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Council grants help communities prepare
NEWS RELEASE
20 December 2011
Council grants help communities prepare
‘Fire Engine Day’ – an event with fire engines, ambulances, police cars and doctor and nurse dress-ups – is set to come to Hataitai early next year thanks to a Community Preparedness Grant from Wellington City Council.
Organised by the Royal New Zealand Plunket Society (RNZPS), Rongotai Branch – this is one of the first groups to receive a Community Preparedness Grant, a new grant established by the Council in October.
Council Grants Subcommittee Chair Councillor Stephanie Cook says ‘Fire Engine Day’ is “an inspired way to bring the community together while raising awareness about the kinds of things that could happen.
“I was in Christchurch only recently, and having seen how things are still, I can safely say that you cannot be prepared enough.
“Community groups are already making a huge effort in their neighbourhoods to encourage people to get to know one another and become aware of their strengths and vulnerabilities. These grants can help boost their work, while also making us aware of what is going on at a community level,” says Cr Cook.
Other organisations to receive a Community Preparedness grants allocation for this round include:
• Mt Cook Mobilised, who plan to host a
series of information-sharing presentations and encourage
activities for Neighbours Day Aotearoa next year
• New
Crossways Community Trust, who will publish instruction kits
for street reporters to refer to in case of an emergency.
Each street in Mt Victoria has been assigned a reporter who
will be able to check every house on their street to check
that everyone is okay and see if any special assistance is
needed.
The General Grants for this round have also been
announced. One of the recipients is the Suzanne Aubert
Compassion Centre, who operate the soup kitchen on Tory
Street. The centre plans to offer a ‘digital storytelling
workshop’ for eight of their customers, which will give
them an opportunity for creative self-expression – and the
chance to be seen and heard by others in the community.
Centre Manger Philippa Meachen says the workshop will be led by Digital Storytelling Aotearoa.
“It will be a collaborative project with Wellington Information Communication Technology (ICT), who have generously offered their support with computer facilities, technical support and volunteers. We are thrilled with their support and that of the Council in funding the project.”
Another project that received funding is a collaboration by Cuba Creative, Downstage and Random Films, who plan to create a live magazine-format show for an online audience. The goal is to showcase Wellingtonians’ creativity, create conversation and celebrate Wellington’s essence by focusing on arts, culture and lifestyle.
The Council is encouraging everyone in Wellington to get to know their neighbours and to take time to celebrate together during Neighbours Day Aotearoa (24-25 March 2012). Information on Neighbours Day and Wellington City Council grants can be found on the Council’s website, Wellington.govt.nz, or people can phone the Council on 499 4444.
The next round of Community Preparedness Grants and the General Grants Pool close on 30 March 2012.
ENDS
Wellington City Council
Community Preparedness Grant
allocations
October 2011
round
| Organisation name | Project description | Amount granted |
| Breaker Bay & Moa Point Progressive Association | community choir sessions at the Breaker Bay Hall | $3400 |
| Island Bay Enhancement Trust | a relaxed morning aimed at Island Bay's senior citizens to impart community preparedness knowledge, formulate new friendships and answer questions | $400 |
| Kae Miller Trust | the Houghton Valley Project – a range of communications activities, resources and a specific event | $4715 |
| Massey University | gardening workshops at the pop-up garden in Kilbirnie | $1642 |
| Mt Cook Mobilised (under Newtown Residents’ Association) | building neighbourhood ties within the Mt Cook community | $1450 |
| New Crossways Community Trust | increase community resilience and emergency preparedness by publishing instruction kits for an existing team of street reporters to refer to during a civil defence emergency | $800 |
| Newtown Residents’ Association – Newtown Festival | Newtown Garden Club | $500 |
| Newtown Residents’ Association – Newtown Festival | Carrara Park neighbourhood picnic | $700 |
