volunteering and voluntary
opportunities within our communities.
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$20,000
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Auckland Sexual Abuse Help Foundation
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HELP
Auckland ‘Dear Em’ Youth Community Engagement and Mobilisation
Online
community outreach programme ‘Dear Em’, created in
collaboration with young women, for young women.
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$25,000
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Age Concern
Auckland
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Volunteer
Programme Development
Facilitate
a network of dedicated volunteers across Auckland who would respond to the
needs of lonely and isolated older people within their local community.
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$30,000
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TOTAL
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$265,000
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Horopaki
Context
8. The
Community Grants Policy sets out the policy framework for six regional grants
programmes, including the Community Development grants.
9. The
purpose of the Community Development grants programme is to support the
implementation of the Thriving Communities: Social and Community Development
Strategic Action Plan and the Empowered Communities Approach by directly
supporting community-led projects that have regional impact.
10. On 16 August 2018, the Community Development and Safety Committee
approved an additional $120,000 to the Regional Community Development grants
programme budget (COM/2018/1). This has enabled more
projects to be funded at a level that will contribute to successful outcomes.
11. The
contestable Regional Community Development Grants has a budget of $295,000 for
2020/2021. This fund is allocated in one annual funding round for which
applications closed on 18 October 2020.
12. Twenty-eight
applications were received, requesting a total of $829,062.
13. One three-year strategic relationship grant of $30,000 per annum was
approved in the 2019/2020 funding round with the second year of payment coming
out of this budget.
14. This leaves a
balance of $265,000 for distribution in 2020/2021.
15. The 2019/2020
funding round was allocated in February 2020. The current funding round was
brought forward by two months, to close in October 2020 to better respond to
community needs as a result of COVID-19.
16. During
the lockdown period, staff connected with community organisations and venue
partners from across the Auckland region to gather insights and data through
surveys on the impacts of COVID-19. The top three challenges or concerns as reported by community organisations
overall were:
· meeting increased need in the community
· coping with changes in the funding environment/reduction in
funding streams
· ensuring organisations can reach the most vulnerable
populations with services they need.
Tātaritanga me ngā
tohutohu
Analysis and advice
17. A panel of
council staff, made up of subject matter experts, assessed the applications
(Attachment A), based on the assessment matrix (Attachment B) that covers the
following factors:
· Organisational capacity and project attributes.
· Alignment to the Empowered Communities Approach.
· Additional priorities from the community grants policy.
· Funding for success
(recommending a grant of a level that will allow the group to complete the
project, or complete a key aspect of the project).
Consideration
of COVID-19
18. Some projects
have the potential to be impacted by COVID-19 alert levels. All applicants were
asked to submit a COVID-19 risk management plan with their grant application
and will agree to follow all public health guidance while delivering their
activity or project.
19. A number of
projects identified new community needs and concerns and a result of COVID-19
and are delivering projects responding to these needs. These were particularly
related to digital resources and the needs of vulnerable community groups such
as refugees and older people.
20. While fewer
applications have been received compared to previous years (57 in 2019/2020),
the applications approved for funding are from key regional community
organisations. A similar number of applications are recommended for funding (13
were funded in 2019/2020).
21. Staff
recommend allocating the total budget of $265,000 to 11 projects.
22. The
applicants recommended for funding represent a diverse range of organisations across
the community development sector, as represented in the below graph.
Figure 1 – Organisations recommended for funding by
type/function
23. Funding the
recommended projects will allow council to:
· strengthen
its relationship with regional organisations
· invest
in building capacity and capability so that the organisations are better able
to deliver their services effectively
· provide
opportunities to support community wellbeing and connectedness
· deliver
programmes responding to COVID-19.
24. Seventeen
applications are not recommended for funding for the following reasons:
· Requests for grants exceed the available funds, and the applications
scored lower against the assessment criteria.
· The projects do not align as well with the priorities and aims of
the Regional Community Development grants programme policy.
· There are other ways for council to support the project and staff
will follow up these opportunities with the applicants.
· The applications and projects require further development and/or the
budgets are not clear.
· The applications are more closely aligned with priorities for other
council grant funds and will be referred to these programmes.
25. Staff
will follow up with unsuccessful applicants to discuss where other options are
available to progress the project.
