2022/2023 Franklin Discretionary Community Grants, Round Two           

QR2303-204

Salvation Army Pukekohe

Legal status:

Charitable Trust

Activity focus:

Community

Project: Community Meals

Location:

1-3 Tobin Street, Pukekohe

Summary:

A free fortnightly healthy nutritious community meal open to all at no cost to those attending.  Labour provided by volunteers and staff volunteering their time.
People come from a wide and diverse range of ethnic backgrounds.

Expertise:

At The Salvation Army we are committed to our mission of caring for people, transforming lives and reforming society.  Comnmunity Ministries works to support those who are experiencing poverty and social and spiritual distress.
We have trained staff who provide individuals and families with food parcels, social services, financial mentoring (budgeting advice), addictions, gambling and positive lifestyle programmes as well as general support and advocacy.
We take referrals from others providers and services within the community and are a locally trusted organisation.

Dates:

02/06/2023 - 31/05/2024

People reached:

Estimate around 60-70 people on a fortnightly basis for a period of 12 months

% of participants from Local Board

100%

Promotion:

We will acknowledge the grant in our annual report, on any advertising we are able to have plus in our monthly newsletter that is available to our congregation and people who attend any of the services we provide .  Promotion on Facebook.  A flyer is also on display in the dining room where people attending the community meal.  
We would also like to invite any board members to attend the dinner.

Community benefits

Identified community outcomes:

The most recent cyclone has had a significant effect on the poorest and most vulnerable in our community, some are now homeless with homes and possessions destroyed.
The COVID 19 crisis is still having an effect with many still feeling insecure and worried about the future. Both of these events have taken an emotional toll on people.
The fortnightly community meal benefits those who face poverty, loneliness and homelessness with, acceptance, comfort, a nutritious meal, friendships, reduces social isolation and loneliness, and it is often the start of a journey to other services that improve outcomes and positive changes in people's lives.
Many of those who attend this activity often feel unwanted in many other community activities. Live has just overwhelmed some others may have Mental Health issued.  Often they experience discrimination and disconnectedness that most others take for granted.
This activity is a place where we start a journey of encouragement and empowerment.  This is also an activity run by volunteers and provides to them all the benefits of being a volunteer - making a difference, meeting people, being part of the community, learning new skills, gaining confidence, taking on a challenge and having fun.

Alignment with local board priorities:

·     Support community-led arts and local events that bring people together to meet each other and have fun at no or low cost.

Our project is a fortnightly community meal that started in 2019 with approximately 10 people attending, this quickly grew into an average of 40-50 people.
This year we have started promoting our community meal on Facebook plus in our monthly newsletter and including flyers when giving out food parcels or attending other activities at our Corps so anticipate numbers of people attending during the coming year increase to around 60-70.
Make up of the group includes sole parents, poor families & children, single people living alone, homeless people and the elderly who live alone.  People who come to the community dinner tell us this is the one event that connects them to the wider community.  It encourages social interaction and community spirit.  The children become friends and friendship flows over to the parents and they move out of their comfort zone and become friends.
This activity has multiple benefits, as well as alleviating social isolation and loneliness, it is often the entry for many people into other services e.g. food bank, financial mentoring addiction services, social work support etc.
Many of the attendee's who attend this event experience isolation and loneliness: this helps them to connect with others, make friendships and support others.
The children enjoy activities or a film while the adults can have their own time and connect with other adults in the group.
Loneliness and isolation is seen by some as one of the largest health concerns we face.
This activity supports those in the community that often don't fit into society and often face discrimination.  Once they come to the dinner the Salvation Army have the opportunity to interact with these people and assist further with advocacy, social support and budgeting help.

Collaborating organisation/individual

Role

Salvation Army

$2600 plus

Volunteers (10-12)

Total of 35 hrs each fortnight

Demographics

Māori outcomes:

·     None identified

Accessible to people with disabilities

Yes - Our building is one level with wheel chair access to all parts of the building plus one toilet with wheel chair access.  Our car park is flat with ample parking.

Healthy environment approach:

Promote smoke-free messages, Include waste minimisation (zero waste) messages, Healthy options for food and drink, including water as the first choice, Encouraging active lifestyles including movement or fitness programmes

Our premises are smoke, drug and alcohol free.  Our aim is to provide healthy nutritious meals.  Many of those who attend the community meal are keen to help with the clean up, we encourage them and provide the necessary bins to separate the waste materials educating them about minimising waste.  Water is the first choice as a healthy otion to drink.  Attendees are also invited to attend other activities, i.e. Drop Inn, Yoga, Home League and other programmes as appropriate.

Financial information

Amount requested:

$5000.00

Requesting grant for:

Contribution supporting towards cost of the meals.  Increased cost of food has had a significant impact on our budget.  
Taking increased costs into account we estimate a cost of $5 per meal per person.  Meat and fresh vegetables are our major expense.  Without funding our meals would be made up of the cheapest cuts of meat with little variety.  Fresh vegetables would be limited to whatever has been donated to our food bank, usually only potatoes and carrots.  The cost of the main meal often dictates whether or not there is a dessert.

If part funded, how would you make up the difference:

Our menu would be limited to the cheapest of food items accessible which is currently what we have to do within our budget plus anything suitable that may have been donated to our food bank. 
We would also have to cap the numbers of attendees.

Cost of participation:

There is no cost for anyone coming for a meal.

Total expenditure

Total income

Other grants approved

Applicant contribution

$15000.00

$0.00

$7400.00

$2600.00

Expenditure item

Amount

Amount requested from Local Board

Food costs

$15000.00

$5000.00

Income description

Amount

No cost to anyone coming for a meal

$ 0.00

Other funding sources

Amount

Current Status

Community sponsorship

$7400.00

Approved

Donated materials

Amount

Donated goods

$4520.00

Venue donation

$3000.00

Total number of volunteers

Total number of volunteer hours

Amount

12

840

$17766.00

Funding history

Application ID

Project title

Round - Stage

Decision

Allocation

LG2301-280

Gym Project

2022/2023 Albert Eden Local Grant Round Two -  Declined

Declined

$0.00

LG2301-110

Owai create

2022/2023 Albert Eden Local Grant Round One -  Acquitted

Approved

$1,500.00

LG2301-110

Owai create

2022/2023 Albert Eden Local Grant Round One -  Acquitted

Approved

$1,500.00

LG2103-212

Community Meals

2020/2021 Franklin Local Grant Round Two -  Project in progress

Approved

$2,600.00

LG2103-212

Community Meals

2020/2021 Franklin Local Grant Round Two -  Project in progress

Approved

$2,600.00

Applications prior to the 2019/2020 financial year have all been accounted for and omitted from this summary

2022/2023 Franklin Discretionary Community Grants, Round Two           

QR2303-205

Waiuku Museum Society Inc

Legal status:

Incorporated Society

Activity focus:

Historic Heritage

Project: Refurbishment of historic Gaol (lock up) built 1865

Location:

The Gaol is sited on the Tamakae Reserve in Waiuku

Summary:

The Gaol is an interesting building, illustrating the requirements of policing and maintaining Public order in a 19th century township.
The refurbishment process is designed to repair existing weatherboards and wooden structure, rebuild the doorway a little wider to improve access and to rebuild the outside stairs. 
All these are intended to renovate existing area of deterioration, improve the attractiveness of the building and make the stairs and the doorway safer for visitors.

Expertise:

The Museum Society has been maintaining this building and making it available to visitors for a number of years.
There is an active and experienced group of volunteers who do the on-going maintenance and have gained a great deal of knowledge and experience in the care and preservation of heritage buildings.
The on-going maintenance and improvement of each building is usually achieved with a balance of volunteer and tradesmen labour.
Tradesmen are used responsibly for major construction, wiring and plumbing.
The volunteers do the preparation work, cleaning, supply of materials and support the tradesmen.

Dates:

30/09/2023 - 30/03/2024

People reached:

1400 per year

% of participants from Local Board

66%

Promotion:

The project will be promoted in 'The Breeze" paper
The support from the Council will be acknowledged within the Museum.
The Gaol refurbishment will be promoted on our Facebook page.

Community benefits

Identified community outcomes:

The historic buildings in our collection are always popular with visitors and a refurbishment will improve the appearance and the safety of the Gaol.
The on-going maintenance of the individual heritage buildings keeps the look and the accessibility at the excellent standard required for public use.
The intention is to make the heritage building precinct clean, attractive, accessible and safe.

Alignment with local board priorities:

·     Enable our people to engage with local history and share their cultures

The Museum has a collection of historic buildings within its precinct.
Visitors can access these buildings regularly and experience the 'feel' of the conditions and reality of 19th century structures.
The Gaol (lock-up) is quite a confined space, mostly used as an overnight  holding cell before the accused was transferred to Pukekohe or the Court in the city.
It allows visitors to understand an earlier concept and practice of police work and the Justice system.
It is intended to work through all of these buildings to give a long-term, refurbishment.
The gaol has been selected for this project because it is in urgent need of repairs, painting and general refurbishment.

Collaborating organisation/individual

Role

N/A

N/A

Demographics

Māori outcomes:

·     None identified

Accessible to people with disabilities

Yes - The heritage buildings are accessible to a range of disabilities including limited mobility, impaired sight and hearing, disabled children and many others.
At the present time the Gaol is not wheelchair  accessible because of the entry staircase. It is able to be viewed fron the outside from a pathway.

Healthy environment approach:

Promote smoke-free messages, Include waste minimisation (zero waste) messages, Healthy options for food and drink, including water as the first choice, Encouraging active lifestyles including movement or fitness programmes, Encourage the reduction of carbon emissions or increase community resilience to the impacts of climate change*

A visit to the Waiuku Museum historic buildings is a pleasant outdoor activity requiring walking.
We do not encourage eating and drinking within the buildings but visitors are welcome to sit and picnic on the Tamakae reserve. There are easily accessible rubbish containers.
Smoking is not allowed in or out of the buildings.
The Museum is in easy walking distance of the Waiuku township and the station of the Glenbrook Vintage Railway so visitors can explore the area on foot and take advantage of cafes and facilities.

