More than $210,000 to help local projects

Dunedin (Thursday, 22 December 2016) – More than $210,000 in grants was given to nearly 90 organisations for their community and arts work in Dunedin recently.

The Dunedin Community Christmas Dinner is one of 19 community events to receive funding from the Dunedin City Council during its latest round of community events and arts grants. Organised by the Acts of Kindness Trust, the Christmas Dinner is for people who are alone on Christmas Day and want to share a meal with others.

The free dinner is held at the Dunedin Town Hall, and organisers are expecting around 500 people. Anyone who would like to attend can register by calling Connect South on 471 6150 before Christmas Eve.

The DCC’s Grants Subcommittee allocated more than $165,000 to bolster community, arts and culture projects.

The subcommittee also allocated almost $50,000 of Creative New Zealand funding to arts projects in the city.

Manager Community Development and Events Joy Gunn says arts grants will fund new work that strengthens partnerships and collaborations such as Urban Dream Brokerage, the Dunedin Fringe Festival, Puaka Matariki, the City of Literature and Arts on the Rail Trail.

Community grants support key social service providers such as Stopping Violence, Youthline, the Life Education Trust, the Alzheimer’s Society and Autism New Zealand. Funding will also help provide services for Dunedin’s migrant and former refugee communities.

“In this grant round, the DCC allocated funding to close to 90 organisations and individuals. Applications continue to show the breadth of work happening in the community, by the community. It’s important for the DCC to support these organisations, which are making a difference in our community.”

A new round of community funding has now opened. People can apply before 30 March 2017.

Groups, organisations and individuals can find out more at www.dunedin.govt.nz/funding or by phoning (03) 477 4000.

Community Events Grants

Mosgiel Business Association, Mosgiel Community Market Day, $1600
Falefa’ea Fagasa, Samoan Language Week, $650
BRONZ Otago Inc, Toy Run and Easter Egg Run, $1461
Samoan Advisory Council, Samoan Independence Day, $800
Dunedin Poultry, Pigeon and Cage Bird Club, Annual Show, $1000
Sri Lankan Students Association, Sri Lankan New Year, $400
Brighton Gala Experience, Brighton Gala Day, $1750
Royal NZ Pipe Band Association, Octagonal Day/Pipe Band Contests, $3650
Portobello Blues Festival, Festival, $2000
Waitati e, Waitati Music Festival, $2000
Grants Braes AFC, Beach Soccer Tournament, $1000
Dunedin City Petanque Inc, NZ National Senior Doubles Champ, $400
Music Managers Forum NZ, Music Month Summit, $2000
Scout Association, Otago Gang Show, $1500
Bike Otago, 3 Peaks Enduro Mountain Bike Race, $3000
NZ Ice Hockey Federation, Under 20s World Champs, $3000
Dunedin Ice Hockey Association, Kiwi Masters Hockey Tournament, $2000
Festival of the Plain, Festival, $1500
Acts of Kindness Charitable Trust, Community Christmas Dinner, $2600

Creative New Zealand Creative Communities Dunedin Scheme

Poems in the Waiting Room, Lilliput Libraries, $2000
Trudy Lane, Sunroom, $3000
Opera Otago, “A Christmas Carol” An Opera, $4000
The Hills Radio Trust/Otago Access Radio, Profile of 20 Young People, $2000
Kaitrin McMullan and Brydee Strang, Round the World in 80 Tales, $1700
The Unity Creative, Hip Hop ‘n’ Popcorn Creation/Writing Workshop, $3000
Just Atelier Trust, Unstitched: Local Fashion Revolution, $2500
Christine Keller, Community Loom Weaving Workshops, $2000
Brendan James Christie, Nook and Cranny Music Festival and Music Month Showcase, $1200
Guy Howard-Smith, Otago University Clean Streets Mural, $1500
Kath Beattie’s Writers Group, Literary Link – Dunedin, $1500
Campbell Walker, A Precariat Community Cinema, $2000
Waitati e, Waitati Music Festival 2017, $2100
Jon Wilson, Winters Blight Frame Animation Film, $2000
Poems in the Waiting Room, Poems on Steps – POSTs, $1000
Vogel Street Party Charitable Trust, Vogel Street Party 2017, $1920
Tom Mepham, The Sound Fuse: Music Intensives, $1000
Otago Scout Gang Show, Otago Gang Show 2017, $1000
Sweet Adelines International NZ, National Competitions and Education Convention, $2200
Dunedin Theatre Reviewers’ Collective, Dunedin Theatre Awards 2016, $1250
Lesley Smith, Letterpress Scrabble and Bookmarks, $450
Green Island Competitions Society, Annual Junior Vocal Competition, $400
East Otago Musical Theatre Inc, Annual Production – “Anything Goes”, $1000
Amana Art Group, Tutorials by established artists, $750
Metonymic Trust, Lines of Flight Festival of Experimental Music, $3000
Louise Clifton, Frankenfoot workshops and exhibition, $2000
Jordon Dickson, Queen, $750
Dunedin Fringe Arts Trust, The Amped Music Project, $2000