Tauākī whakaaweawe
āhuarangi
Climate impact statement
26. Many of the
projects recommended for funding contribute to building community’s
abilities to be resilient. Resilience is a measure of a group’s ability
to adapt and respond to situations that arise which could include those arising
from climate change and extreme climate events.
27. Some
applications were received for projects directly related to environmental
issues, which would have the ability to improve Auckland’s regional
response to climate change. Whilst not appropriate for funding from this
particular grant programme, these applicants will be connected with other
funding opportunities and expertise within council that are better suited.
Ngā whakaaweawe me
ngā tirohanga a te rōpū Kaunihera
Council group impacts and views
28. Several
applications are for projects that impact in other areas of council delivery,
including environmental or sport and recreation related projects. In these
cases, staff work with other council units that may have an interest in
projects or administer regional grants.
Ngā whakaaweawe
ā-rohe me ngā tirohanga a te poari ā-rohe
Local impacts and local board views
29. The regional
grants programme complements local board grants programmes that provide grants
for local projects.
30. There are
exceptional circumstances where local organisations can apply for a regional
grant. These circumstances occur when the activity or project is so
specialised, significant, or unique to the region that it should be eligible
for regional funding.
Tauākī whakaaweawe
Māori
Māori impact statement
31. The
assessment matrix (Attachment B) includes a scoring category as part of the
Empowered Communities Approach for ‘responding to Māori aspirations
in practical and effective ways.’ There is also the additional funding
priority of ‘supporting Māori outcomes’ that is considered in
the applications overall score.
32. Advice
and input was sought from Māori specialist staff on the
applications received.
33. This
funding supports both Māori and non-Māori organisations to deliver
outcomes for Māori.
34. One
of the grants recommended for funding delivers specifically on Māori outcomes, Auckland Community Accounting (ACA) capability building
of Māori and Pacific Community Groups.
35. One
of the applicants submitted, ECPAT Child Alert Trust, is a project designed to
have positive impacts on Māori, but is not recommended for funding
as staff considered the project to not demonstrate sufficient Māori
engagement and relationship building at this time. Staff will provide feedback
to the organisation and encourage a future application from this group.
Ngā ritenga
ā-pūtea
Financial implications
36. The
contestable Regional Community Development Grants has a budget of $295,000 for
2020/2021. One multi-year strategic relationship grant of $30,000 was approved
in 2019/2020.
37. Staff
recommend allocating the remaining budget of $265,000 to 11 projects.
Table 1 - Proposed Community Development regional grants
allocation 2020/2021
|
Purpose of grant
|
Amount
|
|
11 Community
Development grants
|
$265,000
|
|
One multi-year
strategic relationship grant (previously approved)
|
$30,000
|
|
Total
|
$295,000
|
Ngā raru tūpono me
ngā whakamaurutanga
Risks and mitigations
38. The risk of
projects not going ahead due to COVID-19 has significantly reduced. The risk
will be further mitigated by staff requesting a new project timeline from the
applicant if needed, with payment contingent on an updated project timeline
that falls within the grant period (12 months from the date of approval).
39. Ongoing
relationship management with applicants will continue to manage expectations
and provide advice on future applications. Applicants not recommended for
funding will be referred to other council and external funding sources and/or
given advice on how to improve future applications.
40. Applications
are robustly considered through the assessment process, including advice from
subject matter experts, ensuring potential risks are identified and mitigated.
Ngā koringa ā-muri
Next steps
41. Funding agreements will be prepared for the approved funding
allocations in line with current Auckland Council standard practice.
42. Where grants
are awarded that do not meet the full amount requested, appropriate outcomes
for the level of funding will be negotiated with the recipients and this will
be reflected in the funding agreement.
43. All applicants will be offered the opportunity to discuss their
application and be coached on areas for future development, or more appropriate
avenues for funding.
Ngā tāpirihanga
Attachments
|
No.
|
Title
|
Page
|
|
a⇩
|
Grants summary
|
27
|
|
b⇩
|
Assessment matrix
|
31
|
Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
|
Author
|
Catherine George – Regional Funding Advisor,
|
|
Authorisers
|
Graham Bodman - General Manager Arts, Community and
Events
Claudia Wyss - Director Customer and Community
Services
|