Financial information

Amount requested:

$5100.00

Requesting grant for:

Materials and tradesman costs.

If part funded, how would you make up the difference:

The structural carpentry will be done first - the improved stairs and the doorway widening and spot repairs to weatherboards.

Cost of participation:

Visitors pay a $5/adult entry to the Museum.

Total expenditure

Total income

Other grants approved

Applicant contribution

$5100.00

$4500.00

$0.00

$1000.00

Expenditure item

Amount

Amount requested from Local Board

Timber

$940.00

$940.00

Premix concrete

$218.00

$218.00

Moulded railings

$212.00

$212.00

Labour

$2490.00

$2490.00

Paint

$1054.00

$1054.00

Hardware

$186.00

$186.00

Income description

Amount

Entry is $5/adult for 900 adults/year

$ 4500.00

Other funding sources

Amount

Current Status

None

$0.00

Donated materials

Amount

Heritage style weatherboards and exterior wooden fittings are collected and stored by the Museum for projects like this. The final decision about this material or new is made at the time.

$500.00

Total number of volunteers

Total number of volunteer hours

Amount

4

50

$1057.50

Additional information to support the application:

The Waiuku Museum Society is renewing the Lease at the moment.
The new Lease agreement is not yet available.

Funding history

Application ID

Project title

Round - Stage

Decision

Allocation

LG2103-217

Painting and Conservation of Heritage buildings-Stage One

2020/2021 Franklin Local Grant Round Two -  Project in progress

Approved

$13,000.00

QR2103-218

Windows for historic 'shops'.

2020/2021 Franklin Quick Response Round Two -  Project in progress

Approved

$2,000.00

QR2103-114

Lighting upgrade Stage two

2020/2021 Franklin Quick Response Round One -  Acquitted

Approved

$1,850.00

Applications prior to the 2019/2020 financial year have all been accounted for and omitted from this summary

2022/2023 Franklin Discretionary Community Grants, Round Two           

QR2303-207

Puni School PTA

Legal status:

Incorporated Society

Activity focus:

Arts and culture

Project: Franklin Multicultural Festival

Location:

PIA Events Centre, 57 Ward Street, Pukekohe 2120

Summary:

An annual festival for the community to join together in celebration of the diverse cultures within the Franklin area.  As well as being the largest annual fundraiser for Puni kura, the festival is a highlight on the cultural calendar for many schools, kura, and early learning centres around Franklin.  The festival provides the opportunity for cultural groups to perform in front of an audience.  Entry for cultural groups is free.  There is no competitive aspect, it is simply an opportunity to perform for the love of their cultures.  The Festival is run with the backing and support of the Auckland City Multiethnic Council.  There is also a diverse range of ethnic food and beverages for sale throughout the day.

Expertise:

Having organised, hosted, and run the Franklin Multicultural Festival annually since circa. 2008, our organization has extensive experience in running this event.  We have a dedicated team of talented and very capable volunteers working tirelessly behind the scenes to deliver this event for the Franklin community.

Dates:

23/03/2024 - 23/03/2024

People reached:

2500+

% of participants from Local Board

100%

Promotion:

We advertise through the paper, newsletters, Facebook, social media, schools and businesses, road signs placed at strategic points throughout Pukekohe.  Should Council/Franklin Local Board be able to see their way clear to support our day, they will be recognized for their support through social media posts, banners erected at the event, and being mentioned by the MC throughout the day at the event.

Community benefits

Identified community outcomes:

The multicultural festival provides an avenue/outlet for kapahaka and other cultural groups to perform and celebrate the multicultural nature of the Franklin area.  Participants gain a sense of pride and achievement through being able to perform, express themselves, and celebrate culture through music and dance.  The festival itself provides a safe, fun, and low cost way for family and whanau to come together within their community, combining a celebration of culture and community with a fun and low cost family day out.

Alignment with local board priorities:

·     Support community-led arts and local events that bring people together to meet each other and have fun at no or low cost.

The Franklin Multicultural Festival is an annual event that provides an opportunity to bring the Franklin community together to celebrate our cultural diversity. We offer school, preschool, and other dance groups the opportunity to perform kapa haka or a cultural performance of their choice, all ages and abilities welcome. Food from various cultures is offered for sale at the event.  This is a fun community event that is low cost.  There is no entry fee for the performing groups, and on the day a gold coin koha is all it costs to enter the event as a spectator.  The multicultural festival is a chance for the community to recognize and embrace the different foods, experiences, dances and Kapa Haka. The festival will be held at the PIA Events Centre which is a large weather proof venue with plenty of off street parking and is therefore an easily accessible venue for all.  Schools and whanau from all around Franklin look forward to the multicultural festival each year to show case their kapa haka and other cultural talents.  There is particular excitement around the 2023 and 2024 Multicultural Festivals, as Covid has necessitated it's cancellation over the past few years.

Collaborating organisation/individual

Role

Franklin Local Board

Historically the Franklin Local Board has committed funding by way of grants, to support our event

Demographics

Māori outcomes:

·    

The majority of the performance groups on the day are school and ECE kapa haka groups.  Maori culture is celebrated throughout these performances.  Tikanga is observed on the day with the attendance of kaumatua, the opening and closing karakia and te reo is extensively used throughout the day both within the performances, and by the MC of the day.  The festival attracts about 2000 students/performers, across around 20 schools, so Maori culture, kapa haka, and tikanga is widely celebrated, embraced and promoted.

Accessible to people with disabilities

Yes - The Multicultural Festival is held at the PIA Events Centre which has the required disability access for indoor venues.

Healthy environment approach:

Promote smoke-free messages, Include waste minimisation (zero waste) messages, Healthy options for food and drink, including water as the first choice, Encouraging active lifestyles including movement or fitness programmes, Encourage the reduction of carbon emissions or increase community resilience to the impacts of climate change*

We will have healthy cultural food options as well as water on the day - tap water is freely available.  Kapa haka and dancing, which is the focus of the day, is a great way to get bodies moving in time to rhythm and music.  The Pukekohe Indian Hall is a smokefree venue, and this is mentioned throughout the day by the event MC.  Additionally, the cuisine on offer is locally sourced and prepared by local groups.  On offer also is local produce from our market gardens, grown locally for maximum sustainabillity and minimum envoironmental impact.  Non-plastic serving items are used and recycling is used.

Financial information

Amount requested:

$7405.00

Requesting grant for:

We are requesting funding to cover the essential items to enable the festival to run.  For example - venue hire, sound system hire, and generator hire.  We have been grateful for the support of the Franklin Local Board each year we have run the project.  We are grateful for the support of the Franklin Local board for our upcoming 2023 Festival, and are hopeful the board can see it's way clear to support the 2024 Festival.

If part funded, how would you make up the difference:

The cost of hiring the venue, generator, and sound/lighting are the most important items in our application so provided they were funded we would need to look at the other items and how we could do things differently or gain funding from another source.

Cost of participation:

gold coin koha on entry (spectators)

Total expenditure

Total income

Other grants approved

Applicant contribution

$7405.00

$1200.00

$0.00

$0.00

Expenditure item

Amount

Amount requested from Local Board

Venue hire and skip bin

$2875.00

$2875.00

Generator hire

$250.00

$250.00

Sound and lighting system

$4280.00

$4280.00

Income description

Amount

Gold coin koha at entry points

$ 1200.00

Other funding sources

Amount

Current Status

None

$0.00

Donated materials

Amount

None

$0.00

Total number of volunteers

Total number of volunteer hours

Amount

60

8

$169.20

Additional information to support the application:

The Puni PTA have gratefully received the support of the Franklin Local Board, to enable us to run a low cost community event, that allows  the Franklin community to come together in a celebration of the diverse cultures of our region.  The Puni PTA successfully applied for a grant for the 2022 Festival.  As the 2022 Festival was cancelled due to Covid, we obtained approval to use the funds for 2023 festival (happening in March 2023).  The purpose of this application is to secure funding for the 2024 Festival, which we hope will be bigger and better than ever!

Funding history

Application ID

Project title

Round - Stage

Decision

Allocation

QR2203-111

Franklin Multicultural Festival

2021/2022 Franklin Quick Response, Round One -  Project Postponed

Approved

$5,000.00

Applications prior to the 2019/2020 financial year have all been accounted for and omitted from this summary

2022/2023 Franklin Discretionary Community Grants, Round Two           

QR2303-208

Event Promotions Limited

Legal status:

Limited Liability Company

Activity focus:

Sport and recreation

Project: Junior Tough Guy & Gal Challenge

Location:

Pukekohe Showgrounds, 58 Station Road, Pukekohe 2120

Summary:

A 1.5km and 3km obstacle/mud run for primary and intermediate aged kids from Year 3 - 8.
The idea behind this event is to create a fun, unique outdoor experience for youth to experience and get outside of their comfort zone.

Expertise:

Since 1989, Event Promotions has been operating 10 of the largest and more iconic events across the country. 
All staff are well knowledgable and experienced in the events are sports industry

Dates:

14/09/2023 - 15/09/2023

People reached:

800

% of participants from Local Board

90%

Promotion:

Marketing Plan as attached.

Community benefits

Identified community outcomes:

Event takes place annually around NZ, therefore would wish to apply for multi-year funding if possible. 
We aim to get as many children in the Pukekohe/Franklin district, near and far, participating in a fun, active event that provides a quality experience for all involved, including spectators, teachers, schools, staff, participants, local volunteers etc. This event will benefit its district by supporting local businesses - tourism & hospitality, building partnerships with local schools, build a sense of community, and increasing the health and wellbeing of its community using sport and recreation as a vehicle

Alignment with local board priorities:

·     Support community-led arts and local events that bring people together to meet each other and have fun at no or low cost.

