Auckland Council -funding opportunities supporting arts and culture
Auckland Council offers a range of funding opportunities supporting arts and culture delivery – open now, closing from early-February 2016.
Open now, in order of closing dates:
- Regional Event Fund Round 2 – Strategic Priorities, closing Monday 15 February 2016 at 5pm
- Auckland Mayoral Writers Grant, closing Friday 19 February 2016 at 5pm
- Creative Communities Scheme, closing Friday 26 February 2016 at 5pm
- Regional Arts and Culture Grants Programme, closing Friday 4 March 2016
- Local board grants – 21 local boards with various closing dates from early February 2016
Advance notice:
- Accommodation support fund 2016/17 (Albert-Eden and Waitematā local boards), opening in February 2016
If you’re not sure which fund to apply to, read the information about the fund first, then contact our team in our shared mailbox . We will connect you to the right team in council. We are also available to provide advice. We are back in the office on 6 January 2016.
Regional Event Fund Round 2 – Strategic priorities focusses on
- Māori Events – celebrating Māori culture, or involving significant participation or attendance by Māori
- Youth events – involving g significant participation or attendance by youth
- Low season events – occurring in the months May–September
- Diverse communities – providing an opportunity to showcase cultures and communities to a wider Auckland audience
Arts and culture festivals are events. David McIntosh, Senior Advisor – Events, is happy to answer your questions about this funding round. Here is the link to the form and more detailed information: http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/newseventsculture/communityfundingsupport/Pages/findagrant.aspx#303
Auckland Mayoral Writers Grant: The mayor requests proposals for a quality new text work about living in Auckland. The work may be in English, Te Reo or a combination of the two languages. Text work encompasses poetry, short story, novel, novella, script (theatre, film), children’s fiction, graphic fiction, graphic non-fiction, non-fiction, essay or other nominated literary form. Here is the link to the form and information, including the previous recipient:
Creative Communities Scheme supports arts-focussed projects with community engagement.
Here is the link to the form and information, including previously funded projects: http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/newseventsculture/communityfundingsupport/grantsfunding/Pages/findagrant.aspx#277
Arts-focussed projects must start after 1 May 2016 and do at least one of the following:
- Participation: create opportunities for local communities to engage and participate in local arts activities
- Diversity: support the diverse artistic cultural traditions of local communities
- Young people: enable young people (under 18) to engage and participate in the arts*
Do read the Guide for applicants (PDF 65KB) written by Creative New Zealand. It gives:
- examples of projects that can get CCS funding
- types of projects that cannot get CCS funding
- costs that are supported
- costs that cannot be supported.
*Schools update: Creative New Zealand has updated guidelines for projects in schools to take into account co-curricular activity which may be eligible for funding. Letter required – applications for projects in schools that meet criteria require a letter from the school principal verifying that the activity or project is not part of the school’s curriculum and teaching programme, has not been identified by teachers as an activity they would offer students themselves and is not primarily a vehicle for assessment.
Regional Arts and Culture Grants Programme activates Toi Whītiki (PDF 9.3MB) with grants for
- Audience Development and Programme, and/or
- Business and capacity development, or
- Strategic relationship
You may be a community organisation, a commercial entity or an individual artist. The service, project or activity must primarily address regionally determined priorities, be regional in terms of scale and/or significance and/or regional in terms of impact and/or reach. Applications are evaluated against the Arts and Culture Regional Assessment Matrix (PDF 204KB).
Here is the link to the form and more detailed information: http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/newseventsculture/communityfundingsupport/Pages/findagrant.aspx#308
Local board grants support local delivery to local board priorities which include arts and culture activity. Search council’s Find a grant http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/newseventsculture/communityfundingsupport/Pages/findagrant.aspx for 21 local boards’ grant programmes. These grants are administered by the community funding team. Contact
Accommodation support fund: Albert-Eden and Waitematā local boards for community organisations, opening in February 2016 for the financial year 1 July 2016-30 June 2017. Administered by the community funding team, , information will be available closer to opening time.