| Nga Hau E Wha o Papararangi Society Inc | celebration for Neighbours Day; holding a special day for the local community to discuss and understand their needs in the event of an emergency | $585 |
| Ribble Street Orchard (under Island Bay Enhancement Trust) | plant fruit trees on all easements currently empty in Ribble Street. Residents of the street to organise community days for tending and harvesting of trees via work parties | $2000 |
| Royal NZ Plunket Society Rongotai Inc – Hataitai Roseneath Sub-Branch | ‘Fire Engine Day,’ a family day with fire engines, ambulances, police cars, Fairy Trina, doctor and nurse dress-ups, stretchers to try and more | $1100 |
| Seventh-Day Adventist Church | neighbourhood group fitness training and summer street party in Newlands | $1710 |
| Sustainability Trust | four community garden tours to engage neighbouring communities and provide information on how community gardens operate, what they provide, why it is important and how to get involved | $3358 |
| Suzanne Aubert Compassion Centre (Wellington) | a 'Neighbours Day' for the Wellington community in the area surrounding the Compassion Centre | $2386 |
| Tawa Progressive & Ratepayers Association Inc | neighbourhood get-togethers in late March 2012 | $2500 |
| The Hiropi Village Apartments, Body Corporate | preparing residents The Village complex for earthquake and disaster recovery | $3750 |
| Wellington Boys and Girls Institute Inc | an evening of
neighbouring/ business networking – getting to know each other with pot luck nibbles, guitars and activities | $1526 |
| Wellington Boys and Girls Institute Inc | an afternoon of networking and relaxing in the sun with pot luck nibbles, guitars and activities | $1772 |
| Totals: | $34294 |
Wellington City Council General Grant
allocations
October 2011
round
Cultural
Pool
| Organisation name | Project description | Amount granted |
| A Slightly Isolated Dog Limited | development of six projects for A Slightly Isolated Dog Limited | $3500 |
| Asian Events Trust | 2012 Chinese New Year Festival | $7000 |
| Babysteps Play Group (under Thistle Hall) | arts event for families at Capital E featuring iconic Wellington bands, craft camp, dance workshops and much more | $4000 |
| Capital Performing Arts Inc | funding of Musical Director, Orchestra rehearsal, venue and improved advertising of promotion material for 10 concerts | $2000 |
| Footnote Dance Company | Footnote Dance Choreolab | $2000 |
| Kilbirnie/Lyall Bay Community Centre | annual Kilbirnie Festival including a Fair Day and other activities | $6000 |
| Long Cloud Youth Theatre - Whitireia Performing Arts Co Ltd | John Keeper passes - theatre production by Eli Kent and devised by Long Cloud Youth Theatre | $3000 |
| New Zealand School of Dance | three day course for Māori and Pacific Island boys aged 14-17 | $2000 |
| New Zealand String Quartet Trust | four concerts as part of their national tour called Beethoven! The complete String Quartets | $3000 |
| Ngakau Toa Ltd | Māori Shakespeare Troilus and Cressida, ‘Show and Tell’ day | $4700 |
| Ngati Poneke Young Māori Club | support towards hire of sound system and data show for 75th anniversary celebrations | $3000 |
| NZ Choral Federation – Wellington Region – The Big Sing | The Big Sing is an annual secondary schools choral festival, run throughout New Zealand | $4486 |
| NZ Post Children’s Book Festival | promote enjoyment of reading of all literature – especially New Zealand authors and illustrators | $2000 |
| NZ Tango Festival Charitable Trust | 10th New Zealand Tango Festival | $5000 |
| Out Wellington Inc | Wellington's gay and lesbian fair for all ages | $5000 |
| Shakespeare Globe Centre NZ Trust | 2012 Wellington Regional and National University of Otago Shelah Winn Shakespeare Festivals | $5000 |
| Summer Shakespeare Trust | production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night or What you Will | $4000 |
| Suzanne Aubert Compassion Centre (Wellington) | Offer a Digital Storytelling workshop to eight guests of the Soup Kitchen to tell the stories of homelessness and marginalised Wellingtonians | $3000 |
| Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngā Mokopuna | Te Ra o Kupe – annual celebration for residents, and wider Māori community | $2555 |
| The New Zealand Portrait Gallery | subscription for software to measure visitor traffic and feedback to better target future activities | $1000 |