Our Junior Tough Guy & Gal Challenge Event is a chance for Primary & Intermediate aged children to get involved in NZ's biggest mud run series. We operate currently across 7 cities in North Island, with Pukekohe being a new venue to the series. The kids take on either a 1.5km or 3km muddy obstacle course consisting of swamp crossings, a spider's web net clib, crawl under obstacles, beautiful native bush trails, tunnels, hurdles, a clibing frames, water crossing and not to mention, mud mud and more mud! The event is held between 8am-1pm. Reason we start at Year 3 is due to the nature of the course & length, which can be quite challenging for the younger ones. Teachers/parents are welcome to run the event with their child/group if need be to support any kids who aren't confident. We keep the cost of the event at $30 which is a reasonably low price for majority. Those that find it difficult, we can help them with some funding options to prevent the barrier of partcipation. We encourage parents and school groups to create
a base for the day where they can set up and place their belongings. As we encourage participation over place getters at this event,
we use prizes to celebrate other things - random spot prizes, those that fundraise the most money for our chosen charity, prizes for
the school that's dressed up the brightest, and we also hand out prizes to those that are seen picking up rubbish.

Collaborating organisation/individual

Role

local school groups

course marshalls - volunteering

food trucks

providing food to competitors

Demographics

Māori outcomes:

·     None identified

Accessible to people with disabilities

Yes - This event is participation-led and focuses on fun and having a go regardless of your age, gender and or ability. Each year we have a handful of children participate in our Junior TGGC events across the country who are either physically imparied or mentally impared, and they all love it. They have a guide/support person with them and they do the course together with their class mates or support persons. If they are unable to do any obstacles, they can go around it. We have course marshals at each station as well to offer support.

Healthy environment approach:

Promote smoke-free messages, Include waste minimisation (zero waste) messages, Healthy options for food and drink, including water as the first choice, Encouraging active lifestyles including movement or fitness programmes, Encourage the reduction of carbon emissions or increase community resilience to the impacts of climate change*

All plastic/un-neccessary rubish will be limited and be little-none as we keep such materials at our office to avoid waste. We have a waste minimisation plan in place too which schools are informed about before coming and throughout the event there are reminders to collect rubbish. Prizes are awarded to those seen collecting and disposing of waste correctly. Food vendors are also responsible for their own waste removal and can utilise our facilities that we have with Envirowaste. We have rubbish and recycling bins. Food vendors are also required to only provide hight quality, healthy food. Schools are encouraged to come in busses and car-pool. This event is also advertised to all local schools and groups/organisations to increase the opportunity for young poeple and kids to participate in a fun, low cost event, suitable for all ages and abilities, including whanau engagment.

Financial information

Amount requested:

$10000.00

Requesting grant for:

Event Operational Costs (Admin expenses, accomodation, waste management, additional key staff, toilet hire), Race Marshals & Volunteer Groups, Finishers Medals

If part funded, how would you make up the difference:

Yes it would for the 2023 year. However we would not return in 2023 if funding is unsuccessful as the event would run at a loss. We are in the long term, so plan on operating an annual event, just like our Kumeu event. Therefore we require the assistance of the council to help towards the running of this kids event so our tamariki in our south area of Auckland can still attend this wonderful event and have the opportunity to participate in a fun, yet, active event.

Cost of participation:

26.09

Total expenditure

Total income

Other grants approved

Applicant contribution

$15603.75

$0.00

$0.00

$0.00

Expenditure item

Amount

Amount requested from Local Board

Event Operational

$11528.75

$7000.00

Finishers Medals

$1600.00

$1600.00

Race Marshals

$2475.00

$2475.00

Income description

Amount

None

$0.00

Other funding sources

Amount

Current Status

None

$0.00

Donated materials

Amount

None

$0.00

Total number of volunteers

Total number of volunteer hours

Amount

None

$0.00

Additional information to support the application:

Yes. Please see attached.

Funding history

Application ID

Project title

Round - Stage

Decision

Allocation

No previous funding

2022/2023 Franklin Discretionary Community Grants, Round Two           

QR2303-209

Joan Loader Knitting Grannies Incorporated

Legal status:

Incorporated Society

Activity focus:

Community

Project: Knitting for Babies up to one year old

Location:

11 Settlers Way, Pukekohe

Summary:

A social group of senior citizens knitting garments for babies at Kids First, Middlemore Hospital.

Expertise:

Because we are all crafters with many years' experience we can turn our hands to other similar projects.

Dates:

01/06/2023 - 31/12/2023

People reached:

35

% of participants from Local Board

95%

Promotion:

By displaying garments once a year at the Pukekohe Library (about two weeks, when suitable for the library) including information about the group as well as a letter thanking the Council for their grant.

Community benefits

Identified community outcomes:

Families in need will be given warm clothes for their new babies (up to one year old) and the twice monthly meetings provide social interaction and moral support for the ladies in the knitting group, most of whom live on their own.

Alignment with local board priorities:

·     Our people are supported to actively contribute to their community and the places they live.

By providing warm knitted garments for babies up to one year old, in South Auckland.  By meeting twice a month it also provides social interaction within the group of ladies who knit and/or crochet.

Collaborating organisation/individual

Role

Unnamed volunteers

Dropping off knitted garments/yarn at the collect

local library

Demographics

Māori outcomes:

·     None identified

Accessible to people with disabilities

Yes - At the meetings there is space for walking frames and wheelchairs, and the driveway is flat for easy access.

Healthy environment approach:

Promote smoke-free messages, Include waste minimisation (zero waste) messages, Healthy options for food and drink, including water as the first choice, Encouraging active lifestyles including movement or fitness programmes, Encourage the reduction of carbon emissions or increase community resilience to the impacts of climate change*

By shared discussion during the meetings.  By supporting each other, providing moral support and enjoying tremendous camaraderie between the groups' members.

Financial information

Amount requested:

$3000.00

Requesting grant for:

The purchase of good quality yarn, suitable for babies up to one year old.

If part funded, how would you make up the difference:

Members who are financially able to, purchase their own yarn but the output would be considerably reduced.

Cost of participation:

$5 membership fee plus a small donation towards cost of tea and biscuits.

Total expenditure

Total income

Other grants approved

Applicant contribution

$3000.00

$550.00

$0.00

$3550.00

Expenditure item

Amount

Amount requested from Local Board

Yarn costs

$3000.00

$3000.00

Income description

Amount

Membership and tea money

$ 550.00

Other funding sources

Amount

Current Status

None

$0.00

Donated materials

Amount

Yarn and/or garments donated by volunteers

$0.00

Total number of volunteers

Total number of volunteer hours

Amount

30

230

$4864.50

Additional information to support the application:

Thank you letters from Middlemore Hospital.

Funding history

Application ID

Project title

Round - Stage

Decision

Allocation

QR2203-205

Knitting Grannies

2021/2022 Franklin Quick Response, Round Two -  Project in progress

Approved

$3,000.00

LG2103-218

KNITTING GRANNIES

2020/2021 Franklin Local Grant Round Two -  Acquitted

Approved

$2,000.00

Applications prior to the 2019/2020 financial year have all been accounted for and omitted from this summary

2022/2023 Franklin Discretionary Community Grants, Round Two           

QR2303-212

Auckland Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club

Legal status:

Incorporated Society

Activity focus:

Sport and recreation

Project: Karioitahi Hang Gliding Club Launch Track Maintenance

Location:

The vehicle track running up the ridge south of Castaways, at Karioitahi Beach.

Summary:

To fill in potholes on the vehicle track from Castaways to the hang glider club launch site. This will prevent vehicles from causing soil erosion.

Expertise:

We have carried out similar pothole-filling and track maintenance projects on this track over the past decade. 
Please see this video of our previous maintenance of this same track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lj7Rr4pti0

Dates:

29/07/2023 - 29/07/2023

People reached:

10

% of participants from Local Board

10%

Community benefits

Identified community outcomes:

The improvement in the appearance of the 4-wheek-drive (4WD) track will encourage more members of the public to walk up the track to the cliff-top lookout. This is the only lookout on this part of the coast that is not on private land. At present, members of the public who wish to climb to the cliff top must climb up eroding cliff face, which is both dangerous and environmentally destructive. This track offers a same and easy route for the public to enjoy the views from the cliff top.

Alignment with local board priorities:

·     Enable our people to engage with local history and share their cultures

The hang glider pilots and paraglider pilots of the Auckland Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club (AHGPC) are a part of the local history of the Karioitahi Beach. Hang gliders have used this flying site for some 50 years. The many photographs, movie film and videos our members have taken over the decades form a unique store of knowledge of Karioitahi Beach and the coastline to the north and south. We engage with the local public at the beach and are happy to answer questions about the local coast and beach conditions.

Collaborating organisation/individual

Role

N/A

N/A

Demographics

Māori outcomes:

·     None identified

Accessible to people with disabilities

No -

Healthy environment approach:

Healthy options for food and drink, including water as the first choice, Encourage the reduction of carbon emissions or increase community resilience to the impacts of climate change*

We will use manual labor to spread the crushed slag over the rutted sections of the track. We will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by using human volunteer labor from our club members.

Financial information

Amount requested:

$755.55

Requesting grant for:

The cost of the purchase (and delivery to site) of materials (crushed rock or slag) to be used to fill in the potholes. The supplier (Knight & Dickey of Waiuku) has quoted $251.85 per truck load delivered to the site. We will need three loads, so that comes to 3 x $251.85 = $755.55 in total (incl. GST)

If part funded, how would you make up the difference:

The cost of each truck load is $251.85 (incl. GST). If we cannot receive funding for three truck loads, then funding for two truck loads (at a cost of $503.70) or even a single truck load would be preferable to no funding at all.