Project reporting and eligibility
Thank you to all our successful applicants who have provided project reports. Your reporting supports the value of the funding schemes enabling your activity. To be eligible for future funding, a project report is required within 2 months of delivery of your project. If you have not done so, please complete your project report before Friday 12 February, ahead of applications closing. We are undertaking an audit of reporting.
Toi Whītiki was officially launched on 15 December 2015. In his address Mayor Len Brown said:
“Our strength is our cultural diversity. Toi Whītiki commits Auckland Council, the creative sector and the community to harness this potential over the next 10 years as we work to make Auckland the world’s most liveable city.”
Submissions re minimum housing standards in rental properties
You can help New Zealand children live in better quality rental housing!
NZCCSS has teamed up with ActionStation, Unicef, CPAG and Sustainability Trust to create a simple way for you to make a submission on what the minimum housing standards in rental properties should be.
We know the quality of housing plays an important role in children’s health and well-being.
We also know many lives, especially those of young children, would be saved if we had decent standards for rental housing in New Zealand.
NZCCSS supports legislation to raise housing standards but believes the standard proposed in the Bill is set too low to make any real difference.
You can make a submission on this Amendment Bill either as an individual or organisation. Submit on minimum housing standards here.
Submissions are due 27 January 2016
For more information about the Bill go to NZCCSS Posts:
Part time Administrator wanted- Auckland Women's Centre
The Auckland Women’s Centre is a vibrant feminist community agency providing a range of well-being services and programmes for women and girls. We also work in collaboration with other women’s groups to encourage community development initiatives and to advocate collectively for women’s rights.
The role
We are looking for a person who is passionate about bookkeeping and administration. The applicant will have experience in administering a small office and in bookkeeping, including experience in MYOB Accounting and Payroll systems. Please see attached job description.
Part time: A total of twenty hours per week, worked over three or four days. One of these days will be a Tuesday, so that she can attend our weekly staff meetings.
Interview Date: Job interviews will take place on Friday 12 February.
Start date- as soon as possible.
Salary and conditions: $26.00 – $28.00 per hour, depending on experience; with a salary and performance review in six months.
We provide a warm and collegial working environment and five weeks annual leave.
Applications
Please supply a covering letter, a copy of your curriculum vitae and a completed application form providing two verbal referees which must reach or the Centre at 4 Warnock St, Grey Lynn before 10am, Tuesday 9 February.
Please note: No application will be considered without a covering letter and a completed Application Form
Matariki Festival 2016 - Call for Submissions
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
CLOSING DATE 5TH FEBRUARY 2016
INTRODUCTION
Matariki Festival heralds the Māori New Year in Tāmaki Makaurau.It is New Zealand’s premier Māori Winter Festival that provides a window into Te Ao Māori through stories, entertainment, discussions, performance, food and art.
The festival provides an opportunity to create an environment where communities can come together to reflect and celebrate our unique Māori tikanga as they relate to the season of Matariki.
Matariki Festival 2016 will take place between Saturday 18th June and Sunday 17th July 2016.
CRITERIA
To have your project/event considered for Matariki Festival 2016 please fill in the event submission form and return it by 10pm 5 February 2016 to
Your project/event must be held within festival dates 18 June to 17 July 2016 and align to at least one of the following programme categories
- Tangata Whenua (Indigenous People of the land)
- Taiao (Environment)
- Mātauranga (Knowledge)
- Whakangahau (Performance)
- Ngā Mahi Toi (The Arts)
Please note: This is an opportunity to have your project or event included in the regional Matariki 2016 programme and to be promoted widely as part of that programme. It is not a contestable funding round. However, Auckland Council offers a range of funding opportunities supporting arts and culture delivery – open now. In order of closing dates these are –
- Regional Event Fund Round 2 – Strategic Priorities, closing Monday 15 February 2016 at 5pm
- Auckland Mayoral Writers Grant, closing Friday 19 February 2016 at 5pm
- Creative Communities Scheme, closing Friday 26 February 2016 at 5pm
- Regional Arts and Culture Grants Programme, closing Friday 4 March 2016
- Local board grants – 21 local boards with various closing dates from early February 2016
Other funding opportunities include
CONTACT INFORMATION
Jennice Stringer – Matariki Festival Submissions Coordinator
Auckland Council – Arts & Culture
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 09 301 0101
Toi Whītiki weaves Auckland's creative strands together
Toi Whītiki has been chosen as the name for Auckland’s Arts and Culture Strategic Action Plan to recognise the important role culture and the creative sector plays in bringing the city together now and in the future.
