Youth grants announced
The first Youth Health and Development grants have been announced, with seven organisations sharing $2.2 million in funding.
Trustline, November 2010
Launched at the begining of 2010, the fund aims to support and strengthen community organisations working to improve health and social outcomes for young people in the Auckland and Northland regions.
It is aimed at community organisations delivering initiatives to improve health and social outcomes for young people aged 12-24. These initiatives will focus on youth development, health promotion and prevention.
The seven organisations being funded this year are:
- Home and Family Counselling, for its Creating Respectful Relationships and Life Skills programmes
- Refugees as Survivors New Zealand, for its programme targeting refugee youth
- Silver Fern Motorsport Charitable Trust, which will build life skills among at-risk West Auckland youth
- Youthline Auckland Charitable Trust, to launch youth health councils across the region
- YWCA Auckland, for its Future Leaders programme
- South Kaipara Men’s Trust, to develop a youth support service in the Kaipara
- Te Awaroa Youth Club Trust, for its Youth Vision programme in Helensville.
Health sector Grants Advisor Shalini Pillai says most of the groups will be funded for several years, giving them financial certainty for their programmes.
“This is a new and very different way of working with the community,” she says. “The Trust will support a few organisations, but fund them well. Support can include multi-year funding, as well as project development and evaluation planning.”
Applications close on February 1 each year and an initial decision is made in early June, when those ‘approved in principle’ move to stage two. Final funding decisions are announced in November.
During stage two a rigorous assessment occurs, with applicants joining in workshops and undertaking capacity development work to ensure they can deliver on an on-going basis.
“I really encourage people to contact me and discuss their plans well before the closing date,or attend the information sessions in December” says Shalini.
The Trust will hold two information session about the fund in December. The Whangarei session will run from 11.30am-1.30pm on 8 December, in the ASB Leisure Centre’s ASB Lounge on Western Hills Drive. The Auckland session will run from 9.30-11.30am on 10 December in the Fickling Centre’s Hillsborough Room, 546 Mt Albert Road, in Three Kings.
Please RSVP to info@ASBCommunityTrust.org.nz and let us know which session you will attend.