Cost of participation:

No cost for participation in this project.

Total expenditure

Total income

Other grants approved

Applicant contribution

$755.55

$0.00

$0.00

$0.00

Expenditure item

Amount

Amount requested from Local Board

Crushed slag for track repair

$755.55

$755.55

Income description

Amount

None

$0.00

Other funding sources

Amount

Current Status

None

$0.00

Donated materials

Amount

None

$0.00

Total number of volunteers

Total number of volunteer hours

Amount

10

60

$1269.00

Additional information to support the application:

Here is a video showing our previous working bee, spreading the roading material that we purchased with a grant from 2017/2018 Franklin Local Grants, Round Two (LG1803-221 - Karioitahi Club Launch Track Maintenance) 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lj7Rr4pti0     The video credits acknowledge the support of the Franklin Local Grants.

Funding history

Application ID

Project title

Round - Stage

Decision

Allocation

Applications prior to the 2019/2020 financial year have all been accounted for and omitted from this summary

2022/2023 Franklin Discretionary Community Grants, Round Two           

QR2303-213

Well Women Franklin

Legal status:

Charitable Trust

Activity focus:

Community

Project: Venue Hire for Pukekohe Peer Support Groups

Location:

St James, 30 West Street, Pukekohe

Summary:

We require hireage of rooms for our Pukekohe weekly face to face Peer Support Groups held on Mondays and Thursdays. This venue is the best fit for us as alongside our Monday Peer Support Groups we offer a childminding service therefore, we require 2 rooms.
 
For 10 years we used the rooms at Franklin: The Centre, however, due to buidling renovations in 2022,the rooms we used are now being made into offices for the council staff and we had to look for a new permanent venue.

Expertise:

Well Women Franklin has been offering our services in Pukekohe for 15 years, we started with 1 Peer Support Group per week and now we offer 5 groups per week plus many other servcies.
 
Trained professionals with lived experience run our Peer Support Groups and Telephone Support services.

Dates:

12/06/2023 - 31/05/2024

People reached:

160

% of participants from Local Board

70%

Promotion:

We will acknowledge on our facebook page, website and newsletter

Community benefits

Identified community outcomes:

We meet a huge need within our community, many women attending group experiencing PND as a result of; isolation, breakdown of relationships, physical and emotional abuse and issues from their childhood. Our group is also increasingly seeing women who have a history of anxiety, depression and other mental health conditions and recently birth trauma, which can make this time even harder for themselves.
 
Our peer support group is the core service we offer. We also provide 24-hour telephone support, social work, individualised goal-setting programme, in home support and in home visiting to our women. Trained professionals run our social work and
goal setting services. These initiatives have helped women become well and provide support in the areas most crucial to a woman's recovery.
 
Well Women Franklin would like to continue to support women experiencing PND and other mental illness. Our services help women on their journey to becoming well again and empower them to take back their lives. Our group enables women to feel more confident to talk about their issues and have a better understanding of the fact that it is a medical condition, which can be treated and they can recover from.

Alignment with local board priorities:

·     Our community support agencies, resident groups and marae are supported to co-ordinate or deliver a range of community wellbeing and resilience services and programmes.

Our mission statement is: To support all women who are struggling with motherhood regardless of a diagnosis and to provide them with strategies to build wellbeing and resilience that they can use in their everyday life. Acknowledge that every woman is unique and that the journey to recovery will look different for each woman.
 
Women are often the glue that holds the family together and when the women is unwell the family unit also becomes fragile. Through our Peer Support Groups the women learn how to identify issues, see the impact it may be having and support them in developing plans to address this, therefore building on their resilience.
 
Our aim is to engage with mothers before their situation reaches crisis point and support them on their journey to becoming well. 
 
Below is a testimonial from a women who attends our group.
 
"I have found the support of well woman fundamental in my recovery from postnatal anxiety and depression. Although I did have the support of my GP, midwife and maternity mental health referrals, you really only get a brief time with them and it can still feel quite
isolated. The well woman phone service, free movement workshops, childcare, home help and sharing sessions really helped me have the chance to be heard, to heal fully, build confidence, accept and learn techniques to overcome difficulties. The support and
knowledge I learnt on my journey with well woman, not only has helped me but in the future will help me guide my daughter and help her with any emotional issues. I also feel it has helped me form a really strong bond with my daughter. It is so important that we have this support for not only our health but the future health of our tamariki" - Emma

Collaborating organisation/individual

Role

St James Pukekohe

Offering us the venue for hire

Demographics

Māori outcomes:

·    

We are currently working on improving our cultural competency and have recently completed PADA (Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Aotearoa) Hine tu Hine Ora workshop and have been having some mentoring around how to introduce tikanga and reo into our peer support groups and other services we offer. We are speaking more Te Reo and opening our groups with a karakia and ending our groups with whakataukī. We will continue to work on being inclusive to every woman.

Accessible to people with disabilities

Yes - Our venue at St James has disabled access.

Healthy environment approach:

Healthy options for food and drink, including water as the first choice, Encouraging active lifestyles including movement or fitness programmes

During our Peer Support groups we talk about eating health and promote movement as a way to improve mental health. We hold regular walking groups and encourage women to try different sports/exercise classes such as yoga, pilates.
 
We encourage the children to eat health foods and provide bananas each childcare session.

Financial information

Amount requested:

$7030.00

Requesting grant for:

For the venue hire of our Pukekohe Peer Support Groups and childcare

If part funded, how would you make up the difference:

We would need to apply to other grant organisations for funding.

Cost of participation:

All of our services are free of charge

Total expenditure

Total income

Other grants approved

Applicant contribution

$7030.00

$0.00

$0.00

$0.00

Expenditure item

Amount

Amount requested from Local Board

Venue Hire

$7030.00

$7030.00

Income description

Amount

None

$ 0.00

Other funding sources

Amount

Current Status

None

$0.00

Donated materials

Amount

None

$0.00

Total number of volunteers

Total number of volunteer hours

Amount

None

$0.00

Funding history

Application ID

Project title

Round - Stage

Decision

Allocation

LG2314-108

Venue Hire - 2 rooms

2022/2023 Papakura Local Grant, Round One -  Project in progress

Approved

$3,471.00

QR2203-201

Venue Hire for Peer Support Groups

2021/2022 Franklin Quick Response, Round Two -  Project in progress

Approved

$5,000.00

LG2214-101

Venue Hire x 2 rooms

2021/2022 Papakura Local Grant, Round One -  Project in progress

Approved

$3,000.00

Applications prior to the 2019/2020 financial year have all been accounted for and omitted from this summary

2022/2023 Franklin Discretionary Community Grants, Round Two           

QR2303-215

Kura Cares Charity

Legal status:

Charitable Trust

Activity focus:

Events

Project: Pukekohe proud day

Location:

Bledisloe park Pukekohe

Summary:

The Kura Cares Charity is going to run a FREE community event called the 'Pukekohe Proud Day'. This will be a
community FREE day held at Bledisloe Park, June 3rd  from 11am to 1pm.
 
We want to bring all cultures together but put a heavy focus on Maori culture also and bringing awareness to this.
 
'Pukekohe Proud Day' will have:
-Cultural fun games (Maori focuessed)
-Fun kiwiana competitions
-Bouncy castle
-Face painters
-Live entertainment
-Multi Cultural Music
-Giveaways
-Free kai (Maori Kai)
 
The main intention of this day is bring the Pukekohe community together and create social cohesion.

Expertise:

We have held events like this in Papakura, purely funded out of private donations. Smiths Ave in Papakura, we did a massive FREE FISH AND CHIP event with FREE face painting, FREE bouncy castle and we had over 500 whanau participate in the event. Working alongside other not for profit organizations.

Dates:

03/06/2023 - 03/06/2023

People reached:

600

% of participants from Local Board

90%

Promotion:

We would put the local board logos all over the marketing material and get the entertainment to promote and thank the local board

Community benefits

Identified community outcomes:

Social cohesion, bringing all types of cultures together in a fun, whanau focused event that will provide FREE entertainment, FREE kai, FREE games, to an event that celebrates unity. We know that a lot of cultures feel hidden or not celebrated or recognized. We want to put a heavy focus on Maori culture also and bringing awareness to this.

Alignment with local board priorities:

·     Support community-led arts and local events that bring people together to meet each other and have fun at no or low cost.

The 'Pukekohe Proud Day' will work towards the well being of people in the community by fighting exclusion
and will aim to create a sense of belonging by promoting trust within different cultures. How? Having a focus
on all cultures at the 'Pukekohe Proud Day'.
By having all cultures displayed this will also promote equality as they will all be able to participate at the
Pukekohe Proud Day together.
Pukekohe Proud Day will also raise recognition too all cultures also because the Pukekohe Proud Day will
contain performances and games / competitions from different cultures that each can participate in and the
greater community also. This will raise awareness of different cultures and raise respect.
Because the 'Pukekohe proud day' promotes a vast broad amount of cultures, this will allow for those who
don't feel recognized a sense of belonging in the Franklin Community.
With a twist of child friendly activities we want this to be a whanau friendly day also erasing more barriers
that parents may sometimes have allowing them to have a go and participate too.