Dunedin City Council Arts Grants

Aotearoa Digital Arts (ADA) and Saltwater Arts, Umbrellamalia, $4000
Down in Edin Magazine, Down In Edin Magazine 2017, $3000
Dunedin Opera Company/Opera Otago, “War Hero” a new opera by John Drummond, $4000
Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival, “Jane Eyre: An Autobiography”, $3000
Kath Beattie’s Writing Group, Literary Link – Dunedin, $1500
Manawa Enterprises, Te Aho Paihere – Matariki performance, $2500
Middlemarch Promotions Group, Art Gallery / Exhibition Space – Arts on the Rail Trail 2017, $2540
Orokonui Ecosanctuary, Ecosanctuary Arts Trail, $2000
Sarah Spicer and Adam Samuel Goldman, Anything Could Happen – The Dunedin Sound Portal, $4000
Taki Rua Productions Society Inc, Tiki Taane Mahuta Tour, $2500
Fortune Theatre, Summer School with John Bolton – Theatre for Life, $3000
Stopping Violence Dunedin, Stories to Heal Violence, $650
Talking House Productions, Alive in Berlin, $1908

Community Grants Scheme

Caversham Community Group, Caversham newsletter, $2000
Corstorphine Community Hub, Corstorphine Community Hub Club, $2000
Methodist Mission, Southern Arahina Family Service Centre, $2500
North East Valley Community Development Project, $2500
Cedars of Lebanon Club, Driving Lessons for Syrian Women Refugees, $2000
Dunedin Community Transport Trust, Plus Bus, $2500
Dunedin Multi Ethnic Council, Chai and Chat, $1760
Rape Crisis Dunedin, Volunteer training programme 2017, $2950
Stopping Violence Dunedin, Staff wages, $2950
Youthline Otago, Salary for manager, $2950
Caversham Toy Library, Wages for librarian, $2500
Chatbus Trust, Counsellor salary, $2950
Life Education Trust Coastal Otago, Educator salaries, $2500
Otago Youth Wellness Trust, Wraparound service, $2500
Presbyterian Support Otago, Buddy Programme Dunedin, $2500
Saddle Hill Foundation Trust, Ground Zero Summit and Challenge, $2500
Dunedin Chinese Language and Cultural Trust, Teaching of Mandarin and Cantonese and Chinese Dance, $2500
Dunedin Senior Chinese Association, Teaching and activity programme, $2500
Alzheimer’s Society Otago, Administration support, $2950
Aphasia NZ Charitable Trust, Dunedin Aphasia Support Group, $2500
Autism New Zealand Otago Branch, Outreach co-ordinator wages, $2950
CCS Disability Action Otago, Disability support, $2500
Deaf Aotearoa Holdings, Opportunities that enable Deaf people to achieve their aspirations, $2950
Dunedin Community Learning Centre, DCLC wages, $2950
Hearing Association Dunedin Branch, Field officer wages, $2950
Parkinsonism Society of Otago, Support programme, $2950
Brain Injury Association (Otago), Liaison service, $2400
Southern Regions Branch of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Southern field worker, $2950
Willing Workers Ltd, Wages, $2500
Work Opportunities Trust, Salary, $2500
Araiteuru Marae, Restoration of Pa Harakeke, $2500
Blueskin Resilient Communities Trust, Healthy rentals certification, $2500
Dunedin Environment Centre Trust, Kaikorai Commons redevelopment documentary, $2400
Just Atelier, Unstitched: Local fashion revolution, $2500
Ocean Grove Community Trust, Tomahawk community garden, $2500
Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust, Tools to identify yellow-eyed penguins, $2000
Outram Charitable Trust, Outram cricket nets, $1300
Shakti Ethnic Women’s Support Group Dunedin, Unheard Voices of Ethnic Women in Down South, $2500

Small Grants

Yoga Education in Prisons Trust (YEPT), Tutors’ fees, $280
Otago Pioneer Women’s Memorial Association Inc, Promotion material and advertising, $500
Broad Bay Community Centre, Fees for the activity coordinators, $430

Neighbourhood Matching Grants

Caversham Community Group, Hire of portaloos, $155
Neighbours of Walton Park, Cost of food and sundry items, $497
Mornington Community Group, Stallholder and other volunteers support, $314
Brockville Community, Sundry tools and food for a shared meal, $450

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