communitymatters.govt.nz

Helping New Zealand build strong communities

Community Development Scheme Te Tahua Whakapakari Hapori

2012/13 funding round

The 2012/13 funding round opened on 9 November 2011 and closes on Wednesday 21 March 2012 at 4pm.

The priority territories for this funding round are listed below. For instructions on how to make an application, please see the Making an application page.

Purpose / Kaupapa

The Community Development Scheme (CDS) supports community, hapū, iwi, Pacific and ethnic groups to work together, generate their own solutions to local issues, and work towards becoming more self-reliant and resilient. CDS supports communities to work together in new ways, to be innovative and to determine their own development priorities to achieve sustainable community outcomes.

CDS funds communities to employ community development project workers who can facilitate the process of building community capacity and capabilities.

What we fund

The CDS funds projects that are an extra piece of work or planned activity over a finite period.  It is additional to the normal day-to-day work carried out by the organisation that is applying to the fund.  The CDS will fund projects over a period of three years.

Grants are given to

  • cover the costs of employing and supporting a community development worker to carry out the project
  • contribute towards project costs and organisational overheads that relate to carrying out the project

What we don’t fund

CDS does not fund

  • ongoing or existing programmes or projects
  • individuals
  • day-to-day organisation running costs that are not associated with the project
  • capital works
  • communities that are not located within the priority territories identified below.

Funding priorities

Priority is given to projects that

  • demonstrate communities working together to develop and implement solutions to local issues
  • provide people with a sense of belonging and purpose, shared vision and common values
  • have capable and enterprising leadership
  • have proactive, inclusive organisations
  • are resilient and resourceful
  • manage a community's own self-determined, sustainable development

Priority territories for 2012

The priority territories change from year to year.  The territories for 2012 are

  • any Pacific community, located anywhere in Zealand
  • or communities located in
    • Rodney - within local board area
    • South Waikato District
    • Kawerau District
    • Western Bay of Plenty District
    • Napier City
    • Carterton and/or South Wairarapa Districts
    • Manawatu District
    • Nelson City
    • The Chatham Islands

Who can apply

Applications are accepted from established community organisations that

  • are GST registered and able to provide audited accounts for the previous two years
  • have legal entity status
  • have appropriate governance and management structures and processes in place
  • have employment policies and practices 
  • have the capability to successfully achieve the project outcomes proposed

How much to apply for

The maximum that amount given for a CDS project is $80,000 per year, over 3 years.

If a project is funded, and the monitoring and accountability requirements for the grant are met each year, funding for the term of the project will be continued for three years in total.

Making an application