Collaborating organisation/individual

Role

Transformative Whakamana Hapu

$5000 - Donation

Out the box Fitness Limited

$1000 - Donation

Creo Pukekohe

$500 - Donation

Demographics

Māori outcomes:

·    

Kura cares trust and Transformative Whakamana Hapu are both Maori led and Maori orientated organizations

Accessible to people with disabilities

Yes - We will have disability parking

Healthy environment approach:

Promote smoke-free messages, Include waste minimisation (zero waste) messages, Healthy options for food and drink, including water as the first choice

This will be a smoke free event, and we will have carbon free messaging through out the event to make sure whanau know about the importance of lowering carbon emissions. The kai will be organically grown and healthy for our whanau. All food stalls will be required to provide healthy options also

Financial information

Amount requested:

$10000.00

Requesting grant for:

Administration costs
Project manager   Equipment / stage 
Traffic and crowd control equipment

If part funded, how would you make up the difference:

We would seek a volunteer administration and project manager. We would not use a stage

Cost of participation:

No, free

Total expenditure

Total income

Other grants approved

Applicant contribution

$9387.00

$0.00

$6500.00

$2000.00

Expenditure item

Amount

Amount requested from Local Board

Administration invoice

$2587.50

$2587.50

Message board for Traffic and crowd control

$1900.00

$1900.00

Project Manager

$2999.50

$2999.50

Stage hire quote

$1900.00

$1900.00

Income description

Amount

None

$0.00

Other funding sources

Amount

Current Status

Out the box fitness donation

$1000.00

Approved

Transformative Whakamana Hapu

$5000.00

Approved

Creo Pukekohe

$500.00

Approved

Donated materials

Amount

Nothing at the moment

$0.00

Total number of volunteers

Total number of volunteer hours

Amount

30

20

$423.00

Additional information to support the application:

We would love as an organization to get this application through. This would be such a massive day for our whanau and local community with all the negative stuff going on

Funding history

Application ID

Project title

Round - Stage

Decision

Allocation

LG2314-205

Papakura Proud Day

2022/2023 Papakura Local Grant, Round Two -  Awaiting signed funding agreement

Approved

$1,500.00

LG2314-104

ACTIVATE WHANAU

2022/2023 Papakura Local Grant, Round One -  Project in progress

Approved

$5,000.00

LG2214-209

Whanau Hotaka

2021/2022 Papakura Local Grant, Round Two -  Project in progress

Approved

$4,104.00

2022/2023 Franklin Discretionary Community Grants, Round Two           

QR2303-217

Raukatauri Music Therapy Trust

Legal status:

Charitable Trust

Activity focus:

Community

Project: Music Therapy Services: Pukekohe and surrounds

Location:

Various locations, Pukekohe

Summary:

It is our mission to provide a quality, accessible music therapy service to all people, whatever their needs. To that end we have set up satellite services through which we can deliver our life changing music therapy service in the heart of the community. Our first such satellite was established in Titirangi in 2015, and replicated in Pukekohe in 2017 we are looking to re-establish this satellite which has been on hold since the pandemic began. With many of our enquiries coming from families who do not have access to transport, or cannot afford to drive each week to Grafton, this satellite offers them access to our heavily subsidised and much needed service.

Expertise:

Raukatauri has served as a model for music therapy practice and advocacy in Aotearoa New Zealand for 19 years. We have provided outreach and community satellite services since our founding in 2004 and currently work with over 60 organisations and community satellite partners in the Auckland, Northland, Bay of Plenty and Hawke’s Bay regions. Our therapists are leaders in their field and are frequently asked to present at conferences, give media interviews, participate in research and submit work for publication. We host clinical internships for music therapy university students and also provide placements for Dance Movement Therapy, Speech Language Therapy, Creative Arts Therapy and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Master’s Degree students.

Dates:

01/06/2023 - 31/05/2024

People reached:

40

% of participants from Local Board

80%

Promotion:

Our services and locations are listed on our website.  When services are undersubscribed, we then publicise them through newsletters and community contacts, such as schools and disability organisations in the areas.  We have a beautiful Thank You Wall at our Centre where the names of our sponsors are proudly displayed and this information is also included on our website and in our quarterly newsletter.  We also thank funders through social media posts and newsletter stories.  We would welcome the opportunity for local board members to visit our Centre or our Pukekohe satellite to see first-hand the benefits of what we do.

Community benefits

Identified community outcomes:

Each person’s music therapy goals are individual, focusing on: 
•           improved communication and learning 
•           increased independence and self-confidence  •   strengthened relationships and reduced isolation 
•           reduced anxiety and improved self-regulation 
 
In Raukatauri’s 2021 service evaluation survey, 99% of respondents agreed that music therapy helped clients to meet their goals. Respondents indicated that the top benefits of music therapy were self-expression, relationship building, self-confidence and improved social skills, all essential for community participation. Whānau provided these insights into the wider benefits of music therapy: 
 
‘Our son's music therapist has worked closely with us in setting goals, giving updates and working in with goals from other specialists. Our son absolutely loves his time with (the therapist) and we can really see improvement of goals that have been set.’ 
 
‘The therapist has built a great relationship with the young person and it has been great to hear how he has been progressing in the sessions. It has been great to offer therapy in school as this enhances school as a safe space.’ 
 
‘The boys are relationship building and are trying new things. It is a safe space where emotions can be felt and expressed and dealt with appropriately under thoughtful guidance.’

Alignment with local board priorities:

·     Our people are supported to actively contribute to their community and the places they live.

The Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre was founded as a place where people could feel a sense of belonging and community. In their music therapy sessions, our clients interact and communicate musically, expressing themselves in whatever way they can - using their body, voice or musical instruments. Our therapists use musical tools, such as improvisation, to enable our clients to communicate not just with their therapist but also with their family, community and the world around them. This chance to participate with others helps our clients connect, to feel valued and less isolated. Furthermore it gives them a sense of belonging, and enables them to become part of the wider community at large. Through our special and unique service, we promote an inclusive community which is vibrant, healthy and connected, and available for all those in need. We offer participation not only in the arts but also the wider community.

Collaborating organisation/individual

Role

Kaleidocare

Client referrals

Starship's Paediatric Palliative Care Team

Client referrals

Te Akonga Early Learning Centre

Client referrals

Demographics

Māori outcomes:

·     None identified

Accessible to people with disabilities

Yes - All our services are designed for individuals with disabilities. Our clients have a range of special needs, including cerebral palsy, autism, Down syndrome, traumatic brain injuries, dementia and mental health disorders. Whatever a client’s need or ability, they are able to participate in our service. For those clients in wheelchairs, all of our locations are fully accessible, but our provisions go far beyond that. We have specially designed and made instruments that allow even those with the smallest range of movement to make music. Our staff specialize in working with people with disabilities, creating a warm, welcoming and inclusive environment for all.

Healthy environment approach:

Encouraging active lifestyles including movement or fitness programmes

Raukatauri's music therapy sessions engage clients in all aspects of music, including movement and dance. While participants’ abilities to participate physically may be limited due to their disabilities, they are encourage to participate in any way that they can and to express themselves through movement and music as independently and creatively as possible.

Financial information

Amount requested:

$7051.00

Requesting grant for:

We ask clients to pay weekly fees based on scale. To remove financial barriers to our service these fees are heavily subsidised. With the salary costs to our music therapist, transportation expenses and rental for the space, these fees do not cover our outgoings. We are therefore seeking funding to cover the shortfall for this satellite service, namely the room rental fees, travel and staff costs. It is only through the support of grants such as this that we are able to truly achieve our mission of offering a quality, accessible music therapy service to all people, whatever their need.

If part funded, how would you make up the difference:

We would look for funding from other sources, but any contribution to underwrite the costs of this programme is gratefully received.

Cost of participation:

Yes. While our cost per session is approximately $140, whānau can pay as little as $6 per session based on their self-reported ability to pay.

Total expenditure

Total income

Other grants approved

Applicant contribution

$19924.00

$12873.00

$0.00

$0.00

Expenditure item

Amount

Amount requested from Local Board

Room rental

$1783.00

$1000.00

Transport costs

$5843.00

$2051.00

Music therapist costs

$9460.00

$4000.00

Admin overheads

$2838.00

$0.00

Income description

Amount

Client fees less 15% cancellation

$ 12873.00

Other funding sources

Amount

Current Status

None

$0.00

Donated materials

Amount

None

$0.00

Total number of volunteers

Total number of volunteer hours

Amount

None

$0.00

Additional information to support the application:

The re-establishment of services in Pukekohe would not only enable the return of our satellite services, but would also enable various communities in need to benefit, including:
- Kaleidoscope – a programme for young adults with Very High Needs
- Te Akonga Early Learning Centre -  a not for profit early childhood centre in Pukekohe 
- Home visit to client in Port Waikato referred by Starship’s Palliative Care team. With little access to support services these sessions  would be invaluable for someone with a life limiting illness
- Satellite sessions – individual clients undertaking sessions at a hired community venue

Funding history

Application ID

Project title

Round - Stage

Decision

Allocation

LG2318-213

Music Therapy for Students with Disabilities at Waiheke Island Schools

2022/2023 Waiheke Local Grant Round Two -  Submitted

Undecided

$0.00

LG2320-223

Essential equipment for The Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre in Grafton

2022/2023 Waitematā Local Grants, Round Two -  GA Assessment Completed

Undecided

$0.00

LG2302-233

Music Therapy for Students with Disabilities at Wilson School

2022/2023 Devonport Takapuna Local Grant Round Two -  SME assessment completed

Undecided

$0.00

ASF202323

2023 Waitematā Accommodation Support Fund -  GA Assessment Completed

Undecided

$0.00

LG2306-213

Music Therapy Satellite Service: Orewa

2022/2023 Hibiscus and Bays Local Grants, Round Two -  SME assessment completed

Undecided

$0.00

LG2319-230

Music Therapy Satellite Service: Titirangi

2022/2023 Waitākere Ranges Local Grants, Round Two -  Submitted

Undecided

$0.00

REGCD22_049

Music therapy services throughout the Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland region

Ngā Hapori Momoho - Thriving Communities Grant 2022/2023 -  Submitted

Undecided

$0.00

LG2309-141

Music Therapy at Māngere East Community Centre

2022/2023 Māngere-Otāhuhu Local Grants, Round One -  Project in progress

Approved

$1,914.00

LG2302-112

Music Therapy for Wilson School Students

2022/2023 Devonport Takapuna Local Grant Round One -  Project in progress

Approved

$2,000.00

LG2220-234

Essential equipment for the Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre in Grafton