“Toi” means “to walk on, march together” and also “the arts” in general. “Whītiki” translates as – to weave the strands together.
Toi Whītiki was officially launched on December 15, at the St James Theatre. In his address Mayor Len Brown said:
“Our strength is our cultural diversity. Toi Whītiki commits Auckland Council, the creative sector and the community to harness this potential over the next 10 years as we work to make Auckland the world’s most liveable city,”
Councillor Alf Filipaina thanked all those involved, particularly the many arts and culture stakeholders who contributed to the Plan, and expressed his delight at the council/creative sector partnership.
“Auckland is an exciting place to live right now. There’s no place in the world like it. Toi Whītiki puts down on paper where we need to head. This is just the beginning and we’ll only get there through strong partnerships between mana whenua, multicultural communities, Council, Creative New Zealand, our great facilities and of course the artists.”
Over 800 individuals and organisations, from the Auckland Art Gallery to grassroots community groups, were consulted and participated in the drafting of Toi Whītiki. You helped decide what the arts and culture priorities are for our region and indicated how you might help to make arts and culture part of Aucklanders’ everyday lives.
A link to Toi Whītiki is attached for your reference. Please share it.
I, Too, Am Auckland
The University is a mainstream space and for me being brown, it automatically marginalises me, and that comes about through the things we teach, how we teach, the way we talk, the way we learn. We need to realise that this university was built on coloniser values.” – Atelaite Mapa (video participant)
I, Too, Am Auckland is a student-run initiative based on a Polynesian, Māori and wider university community collective. I, Too, Am Auckland is set to release a series of four new videos on 19 January 2016 at Waipapa Marae. This video release follows on from last year’s social media campaign that was aimed at raising awareness in relation to racism. This year’s video release will focus on the power of conversation as a tool for addressing racism. The videos feature University of Auckland student participants speaking about their personal experiences of racism within their lives and during their tertiary study. The evening will also feature a panel of politicians, academics, community leaders and students who will be discussing important issues relating to racism within our communities.
Confirmed panelists for the evening include:
Marama Davison, Green Party MP.
Fa’anana Efeso Collins, Otara community leader.
Suzanne Woodward, Associate Professional Teaching Fellow.
Camille Nakhid, Associate Professor at Auckland Universtiy of Technology.
The student team who worked on this latest round of videos for I, Too, Am Auckland is comprised of:
George Tereapii Grieg a third year law and arts student, who was born in Rarotonga Cook Islands and is Cook Island Māori and New Zealand European.
Arthur Ung who was born in New Zealand and whose parents come from Hong Kong and Vietnam. He studies law and arts, majoring in sociology and economics.
Todd Karehana who is Māori, studying a Masters in screen production.
Julie Zhu who is Chinese and finished studying her Honours degree in screen production.
Chloe Manga who is Māori from Te Rarawa and Ngāti Kahu and finished studying a law and arts degree majoring in film, tv and media studies and Māori studies.
Jade Newton, Māori from Ngāti Kahu and Ngā Puhi who just completed a law and arts conjoint degree.
I, Too, am Auckland is a grass-roots collective dedicated to promoting healthy cross-racial dialogue about racism at the University of Auckland in order to create a better environment for students who come from marginalised ethnic identities. The collective also aims to raise awareness and implement effective social change. Support for this effort has been provided by the Auckland Communities Foundation. All are welcome to attend.
Is sexism increasing in New Zealand?
Pay differences between men and women will be examined over summer in the University of Auckland’s School of Psychology.
‘Examining the gender-based pay gap: Are women more likely to be paid less than men in certain occupations?’ will be investigated by five psychology students selected for a Summer Research Scholarship.
