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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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