2021/2022 Waitematā Local Grants, Round Two -  Project in progress

Approved

$2,000.00

LG2218-215

Music Therapy for Students with Disabilities at the Waiheke Schools

2021/2022 Waiheke Local Grant Round Two -  Acquitted

Approved

$3,925.00

ASF202232

2022 Waitematā Accommodation Support Fund -  Declined

Declined

$0.00

LG2219-216

Music Therapy Satellite Service: Titirangi

2021/2022 Waitākere Ranges Local Grants, Round Two -  Project in progress

Approved

$1,000.00

LG2120-231

Enhancement of Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre in Grafton

2020/2021 Waitematā Local Grants, Round Two -  Acquitted

Approved

$2,500.00

QR2101-317

Music Therapy for Owairaka District School

2020/2021 Albert Eden Quick Response Round Three -  Project in progress

Approved

$2,000.00

LG2118-221

Music Therapy for the Waiheke Schools

2020/2021 Waiheke Local Grant Round Two -  Acquitted

Approved

$2,500.00

LG2113-242

Music Therapy Satellite Service: Otara

2020/2021 Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Grants, Round Two -  Refund requested

Approved

$2,206.96

LG2106-244

Music Therapy Satellite Service: Orewa

2020/2021 Hibiscus and Bays Local Grants, Round Two -  Project in progress

Approved

$2,800.00

LG2103-220

Music Therapy Satellite Service: Pukekohe

2020/2021 Franklin Local Grant Round Two -  Declined

Declined

$0.00

ASF202116

2021 Waitematā Accommodation Support Fund -  Project in progress

Approved

$2,000.00

LG2119-213

Music Therapy Satellite Service: Titirangi

2020/2021 Waitākere Ranges Local Grants, Round Two -  Acquitted

Approved

$500.00

LG2102-217

Music Therapy for Wilson School Students

2020/2021 Devonport Takapuna Local Grant Round Two -  Project in progress

Approved

$2,000.00

Applications prior to the 2019/2020 financial year have all been accounted for and omitted from this summary

2022/2023 Franklin Discretionary Community Grants, Round Two           

QR2303-220

Special Olympics Counties

Legal status:

Charitable Trust

Activity focus:

Sport and recreation

Project: Assistance with venue hire and sport officials fees

Location:

Various sports venues within Pukekohe, including Franklin Pool & Leisure Centre and the Pukekohe Youth Centre.

Summary:

All our athletes have an intellectual impairment and, most are not able to work.
We are seeking assistance with venue hire costs so we can ensure continuity of our athletes training and competition program and also, assistance with basketball referees fees. The referees officiate at the basketball competition that SO Counties hosts.

Expertise:

Many of our coaches, team managers, volunteers and committee members have been with the Club for many years so we have the expertise to deliver quality training sessions and competition events. We always offer opportunities for our coaches to upskill themseves and are always willing to mentor when required.
We are also very proactive in up skilling our athlete leaders who not only assist during training sessions but can now manage event delivery.
We very much focus on our athletes abilities - not their disability!

Dates:

01/06/2023 - 31/05/2024

People reached:

17 active volunteers and 60 athletes

% of participants from Local Board

99%

Promotion:

Through Facebook, meeting minutes and during competitions.

Community benefits

Identified community outcomes:

A robust and regular sports training and competition program allows children and adults, who have an intellectual impairment, to participate and be involved in meaningful activities within their local community. Such a program cannot operate without local dedicated
volunteer coaches, team managers, officials, committee members, parents and general helpers who all come from within the community.
Athletes are able to follow their passions and attain their goals and, for coaches to do the same and give back to their community.
The program also provides the athletes with experiences that would be expected by everyone in the mainstream. While Special Olympics is first and foremost a sports organisation it also provides athletes with far more than the physical benefits of sport. It is about fun, friendships and team spirit; it is about a feeling of belonging, and ultimately improving quality of life. Special Olympics enables its athletes to achieve and win not only in sport but in life too. The power and joy of sport, shifts focus to what our athletes CAN do, not what they can't. Attention to impairments fades away. Instead, we see our athletes' talents and abilities -- and we applaud them for all that they can do.

Alignment with local board priorities:

·     Our people are supported to actively contribute to their community and the places they live.

Special Olympics Counties, based in Pukekohe, is a Club run by dedicated volunteers who
may be parents, care givers, siblings, friends or just sports lovers! It’s about fun, friendships
and team spirit; it’s about a feeling of belonging, and ultimately improving quality of life.
Special Olympics changes lives. Special Olympics New Zealand is first and foremost a sports
organisation for people with an intellectual disability, but it provides athletes with far more
than the physical benefits of sport. Special Olympics enables them to achieve and win, not
only in sport, but in life too.
Our Club offers 9 sports that our athletes train in weekly at local venues - Ten Pin, Indoor Bowls (which
is run at a mainstream club), Athletics (terms 1 & 4), Football (terms 2 & 3), Basketball,
Power lifting/Crossfit, Table Tennis, Snow Sports and Swimming. 
Once an athlete has been coming to training for a minimum of 10 weeks and is 8 or older,
they may have the opportunity to go to a Tier 1 competition day. This is an event where
they will compete in their chosen sport in divisions based on times, averages or distances
for ribbons. They LOVE ribbons #. Running an event this way is the way we make it a level
playing field for all athletes competing, so you may find that your athlete is competing in a
mixed gender event or against an athlete a lot older or younger than them, but they will all
be of a similar skill level.
Progression from a Tier 1 is to a Tier 2. These are 2-day events run as heats and finals and
the athletes are competing for medals and ribbons. For these we stay overnight as a team
and always have coaches and volunteers supporting based on a 1:4 ratio.
Progression from a Tier 2 event is to a Tier 3. This is our National Summer or Winter Games,
depending on the sports. Our most recent National Summer Games was in 2022, in Hamilton, where our athletes excelled in terms of medals and personal development.
Progression from a Tier 3 is to the ULTIMATE in Special Olympics being the World Summer
or Winter Games!! We are lucky enough to have one of our tenpin bowling athletes selected to be a member of the NZ Team attending the Special Olympics International World Summer Games, Berlin, 2023.
Through sport, athletes develop both physically and emotionally, they make new friends,
realise their dreams, and feel a sense of belonging within their community.

Collaborating organisation/individual

Role

Swimming Northland,  Auckland and Waikato

Officials

Franklin Basketball

Referees

Pukekohe Table Tennis

Coaches

Fortitude Fitness

Coaches

Pukekohe Cosmopolitan Club Tenpin Bowling

Venue

NZ Powerlifting Federation

Officials

Demographics

Māori outcomes:

·     None identified

Accessible to people with disabilities

Yes - Special Olympics is first and foremost the leading sports organisation worldwide for people with an intellectual
disability.
All our events revolve around a divisioning process where athletes of a similar ability are grouped together for competition thereby giving each athlete an opportunity to win.  We also provide specific events for wheelchair bound athletes and also allow some modifications to equipment and sports rules.
But our sports program provides athletes with far more than the physical benefits of sport. Special Olympics enables people to achieve and win, not only in sport, but in life too.

Healthy environment approach:

Promote smoke-free messages, Healthy options for food and drink, including water as the first choice, Encouraging active lifestyles including movement or fitness programmes

People with intellectual disabilities have more healthcare needs than the general population.
In addition, sometimes people with intellectual disabilities do not realise when they are
unwell and do not take appropriate action or seek medical care. By screening athletes at
events, we can help keep them healthy!
The Special Olympics Healthy Athletes initiative - Fit Feet, Opening Eyes, Special Smiles and Healthy Hearing - offers basic health screenings and services to athletes for free. These
services are delivered by qualified medical staff in a fun and welcoming way. This program
is offered at our Regional and National Games events throughout New Zealand and, the
world.
Through Healthy Athletes® screenings and services, athletes have improved health and
fitness. Not only do they have a healthier life all round, but they are better able to compete
in their sport.
Inclusive health means people with ID are able to take full advantage of the same health
programs and services available to people who do not have ID.
Finally, a condition of registration to Special Olympics is that smoking and alcohol are not
permitted under any circumstances.

Financial information

Amount requested:

$4070.00

Requesting grant for:

Our request is for venue hire costs, to cover both training and competition venues, and the cost in engaging referees from Franklin Basketball for the basketball competition we as a Club host.

If part funded, how would you make up the difference:

We will not discontinue any trainings or competitions.  Instead we will initiate further fundraising initiatives and/or dip into Club reserves.

Cost of participation:

We charge our athletes $3 per training session.

Total expenditure

Total income

Other grants approved

Applicant contribution

$4070.00

$9170.00

$0.00

$4070.00

Expenditure item

Amount

Amount requested from Local Board

Venue hire

$3570.00

$3570.00

Basketball referees

$500.00

$500.00

Income description

Amount

Various proposed fundraising initiatives

$ 4850.00

$3 per athlete per training session each week x 40 athletes = $4320.00

$ 4320.00

Other funding sources

Amount

Current Status

None

$0.00

Donated materials

Amount

None

$0.00

Total number of volunteers

Total number of volunteer hours

Amount

19

1100

$23265.00

Additional information to support the application:

Attached is this year's training schedule along with a letter of support from CLM Sport.

