Media release
2 September 2016

Auckland’s first living building gets a boost from Foundation North

Auckland’s first ‘living building’ is one step closer to construction with a grant of $20,000 from Foundation North, the community trust for Auckland and Northland. The building is an initiative of the Sustainable Coastlines Charitable Trust which is looking to construct the building for use as a flagship environmental education facility in Wynyard Quarter.

“We were pleased to receive a number of applications from Auckland and Northland’s environment and conservation groups,” Foundation Chief Executive Jennifer Gill said. “As the population of the region grows, the protection and restoration of natural habitats will be critical to sustaining regional biodiversity, as well as meeting our needs for places to reconnect to the natural environment. This was also the motivation behind our recent decision to create a special $5 million fund to support the exploration of innovative solutions to restore the health of the Hauraki Gulf and its islands.”

Other environment and conservation focused groups that received grants included Awhitu Peninsula Landcare Inc for eradicating mustelids, the Shakespear Open Sanctuary Society Inc for translocate Little Spotted Kiwis to Shakespear Regional Park and the Sea Cleaners Trust to run land and sea clean-up operations.

The grants were among 86 made to local and regional organisations in the Foundation’s Quick Response category for funding of up to $20,000. The grants totalled $766,000 and bring the total grants made by the Foundation for the year from April 2016 to $10,795,000.

Ms Gill says the five rounds of Quick Response Grants made by Foundation North each year are of high value to the not-for-profit applicants.

“Each year we receive approximately 800 applications for small grants for funding to support sports and recreation, arts events, community initiatives and programmes that need our support in the region. Our Quick Response Grants are perfect for groups who need an eight-week response to help them get the funding they need to help make change in their community.”

Applications for the Foundation’s next Quick Response Grant close on 10th October 2016.

List of Quick Response Grants from round 3:

Participation

Air Training Corps - No 40 Squadron $500
Auckland Region Outrigger Canoe Association Inc $10,000
Auckland Secondary Schools Music Festival Trust $10,000
Auckland Youth Choir (Inc) $11,000
Aupouri Rugby Football & Sports Club Inc $11,000
Congregational Christian Church of Samoa (Otahuhu) Trust Board Holding Trust $20,000
Connect The Dots Charitable Trust $14,500
Dolphin Theatre Inc $10,000
East City Community Trust $8,000
Forrest Hill Milford United Football Club Inc $5,000
Grey Lynn Park Festival Trust $10,000
Hibiscus Coast Music Society Inc $2,000
Hokianga Arts Community Trust $2,000
Kaiwaka Sports Association Inc. $1,500
Mangere East After School Care, Community Education, And Study Trust $20,000
McCahon House Trust $20,000
New Zealand Asia Trust $10,000
New Zealand Singing School Trust $5,000
Northland Paraplegic & Physically Disabled Association Inc $16,000
NZ Barok Inc. $10,000
NZ Contemporary Art Trust $20,000
NZ Sculpture OnShore Ltd $5,000
OnBoard Skate NZ Inc. $6,000
Orff New Zealand Aotearoa Inc (ONZA) $5,000
Point Chevalier Amateur Athletics Club Incorporated $2,500
Rangmanch of New Zealand Inc. $10,000
Show Me Shorts Film Festival Trust Board $15,000
South Auckland Woodturners Guild Inc $2,000
Tamaki Makaurau Maori Hockey Inc $3,000
Te Puu Ao Trust $20,000
The Auckland Diving Community Trust Board $5,000
The Auckland Film Society Inc. $10,000
The Graduate Choir NZ Trust $5,000
The New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) $2,000

People

Age Concern Whangarei (Inc) $20,000
Aotea Family Support Group Charitable Trust $20,000
Association for Spinal Concerns Inc $15,000
Auckland Asthma Society Inc. $20,000
Auckland District Kidney Society Inc. $20,000
Auckland Speech and Drama Competition Society Inc $2,000
Auckland Women's Health Council Inc. $3,000
Communicare-Civilian Maimed Association (Auckland) Inc. $20,000
Family Start Manukau $16,000
Grow New Zealand Inc. $15,000
Hibiscus Coast Youth Council Inc. $20,000
HIPPY Wesley Puketapapa Charitable Trust $14,500
Infinite Scope Trust $4,800
Kaitaia Group of Riding for the Disabled Association Inc. $5,800
Kidz Social Services Charitable Trust $10,000
Kohanga Reo - Te Piri O Waimirirangi $9,000
Kokako Lodge Trust $15,000
Korean Positive Ageing Charitable Trust $10,000
Mahu Vision Community Trust $10,000
Maungarei Community Christian Trust $5,000
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Auckland and the North Shore Inc $20,000
New Vision Charitable Trust Board in New Zealand $5,000
Ngati Hau Health and Social Services Inc $10,000
Northland Multiple Sclerosis Society Inc $17,000
Onehunga Chinese Association Inc $3,000
Parent Aid Central West Auckland Inc. $14,000
Parent Aid Waitakere Inc $20,000
Pukekohe Community Action Charitable Trust $10,000
Rawiri Residents Association Incorporated $12,000
Rodney Aphasia Group Inc $2,200
South Kaipara Men's Trust $10,000
Te Karanga Charitable Trust $20,000
Te Kopuru Playcentre $10,000
The Kauri Trust $20,000
The Northland Out of School Care and Recreation Network Inc $3,000
The Upside Downs Education Trust $10,000
Waiheke Adult Literacy Inc. $20,000
West Auckland Mental Health Support Trust $10,000
Whangarei Anglican Care Trust $19,900

Places

Auckland Central Sports Trust $20,000
Awhitu Peninsula Landcare Inc $9,500
Counties Tennis Association $20,000
Huia Cornwallis Ratepayers and Residents Association Inc. $6,500
Mid Western Rugby Union and Squash Club Inc. $5,000
Northern Wairoa A & P Association Inc. $5,000
Parnell Heritage Inc. $2,000
Piha Community Centre Society Inc $20,000
Sea Cleaners Trust $9,000
Shakespear Open Sanctuary Society Incorporated $20,000
Sustainable Coastlines Charitable Trust $20,000
The Belmont Park Racquets Club Inc $10,000
Titirangi Badminton Club Inc. $15,000

For the full grants list, please go to our website.

ENDS

Background
Foundation North holds in trust for the Auckland and Northland communities an endowment, or putea, of over a billion dollars. This comes from the sale of the community’s shares in what was previously the Auckland Savings Bank. That endowment allows us to make millions of dollars in grants each year to not-for-profit groups in Auckland and Northland. This means we can support major community events, projects and facilities and not-for-profit organisations for a long time to come.

© Scoop Media