They will be among nearly 500 students who will form a community of scholars at the University of Auckland over the next two months conducting research under the supervision of academics.
Their supervisors, Danny Osborne and Chris Sibley from the School of Psychology, say the research will contribute to an understanding of the current state of inequality in New Zealand.
“Recent studies have shown that inequality is on the rise in New Zealand and around the globe, and we know this has negative consequences for everyone’s health. In short, inequality is bad for society. Moreover, in terms of the values that Kiwis hold dear, inequality threatens some of our basic principles of fairness,” Danny says.
The students will analyse data from the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study, a 20-year longitudinal national probability study of social attitudes, personality and health outcomes conducted by the School of Psychology. The NZAVS is led by Dr Chris Sibley, and is unique to New Zealand.
Using this existing data the students will examine how pay differences between men and women, by occupation, have changed over a six year period. The data analyses will reveal if the pay gap is getting larger over time, and if differences exist in the size of this gap across industries.
Participants in the NZAVS are aged from 18 and all the way up to 80s and 90s, so it will cover inequality at various stages of people’s careers from 2009 to 2015.
“With over 15,000 participants in the NZAVS, data entry is a huge part of the task for our summer research scholars, but they will be contributing to some important understandings about where New Zealand society is at when it comes to gender inequality in the workplace.”
Summer scholar Melissa Sare, 20, says she is looking forward to gaining an understanding of how research is conducted in a university setting, while contributing to awareness of gender discrimination in New Zealand.
“I think this is important work because such research affects all New Zealanders. It was also a great way to fill in the long summer break,” she says.
The other students selected for the research are Sarah Christiansen, Sonali Dutt, Harrison Steiner-Fox and Helena Newton. They will also work with PhD student Yanshu Huang.
Monitoring places of detention 2015- NZ Human Rights Commission Media Release
Monitoring places of detention 2015
This year the predominant findings of agencies monitoring places of detention in New Zealand is that the mental health of a substantial number of detainees is at risk of worsening while they are under state care.
Chief Human Rights Commissioner David Rutherford, speaking as Chair of the National Preventative Mechanism, says the combination of lack of proper attention to mental health and an inability of many staff to cope with the mental health needs of detainees means the government is not consistently providing the care that people have a right to receive.
When a state deprives people of their liberty it has the responsibility to ensure that they receive adequate treatment for all their health needs, including mental health and that the conditions under which they are detained does not injure their health,” Mr Rutherford said.
“New Zealand is experiencing a crisis in regard to managing mental health needs of detainees. Various monitoring visits found unsuitable environments for people with mental health issues particularly in Police custodial facilities, in youth justice and care and protection residences,” he said.
The Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) has again found that the number of people in Police detention that suffer from mental impairment, including alcohol and drug dependency is alarming, putting considerable pressure on staff. Mental health related calls for assistance to the Police has increased 350 percent over the last 20 years and incidents involving threatened or attempted suicide attempts by 800 percent.
Its review of police custodial management focused on problems with the way in which people suffering from mental health related distress are dealt with in police custody. It found that the police custodial environment is an entirely inappropriate environment to hold such persons when they have not committed an offence but instead have been detained for assessment as a result of a mental health crisis.
“This is an inappropriate way to treat such people. It can be traumatic for them and exacerbate their mental health condition,” Mr Rutherford said.
“The Ministry of Health must continue to work with Police to develop working practices so that people who need a mental health assessment do not end up detained in Police cells for that purpose.”
Privacy also remains an issue in some detention environments. The Office of the Ombudsman has found that there still is a lack of minimum privacy in some of the prisons it visited. Camera surveillance of toilet and shower areas in some prisons remains an issue. The inspections over the year also observed that unlock periods for youth in particular can be too short.
Both the Ombudsman’s Office and the Office of the Children’s Commissioner have found that our youth facilities have many areas in need of development.
“Some have rundown environments, there is a lack of direction for youth justice facilities, there are issues with children and young people lacking confidence in the complaint system and there is a lack of staff capacity and capability to assist children that need counselling and specialist mental health support,” Mr Rutherford said.
The Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) 2015 report is here
ENDS.
Media enquiries contact: Human Rights Commission, communications adviser, Karen Coltman: 021 574 156 or IPCA Group Manager Operations, Warren Young: 021 557 783.
Editor’s notes:
For information about the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture visit:
The National Monitoring Mechanism is:
the Ombudsmen: prisons, health & disability, Immigration, children & young persons’ residences
the Independent Police Conduct Authority: police custody
the Children’s Commissioner: children & young persons’ residence
The Inspector of Service Penal Establishments: Defence Force.
The Human Rights Commission has a coordination role as the Central NPM with responsibilities for coordination, reports, systemic issues and liaison with the UN.
SHANTI NIWAS EMERGENCY HOUSING PILOT PROJECT
Shanti Niwas is happy to announce the opening of ‘Shanti Niwas Emergency Housing (SNEH)’
SNEH will provide Emergency shelter for the senior citizens, from the Indian and South Asian community who are in an abusive environment, at risk of being abused, or in dire need of emergency housing.
Shanti Niwas has been in the fore front of providing various culturally appropriate services for the enhancement and wellbeing of the older people of Indian and South Asian origin living in Auckland region since 1994.
In 2012 KHUSHI – Elder Abuse and Neglect Prevention project was started, to recognize, prevent and respond to abuse and neglect of older people and ensure their wellbeing. While delivering its services, Shanti Niwas noticed the need of providing short / long term shelter for the seniors in abusive situations or in dire need of housing in our community.
The main objective of this shelter is to provide a safe and secure environment to our elders in such situations. Clients will be housed for an initial period of three weeks, with a maximum stay of three months. The initial period of three weeks will be used to provide breathing space for families as well as enable our Social workers to assess and identify suitable programmes for arriving at positive outcomes for the elderly.
Our first option would be to get our elders back to their families, however if moving back with the family is just not an option then we will look into alternative long-term arrangement. Shanti Niwas will assist its clients by providing ongoing counselling and mediation services. Our Social workers will work with the clients and help them with the process of resettlement. Shanti Niwas proposes to charge a small fee to the clients to defray a part of the expenses incurred in running and maintaining the SNEH facilities. SNEH at this stage will not cater to clients with high medical needs due to lack of resources.
Dosti Visiting service of Shanti Niwas will supplement the rehabilitation / resettlement of the client after discharge.
Dosti is a befriending volunteer service where the volunteer visits elders who live alone or with partners and are house bound or socially isolated from community either due to ill health, age, mobility, culture or other issues.
Caregiver – Trained In-house caregiver will assist the clients in the facility.
CRITERIA
60 years+
Indian and South Asian origin
Clients without high health needs
SNEH is open for admission.
Interested persons may contact Nilima Venkat, Project Manager, or by telephone 096221010 Mob: 0212028406
Vijay Viswanathan, Volunteer coordinator, SNEH project Mob: 02108750936,
Email:
Draft Incorporated Societies Bill has been released for comment – have your say
On 10 November the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Hon Paul Goldsmith, released an Exposure Draft of a new Incorporated Societies Bill, together with a request for submissions.
The closing date for submissions is Thursday 30 June 2016. All submissions should be sent to . Any queries should be sent to the same email address.
Further information and all relevant documents can be found on the Ministry of Business Innovation and Enterprise website.
What does this mean for registered charities?
Around 7,000 registered charities are also incorporated societies, so may need to make changes to their rules, depending on the legislation, and when it is enacted.
It is important for registered charities to understand the intended timeline arising from this legislative change. The timeline involves:
- A revised Bill based on submissions received will be introduced into Parliament in 2017 and hopefully enacted in 2018.
- After the new Bill is passed, it is intended that current incorporated societies will have up to four years to amend their rules to ensure they comply with the requirements of the new Act. Registered charities may have to change their constitutions.
- It will be at least four years from the date of enactment before the new Act is fully brought into effect. This may well be in 2022.
The timeline shows the changes will take time and therefore charities will not have to review their constitutions until the final form of the Incorporated Societies Act becomes clearer.