Funding history

Application ID

Project title

Round - Stage

Decision

Allocation

QR2203-117

Assistance with operational costs

2021/2022 Franklin Quick Response, Round One -  Grants refunded

Approved

$4,500.00

Applications prior to the 2019/2020 financial year have all been accounted for and omitted from this summary

2022/2023 Franklin Discretionary Community Grants, Round Two           

QR2303-221

Lions Club of Pukekohe Charitable Trust

Legal status:

Incorporated Society, Charitable Trust

Activity focus:

Community

Project: Pukekohe Plunket Plunket Clinic Car Seat Appeal

Location:

78 Nelson Street, Pukekohe 2120

Summary:

Purchase of children car seats for the local Pukekohe Plunket Clinic "for the health and wellbeing of tamariki under-five and their whānau"

Expertise:

Pukekohe Lions Club (Inc) have the manpower, planning and knowhow in fund raising in Pukekohe over 55 years

Dates:

17/11/2023 - 26/11/2023

People reached:

2000

% of participants from Local Board

2000%

Promotion:

Through funds held in the Clubs Trust accounts from annual Christmas Trees and Christmas Cakes sales

Community benefits

Identified community outcomes:

Pukekohe Plunket Clinic is the right place to facilitate the needs of mothers and babies to those who can not afford a car set for their clients children's safety as required by law when been transported in a motor vehicle

Alignment with local board priorities:

·     Our people are supported to actively contribute to their community and the places they live.

Following the success of our last year’s project “Christmas Tree Grotto project” held in the Franklin Town Hall, a vote was taken by the Members of the Pukekohe Lions Club to run another “Christmas tree Grotto project” to raise approximately $10,000 for the purchase of children car seats for the local Pukekohe Plunket Clinic "for the health and wellbeing of tamariki under-five and their whānau"
Pukekohe Plunket Clinic do not have the financial resources to purchase seats to those in need.

Collaborating organisation/individual

Role

Pukekohe Lions Club (Inc)

18

Demographics

Māori outcomes:

·     None identified

Accessible to people with disabilities

Yes - Handling of Car Seats will be made through the Pukekohe Plunket Clinic

Financial information

Amount requested:

$5233.98

Requesting grant for:

Venue Hire at The Pukekohe War Memorial Town Hall Main Hall

If part funded, how would you make up the difference:

Conduction Street/Business BBQ's with Donation Boxes

Cost of participation:

Door Donations

Total expenditure

Total income

Other grants approved

Applicant contribution

$5233.98

$10000.00

$0.00

$2000.00

Expenditure item

Amount

Amount requested from Local Board

Venue Hire

$5233.98

$5233.98

Income description

Amount

Cash Donations

$ 7000.00

Tree sales  to Business for Decorating

$ 3000.00

Other funding sources

Amount

Current Status

None

$0.00

Donated materials

Amount

Stands for Trees

$500.00

Total number of volunteers

Total number of volunteer hours

Amount

5

400

$8460.00

Additional information to support the application:

Yes 
(a) Letter from Pukekohe Plunket
(b) Screenshot from Pukekohe Lions Club 23/11/2022 acknowledging Franklin Local Board on last years success
(c) Screenshot 28/11/2023 on winners from last year

Funding history

Application ID

Project title

Round - Stage

Decision

Allocation

QR2203-212

LIONS STARSHIP HOSPITAL PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (PICU)

2021/2022 Franklin Quick Response, Round Two -  Project in progress

Approved

$2,859.00

Applications prior to the 2019/2020 financial year have all been accounted for and omitted from this summary

2022/2023 Franklin Discretionary Community Grants, Round Two           

QR2303-222

KOKAKO LODGE TRUST

Legal status:

Charitable Trust

Activity focus:

Sport and recreation

Project: To Purchase Laptop Computers for staff.

Location:

Kokako Lodge 235 Falls Road, Hunua

Summary:

We need to purchase new laptops for our staff so they can work more efficiently.
 They can also be taken home so that staff who are unwell or who have sick members of the family can continue to work. There have been many times over the last few years that staff have worked from home.

Expertise:

Our staff are used to using computer -  updated ones will make the job easier and quicker.

Dates:

12/06/2023 - 31/07/2023

People reached:

750

% of participants from Local Board

35%

Community benefits

Identified community outcomes:

Funding for essential equipment like laptops means that we can continue to support the AIMHI schools as well as other students from low decile schools.

Alignment with local board priorities:

·     Our people are supported to actively contribute to their community and the places they live.

Our leadership and skills programmes are designed to build confidence and personal growth and develop leadership skills. Many of the students have had life changing experiences that have helped them through schooling and to assist them into careers or further education. 
The laptops we are purchasing are needed by staff to design programmes .many individual to each group.  Keeping equipment up to date allows for a reduction in time spent. Many documents are stored int The Cloud. significantly reducing the amount of paper needed for stroing documents. .

Collaborating organisation/individual

Role

N/A

N/A

Demographics

Māori outcomes:

·     None identified

Accessible to people with disabilities

Yes - Computers are easily used by most people with physical, intellectual or sensory disabilities.

Healthy environment approach:

Promote smoke-free messages, Include waste minimisation (zero waste) messages, Healthy options for food and drink, including water as the first choice, Encouraging active lifestyles including movement or fitness programmes, Encourage the reduction of carbon emissions or increase community resilience to the impacts of climate change*

Our entire site is Smoke Free. There are many signs around to remind people. Healthy eating is part of the programme along with minimizing waste. We have also installed solar panels to generate electricity. Most groups are very active while they are staying with us and general fitness is encouraged.

Financial information

Amount requested:

$3750.00

Requesting grant for:

The purchase of 3 laptops

If part funded, how would you make up the difference:

We would seek funding from another source

Cost of participation:

no

Total expenditure

Total income

Other grants approved

Applicant contribution

$3750.00

$0.00

$0.00

$0.00

Expenditure item

Amount

Amount requested from Local Board

laptops

$3750.00

$3750.00

Income description

Amount

None

$0.00

Other funding sources

Amount

Current Status

None

$0.00

Donated materials

Amount

None

$0.00

Total number of volunteers

Total number of volunteer hours

Amount

None

$0.00

Funding history

Application ID

Project title

Round - Stage

Decision

Allocation

QR2203-217

Purchase a Television for digital and on line learning

2021/2022 Franklin Quick Response, Round Two -  Project in progress

Approved

$2,896.00

QR2103-325

Increase Safety Equipment

2020/2021 Franklin Quick Response Round Three -  Acquitted

Approved

$1,541.00

LG2114-223

Purchase a Smart 75 " TV

2020/2021 Papakura Local Grant, Round Two -  Declined

Declined

$0.00

LG2114-126

Update Safety Equipment

2020/2021 Papakura Local Grant, Round One -  Project in progress

Approved

$5,000.00

LG2103-128

Update Safety Equipment.

2020/2021 Franklin Local Grant Round One -  Acquitted

Approved

$3,081.00

Applications prior to the 2019/2020 financial year have all been accounted for and omitted from this summary

2022/2023 Franklin Discretionary Community Grants, Round Two           

QR2303-223

Communities Against Alcohol Harm Incorporated

Legal status:

Charitable Trust

Activity focus:

Community

Project: Communities Against Alcohol Harm: Bombay Navigation and Education

Location:

online and in person as needes

Summary:

Our project enables people to have their voices heard regarding the amenities in their community by educating them about the opportunities to engage with the licensing system in constructive ways and guiding them through the process in order to emphasise
community voices and concerns.

Expertise:

Communities Against Alcohol Harm has built up an extensive history of working alongside communities that wish to oppose alcohol licenses, or wish to ensure that current licensing requirements are met. We have supported Māori Wardens, assisting them in their alcohol related reporting, Māori Health Authorities that have an interest pushing back against the proliferation of alcohol outlets in communities, and groups of individuals who are simply fedup with disorderly behaviour, litter, and lack of safety that unrestricted alcohol access has brought to communities. Requests for assistance have come from the lower South Island, to the upper North Island, and across to Gisborne.

Dates:

01/06/2023 - 31/12/2023

People reached:

20-50

% of participants from Local Board

90%

Promotion:

We will acknowledge the board's contribution on our Facebook page and at public meetings.

Community benefits

Identified community outcomes:

There is often a knowledge divide between community members and the District Licensing Committee & alcohol retailers. Engaging with the alcohol licensing system require large personal resources in travel, time, and expertise in regulations and administrative
processes. Through education, building networks of people and sharing experiences, the Communities Against Alcohol Harm: Navigators engages with communities and teaches them the tools they need to have their voices heard and respected. We run seminars, build networks and conduct meetings both virtually and in person to build communities of interest. These strengthen ties between local community groups and members. Having input into decisions on the local amenities and surroundings increases community member's personal investment in local areas and feelings of ownership of their community. 
 
We have been approached by residents of Bombay and the Turehou, Pukekohe and Tuakau Māori Wardens for assistance in navigating the licensing process in order to address concerns that they have about the impact a proposed licensed premises is likely to have on their neighbourhood. Our goal is to work with these community members to achieve liquor licence conditions reflect their values.

Alignment with local board priorities:

·     Our people are supported to actively contribute to their community and the places they live.

Communities Against Alcohol Harm empowers community groups and members to advocate for surroundings and amenities that best suit them, their needs and aspirations. We connect with community groups who are concerned with the proliferation of alcohol retailers and alcohol advertising. We educate community groups on their rights under the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act (2012) and support them in working with the District Licensing Committees and alcohol retailers to achieve liquor licensing conditions that support local communities to have a healthy relationship with alcohol. We work with groups to ensure that licensed premises are well sited, have signage that is appropriate and licence conditions that are suitable for the location. This active participation in where and when alcohol is available, and how it it is advertised on external facades, builds community investment and pride in their local area.

Collaborating organisation/individual

Role

N/A

N/A

Demographics

Māori outcomes:

·    

Communities Against Alcohol Harm have an active working relationship with Māori Wardens, including Pukekohe and Tuakau Māori Wardens and work with them and Māori health authorities to ensure the that objections to alcohol licensing acknowledge the harms easy access to alcohol causes to Māori communities and that Māori Wardens are supported in their kaitiakitanga of their communities.

