| Lottery Community Commitee |
2024/25 Lottery Community Committee Priorities |
| Auckland |
- Māori communities have strong connections, are living well and supporting themselves and others to succeed.
- Pasifika communities are connected and empowered to support young people, elders and families/fanau.
- The welfare and resilience of diverse, local communities and groups are supported.
- Lower priority will be given to organisations that are receiving government funding and are unable to demonstrate community need and benefits over and above their contracts.
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| Bay of Plenty / Gisborne |
- Community resilience is supported through recovery from significant social challenges and adverse events.
- Māori are achieving their cultural aspirations, and building whānau and hapū capability.
- Individuals, communities and organisations work together using innovative, collaborative and strength-based approaches to increase capabilities and reach their potential.
- The wellbeing, safety and quality of life for individuals, whānau, hapū, communities and the vulnerable is strengthened.
- Rural and social isolation is minimised through activities that increase connection, engagement and participation.
- Kaitiakitanga and care for the environment is enhanced.
- Innovate to create new initiatives or deliver services that complement services for which they are funded by the government.
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| Canterbury / Kaikoura |
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Hawke's Bay
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- The Committee will give priority to organisations that:
- Engage effectively with Māori to build whānau and hapū capability.
- Evidence collaboration with others to provide effective services and reduce duplication of effort and resources.
- Empower and increase the resilience of young and older people to enable them to participate fully in their community.
- Improve access to and deliver effective services to rural and isolated communities.
- Community resilience is supported through recovery from significant social challenges and adverse events.
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| Manawatū / Whanganui |
- The Manawatū/Whanganui Committee will prioritise youth, rural services and locally based community-led initiatives that demonstrate collaboration and strengthen intergenerational engagement.
- A request will be considered lower priority if:
- Organisations mahi that appear to not be connected in community.
- Organisations who do not demonstrate wider community benefit beyond their membership.
- Organisations that currently receive government funding, but are unable to show community need and benefit over and above their contracts.
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| National |
- If you are engaged in activities that encourage rerekē mō te pai (change for the better), te tipu toitū (sustainable growth) and te kotahitanga i roto i te kanorautanga (unity in diversity) we want to hear from you, especially if those activities contribute to:
- Māori achieving their aspirations.
- Pasifika and ethnic communities thriving.
- Community-led solutions that support the wellbeing and resilience of diverse communities.
- Preference will be given to:
- Innovation, collaboration, inclusion and impact.
- Community-led development.
- Strength based and/or capability and capacity-building activities.
- Lower priority is given to requests from:
- Organisations with significant reserves.
- Specific health, disability, education, sports or arts programmes that don't align with the Lottery Community Committee priorities.
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| Northland |
- Māori are achieving their cultural aspirations, and building whānau and hapū capability.
- All people, communities and groups within Tai Tokerau are supported to increase their capabilities, to unlock their potential and to achieve their goals.
- The wellbeing, safety and quality of life for individuals, whanau and communities are enhanced.
- Kaitiakitanga and care for the environment is enhanced.
- To promote social, economic and cultural equity.
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| Otago / Southland |
- Community, hapū and iwi led development initiatives and projects that determine their own solutions, lead positive change and achieve their own aspirations and outcomes.
- Communities, hapū and iwi that lack equity of access to services and resources including geographic and isolated communities.
- Events, projects, and activities that increase community participation and enhance the cultural identity of a communty.
- Increased community collaboration between service providers and duplication of services is reduced.
- Lower priority will be given to:
- organisations that have significant uncommitted reserves.
- organisations who do not demonstrate wider community benefit beyond their membership (for example, education, sports, arts).
- topping up existing government contracts
- outcomes that are primarily funded by rates, taxes or levies.
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| Taranaki |
- Access to Mātauranga Māori is supported.
- Increased community capability to be resilient and responsive to recovery and change.
- Whānau ora and quality of life is enhanced.
- Pasifika communities are innovative and aspirational.
- Lower priority is given to:
- Organisations who do not demonstrate a wider community benefit.
- Organisations who have significant uncommitted reserves.
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| Waikato |
- Enabling our communities to be resiliently engaged and connected with consideration for youth, elderly, Māori, rural and ethnic groups.
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| Wellington/ Wairarapa |
- Support will be given to service providers that demonstrate collaboration, are actively engaged and contributing to the following social outcomes in their community:
- Vulnerable people are supported.
- Building food resilience systems.
- Māori, Pasifika and Ethnic Communities are empowered, connected and achieving their aspirations.
- Lower priority will be given to:
- organisations who are financially well resourced (unless exceptional circumstances apply).
- requests for events that are not programme related.
- organisations who do not demonstrate wider community benefit beyond their membership.
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| West Coast / Nelson- Marlborough |
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