| Wellington Independent Arts Trust | ‘Productive Bodies,’ a major community performance art series of workshops and performances created by the public during the NZ Festival 2012 | $4700 |
| Wellington Organists' Association Inc | annual national organ congress | $2000 |
| Wellington Region Heritage Promotion Council Inc | annual Heritage Month brochure of events, displays and activities during June 2012 | $400 |
| Westmark Productions T/A Cuba Creative | a live magazine-style show covering arts/culture, lifestyle and everything Wellington, filmed for web TV | $10000 |
| Zeal Education Trust | partnership between Zeal and First Gear Productions to produce youth theatre | $2300 |
| Totals: | $91641 |
Economic Pool
| Organisation Name | Project Description | Amount Granted |
| Unlimited Potential ICT Professionals Network Inc | Wellington to the World conference | $6380 |
| Totals: | $6380 |
Environmental Pool
| Organisation Name | Project Description | Amount Granted |
| Cashmere Avenue School | to develop the embankment by clearing undesirable vegetation and replanting it with locally sourced New Zealand native trees and plants | $3000 |
| Onslow College | restoration, monitoring biodiversity and community garden at Onslow College | $2700 |
| Patanga Hill Group (under Thorndon Society inc) | to develop a new track below Elephant Rock in the Northern Walkway to enable our 24 planters to plant and tend new natives in an area that was formerly mainly sycamore | $2300 |
| Porirua Harbour and Catchment Community Trust | pilot project to install plastic marker signs at street sumps | $2000 |
| Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society Inc | Places for Penguins project – install and monitor 84 Department of Conservation 200 traps to provide protection from pest mammals | $3000 |
| Wellington Marine Conservation Trust | Experiencing Marine Reserves programme – an in-water marine conservation/education for school children in Wellington | $6500 |
| Totals: | $19500 |
Social Pool
| Organisation Name | Project Description | Amount Granted |
| Aro Valley Community Council Inc | Sit and Be Fit classes – funding for instructor | $1736 |
| Autism Intervention Trust | tailored school holiday programmes in 2012, for children with autism in the Wellington area | $8000 |
| Birthright Wellington | Birthright Wellington facilitates self esteem-building programmes for children and youth of one parent families, who are vulnerable or at risk | $5000 |
| Challenge 2000 | salary support for two projects including a worker for summer holidays | $7400 |
| Conservation Volunteers NZ | a capacity project to build engagement, ownership and interest in environmental conservation | $5000 |
| Cycle Aware Wellington Inc | coordination and delivery of annual Go By Bike Day – a breakfast event to celebrate and encourage people commuting by bike. Support towards coordination and volunteer coordination costs | $4000 |
| English Language Partners Wellington Inc | mothers’ English support group at Miramar and Strathmore English language group | $3858 |
| Island Bay Enhancement Trust | Ribble Street Trolley Derby | $1800 |
| Johnsonville Club Inc | Christmas tree lighting for Johnsonville | $1939.70 |
| Khandallah Plunket Toy Library – Royal NZ Plunket Society Onslow Branch | new outdoor toys/play equipment for our toy library | $1075 |
| Lions Club of Karori Charitable Trust Inc | suburban fair and carnival – 41st one this year | $2099 |
| NZ Council of Victim Support Groups – Wellington Office | contribute to staff salaries, training, resources and expenses for our volunteers and resources for victims of crime and trauma | $7000 |
| Onslow College | restoration, monitoring biodiversity and community garden at Onslow College | $3000 |
| Te Whare Rokiroki – Māori Women’s Refuge | Support for Māori Women’s Refuge | $20000 |
| Thorndon Residents’ Association | operational support to enable greater communication with Thorndon residents via different channels | $1500 |
| Well Heart Club | ongoing support and to assist in the improvement in health of people with, or at risk, of, coronary disease | $1500 |
| Wellington Citizens Advice Bureau Inc | volunteer training | $5000 |
| Wellington Deaf Society Inc | Operational support to pay secretary, treasurer, cleaner and operational cost | $9000 |
| Youthline Wellington Inc | Salary contribution and ongoing education programme | $15000 |
| Totals: | $103907.70 |
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