Accessible to people with disabilities

Yes - We use online resources and accessible meeting venues to ensure that disabled people will be able to participate and their concerns are represented.

Healthy environment approach:

Include waste minimisation (zero waste) messages, Healthy options for food and drink, including water as the first choice

At our events we do not allow smoking, and only promote healthy food and drink options. Additionally; reduced alcohol litter, increased recycling and decreased alcohol abuse all result from our project.

Financial information

Amount requested:

$9936.00

Requesting grant for:

We request funding to cover the cost of supporting Franklin community members with professional advice, and ongoing support & training to object to two liquor license renewals that they are concerned about. Framing objections to liquor licenses requires experience and expertise, both with the process and in understanding what can realistically be achieved.

If part funded, how would you make up the difference:

Time spent supporting the Franklin community would be reduced in line with the funding level available.

Cost of participation:

no

Total expenditure

Total income

Other grants approved

Applicant contribution

$9936.00

$0.00

$0.00

$0.00

Expenditure item

Amount

Amount requested from Local Board

Time spent supporting Franklin community members

$9936.00

$9936.00

Income description

Amount

None

$0.00

Other funding sources

Amount

Current Status

None

$0.00

Donated materials

Amount

None

$0.00

Total number of volunteers

Total number of volunteer hours

Amount

2

100

$2115.00

Funding history

Application ID

Project title

Round - Stage

Decision

Allocation

LG2318-217

Communities Against Alcohol Harm: Waiheke Monitoring and Navigation

2022/2023 Waiheke Local Grant Round Two -  Submitted

Undecided

$0.00

LG2314-259

Communities Against Alcohol Harm: Papakura Community Navigation and Education

2022/2023 Papakura Local Grant, Round Two -  Declined

Declined

$0.00

LG2311-255

Communities Against Alcohol Harm: Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Māori Wardens Support and Education

2022/2023 Maungakiekie-Tamaki Local Grant Round Two -  GA Assessment Completed

Undecided

$0.00

LG2306-236

Communities Against Alcohol Harm: Browns Bay Education and Navigation

2022/2023 Hibiscus and Bays Local Grants, Round Two -  SME assessment completed

Undecided

$0.00

LG2312-229

CAAH: Ōrakei Community Education

2022/2023 Ōrākei Local Grants, Round Two -  Submitted

Undecided

$0.00

LG2320-231

CAAH: Ponsonby & CCRG Navigation and Education

2022/2023 Waitematā Local Grants, Round Two -  GA Assessment Completed

Undecided

$0.00

LG2301-205

Communities Against Alcohol Harm: Education and Navigation

2022/2023 Albert Eden Local Grant Round Two -  Declined

Declined

$0.00

LG2310-363

Communities Against Alcohol Harm: Manurewa Māori Warden Support

2022/2023 Manurewa Local Grants Round Three -  Declined

Declined

$0.00

REGCD22_024

Communities Aganst Alcohol Harm: Monitoring and Navigation

Ngā Hapori Momoho - Thriving Communities Grant 2022/2023 -  Submitted

Declined

$0.00

QRTP2312-110

Community Navigator Project: Helping Communities to Navigate Alcohol Licensing

2022/2023 Ōrākei Quick Response and Tree Protection, Round One -  Declined

Declined

$0.00

QR2320-144

Community Navigator Project: Helping Communities to Navigate Alcohol Licensing

2022/2023 Waitematā Quick Response Grant, Round One -  Declined

Declined

$0.00

LG2310-232

Community Navigator Project: Helping Communities to Navigate Alcohol Licensing

2022/2023 Manurewa Local Grants Round Two -  Declined

Declined

$0.00

LG2310-118

Healthy communities through better knowledge.

2022/2023 Manurewa Local Grants Round One -  Declined

Declined

$0.00

MB2022-252

Community Navigator Project: Helping Communities to Navigate

2021/2022 Multi-board Local Grants Round Two -  Project in progress

Approved

$2,939.08

LG2207-166

Communities Against Alcohol Harm Ormiston Action Project

2021/2022 Howick Local Grants, Round One -  Declined

Declined

$0.00

LG2201-40

Communities Against Alcohol Harm Greenwoods Corner Action Project

2021/2022 Albert Eden Local Grant Round One -  Declined

Declined

$0.00

LG2220-146

CAAH Waitematā Community Networking

2021/2022 Waitematā Local Grants, Round One -  Declined

Declined

$0.00

LG2215-124

Communities Against Alcohol Harm Puketepapa Networking Project

2021/2022 Puketepapa Local Grant Round One -  Project in progress

Approved

$3,650.00

Applications prior to the 2019/2020 financial year have all been accounted for and omitted from this summary

2022/2023 Franklin Discretionary Community Grants, Round Two           

QR2303-224

Pasifika Digital Knowledge Trust

Legal status:

Incorporated Society

Activity focus:

Community

Project: Coordinating Community Well-being and Resilience Services and Programs

Location:

The Pasifika Digital Knowledge Bank l Level 2, 7 Hall Street, Pukekohe 2120

Summary:

The Coordinating Community Well-being and Resilience Services and Programs project aims to improve the quality of life of the community by offering a range of services that address their unique needs. This will be achieved by conducting a needs assessment, identifying and collaborating with community support agencies, resident groups, and marae, and developing a comprehensive program that includes mental health support, education, disaster preparedness, social and cultural events, and wellness programs. The project will recruit and train volunteers, develop a marketing and outreach strategy to promote the programs, and establish evaluation measures to assess the effectiveness of the programs and make improvements as needed. The project's success will depend on community participation, funding, and ability to recruit and retain volunteers.

Expertise:

The 2019 Ministry of Social Development Pacific Prosperity Strategy (PPS) and 2018 Pacific Aotearoa Lalaga Fou (PALGF) targets inspired the Akerei Mentoring Program.
PPS envisioned Pacific people, families, and communities thriving in Aotearoa. PALGF wants thriving Pacific cultures, languages, and identities, prosperous Pacific communities, healthy and resilient Pacific peoples, and confident, thriving, and resilient Pacific youth. .
The Akerei Mentoring Program aims to increase successful company ownership/self-employment in Maori and Pacific communities to boost economic success and individual and community wellbeing.

Dates:

10/04/2023 - 10/03/2023

People reached:

15

% of participants from Local Board

15%

Promotion:

We will acknowledge board's contribution for the project through social media, plaque or signage, our website and project reports.

Community benefits

Identified community outcomes:

By offering a range of services and programs, the project can help residents address their unique needs and build resilience, leading to improved well-being.
Through shared activities and events, the project can bring residents together, fostering a sense of community and social cohesion.
The project can help address gaps in services and programs available to the community, particularly for those who may not have access to such resources otherwise.
The project provides opportunities for community members to volunteer and get involved in their community, which can have a positive impact on their own well-being and the community as a whole.
The project can have a positive impact on the community, improving the quality of life for residents and contributing to a healthier, more resilient, and more connected community.

Alignment with local board priorities:

·     Our community support agencies, resident groups and marae are supported to co-ordinate or deliver a range of community wellbeing and resilience services and programmes.

Our community well-being and resilience services and programs that these groups could coordinate or deliver include:
 
Mental health support: This could include counseling, support groups, and workshops on topics such as stress management, mindfulness, and self-care.
 
Health and wellness programs: This could include fitness classes, healthy cooking workshops, and nutrition education.
 
Disaster preparedness and response: This could include emergency planning workshops, first aid training, and community emergency response teams.
 
Education and training: This could include literacy programs, vocational training, and workshops on financial management and budgeting.
 
Social and cultural events: This could include community celebrations, cultural festivals, and recreational activities such as sports leagues and arts and crafts classes.
 
By offering these types of services and programs, community support agencies, resident groups, and marae can help strengthen the social fabric of their communities and improve the quality of life for their residents.

Collaborating organisation/individual

Role

N/A

N/A

Demographics

Māori outcomes:

·    

Karakia, waiata, and haka could be added. Cultural understanding and Māori participation may result.
 
Kinship, hospitality, and stewardship can strengthen Māori community relationships (guardianship). The project team and Māori community might build trust and create more meaningful and durable results.
 
Empowering Māori Participants: Offering them leadership roles and project management input could empower them. This may promote project pride.
 
Te Reo Māori: Māori signage and marketing materials. This could boost everyday Te Reo Māori use and make Māori participants feel welcome.
 
. Traditional Māori medicine and culturally appropriate physical exercise may be included.

Accessible to people with disabilities

Yes - It will  be carried out at The Pasifika Digital Knowledge Bank, and has wheel chair facility for disabled people.
The project team can provide accessible communication methods, such as sign language interpretation or captioning for people with hearing impairments.
The project team could consult with disability groups or advocates to get input and feedback on how to make the project/activity more accessible.
The project team will use inclusive language that is accessible to people with different abilities.

Healthy environment approach:

Promote smoke-free messages, Include waste minimisation (zero waste) messages, Healthy options for food and drink, including water as the first choice, Encouraging active lifestyles including movement or fitness programmes, Encourage the reduction of carbon emissions or increase community resilience to the impacts of climate change*

The project can promote smoke-free messages through signage, social media, and other communication channels, encouraging participants to respect the health and well-being of others by refraining from smoking in project areas.
The project can include waste minimization messages, such as encouraging participants to bring reusable water bottles and providing recycling and composting facilities at project events.
The project can offer healthy food and drink options, such as water as the first choice, fresh fruit and vegetables, and whole-grain snacks, to promote healthy eating habits and reduce the consumption of sugary and processed foods.
The project can promote active lifestyles by offering movement or fitness programs and organizing community events that encourage physical activity, such as walks or bike rides.
The project can encourage the reduction of carbon emissions by increasing awareness of the impacts of climate change, promoting sustainable lifestyle choices, and implementing initiatives such as local food production, active transport options, and tree planting and streamside revegetation.

Financial information