Community Grants Funding Priorities & Outcomes

Community Grants Funding Outcomes
Council does not have the necessary resource to meet the needs and expectations of all not-for-profit and voluntary groups. Therefore, it focuses its assistance towards those key activities and initiatives which contribute and align with the strategic outcomes agreed to in the Long Term Council and Community Plan (LTCCP) and which then flow through to Council’s strategies.

The following funding outcomes will be used to evaluate and assess applications:

• Support, develop and promote the capacity and sustainability of community, recreation, sports, arts, heritage and environment groups
• Increase participation in and awareness of community, recreation, sports, arts, heritage and environment groups, programmes and local events.
• Increase community engagement in local decision making
• Enhance community and neighbourhood safety
• Provide community based programmes which enhance basic life skills
• Reduce or overcome barriers to participation
• Foster collaborative responses to areas of identified need

Community Grants Funding Priorities
The following priorities will be used to assist with the allocation of funding. These have been developed from the key challenges to building strong communities identified in the 2006–16 LTCCP.
The priorities will be reviewed in line with the LTCCP:

• Older adults
• Children and youth
• People with disabilities
• Ethnic and culturally diverse groups
• Disadvantaged and socially excluded
• The capacity of community organisations
• Civic engagement

In addition, Community Boards’ have their own objectives which will be used to assist in the prioritisation of local projects. These can be found at www.ccc.govt.nz/community/

A copy of the Council’s Community Outcomes is also available at www.ccc.govt.nz/LTCCP/CommunityOutcomes/