Previous funding rounds

Here are some of the projects we've already funded through the Local Innovation and Partnership Fund.

Funding in round one

$4.1 million was released in the first round of the fund and was announced on 15 March 2020. It focused on initiatives that aim to support one or more of the following vulnerable groups:

Māori
Pacific Peoples
wāhine/women
rangatahi/young people
migrants and refugees
kaumātua/older people
the rainbow community
people with disabilities.

Recipients

The following list provides the recipients of the first funding round and the grant amount for each project.

Provider	Partners	Project	Grant Amount
Kāhui Tū Kaha Auckland	Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua Arohanui ki te Tangata	Provide housing with on-site professional and peer support for a specific target group who would benefit from being housed together.	$392,364
Lifewise Auckland	Auckland City Mission	Provide intensive, 24/7 support and on-site management of single-site supported housing for people who are struggling to, or who have been unable to sustain tenancies in Housing First programmes.	$229,984
One Double Five Whare Awhina Community House Whangarei	Mahitahi Hauora PHE Whangarei Youth Space Ngāti Hine Health Trust Northland Urban Rural Mission Pehiaweri Marae Te Ora Hou Inc	Develop a Youth Housing Plan for Whangarei taitamariki experiencing homelessness.	$245,000
RainbowYOUTH Auckland	Te Ngākau Kahukura Auckland Council	Develop a toolkit and a competency programme to build capacity across the wider Auckland region to enable an effective and safe response to the housing needs of rainbow youth communities.	$479,000
Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga Napier/Hastings	Whatever it Takes	Provides a kaupapa Māori service that aims to foster strong relationships with whānau who have been identified as chronically homeless using the Pōwhiri Poutama process.	$1 million
Takiri Mai o Te Ata Collective Lower Hutt	Aro Mai Housing First Collaboration Petone Budget Service Inc	Develop a Wa Kāinga Housing Hub which offers a single point of access to a range of services using a Whānau Ora approach for whānau who are experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity.	$750,000
Te Taumata o Ngāti Whakaue Iho Ake Trust Rotorua	Manaaki Ora Trust	Initiate a Te Arawa housing alliance to address homelessness in the Rotorua area and provide Te Arawa centric financial wānanga to support individuals and whānau experiencing homelessness or at risk of being homeless.	$1 million

Published: September 6, 2021