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Community Grants Schemes
Digital Strategy Community Partnership Fund
Significant Community Based Projects Fund
Community Organisation Grants Scheme (COGS)
Community Development Scheme
Community Based Youth Development Fund
Support for Volunteering Fund
Community Internship Programme
Maori Community Development Worker Scheme
Youth Worker Training Scheme
Crime Prevention Scheme
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Support for Volunteering Fund
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PurposeThe Support for Volunteering Fund (SVF or the Fund) supports and promotes volunteering within Aotearoa New Zealand.
Key informationIn 2009 / 10, SVF had only one funding round.
The 2009 /10 funding round opened 4 February 2009 and closed 20 April 2009 at 4.00 pm.
BackgroundThe SVF was established in 2001 to promote and support volunteering in Aotearoa New Zealand. It is one of the many government-funded schemes designed to build strong, sustainable communities / hapū / iwi.
The Fund recognises the many and vital contributions people make to communities through volunteering. The nature of volunteering varies widely, depending on different cultural expectations and the nature of the task.
With this diversity in mind, the SVF has developed distinct strategies to support volunteering
- Volunteering New Zealand (VNZ) - in 2001, funding from the SVF supported the establishment of VNZ, the national group that provides an association of autonomous and independently organised volunteer centres and national organisations strongly committed to volunteering. For more information on Volunteering New Zealand, visit www.volunteeringnz.org.nz
- Regional Volunteer Centres – recruit and train volunteers. The centres also promote good practice in volunteer management and capacity building within local communities and voluntary sector.
- Hapū / iwi / Māori, Pacific and ethnic groups and organisations – provide capability-building projects in specific communities to promote and support volunteering
- New centres and innovation – provide funding for research, consultation, feasibility and planning projects for new and emerging volunteer centres. Also provide support for organisations to develop innovative ways to promote and support volunteering.
Fund guidelinesAn external panel considers completed applications and makes recommendations for funding decisions to DIA.
Eligibility requirementsThere are two types of criteria
- criteria for the applicant organisation, and
- criteria for the project.
Applicant organisation eligibility criteria
To be eligible, applicants must
- have legal entity status
- have appropriate governance and management structures and processes in place
- have the capability to successfully achieve the project outcomes proposed.
Project eligibility criteria
To be eligible, projects must
- promote and support volunteering within the community
- build volunteering capacity and capabilities within the community
- contribute to strengthening volunteering within the community.
Previous recipients
| Support for Volunteering Fund 2008 / 09 - round one |
| Grant Recipient Organisation | Total Grant (excluding GST) | Project Description |
| Volunteering New Zealand | $80,000 | To create an environment that supports, promotes, values and encourages effective volunteering by the people of Aotearoa New Zealand |
| Volunteering Auckland Trust | $21,000 | To uphold the integrity of volunteering and to increase public awareness of volunteering, its benefits and its value to the community |
| Volunteering Canterbury | $21,000 | To promote, support and uphold the integrity of volunteer work which is done of one's own free will, unpaid, for the common good |
| Volunteering Otago | $21,000 | Active promotion of volunteering as a basic human activity; active encouragement and assistance of individuals or groups to participate in voluntary activities within their communities; openness to perceived needs in the community; and support and development of new initiatives |
| Gisborne Volunteer Centre | $21,000 | Gisborne Volunteer Centre is the first port of call for volunteer requirements |
| Volunteer Nelson | $21,000 | Helping individuals and organisations in the community gain satisfaction and skills through the support and promotion of volunteering as a valued community resource |
| Volunteer Western Bay of Plenty | $21,000 | To maintain and grow services in Western Bay of Plenty |
| Volunteering Waikato | $21,000 | To promote excellence in volunteering |
| Volunteer Wellington | $21,000 | To support the regional volunteer centres network to jointly plan strategy and promote volunteering based on a collective national overview and shared vision |
| Volunteer Wellington | $14,000 | To create opportunities for meaningful engagement in the community through volunteering |
| Whanganui Volunteer Centre | $21,000 | To support volunteers working in the community who choose to work of their own free will, unpaid and for the benefit of the community |
| Volunteering Hawke's Bay | $21,000 | Promote and support volunteering |
| New Plymouth Volunteer Centre | $20,700 | To increase the efficiency, effectiveness and capacity of voluntary groups to serve the New Plymouth community |
| Volunteering Mid & South Canterbury | $20,800 | To maintain and strengthen the five core services requested by the community - information and advice, support, training, advocacy and volunteer recruitment assistance |
| Volunteer Marlborough | $18,948 | To support, promote and uphold the integrity of voluntary work with commitment to te Tiriti o Waitangi in their emerging volunteer centre in Marlborough |
| Support for Volunteering Fund 2008 / 09 - round two |
| Grant Recipient Organisation | Total Grant (excluding GST) | Project Description |
| ChangeMakers Refugee Forum Inc | $13,064 | Capacity building work programme to provide training, resources and advice to volunteer refugee community leaders and members |
| Manawatu Promotional Trust | $13,063 | Communications project to mobilise community awareness of and support for volunteering in the Palmerston North region, based on a volunteer expo and development workshops |
| Volunteering Hawke's Bay | $11,425 | This project will research and promote youth volunteering, with the project to operate within Napier, Hastings and environs |
Case storiesThis case story profiles a Support for Volunteering Fund initiative and includes background information on the Fund and provides an overview of the project and its goals.
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How to apply2009 / 10 funding round
The 2009 / 10 funding round opens on Wednesday 4 February 2009 and closes on Monday 20 April 2009 at 4.00 pm.
SVF Application – 2009 / 10, includes a guidelines for applications.
Please note: This Word document can be downloaded and saved to your computer to be filled in electronically. It must be printed out and signed before mailing in.
Faxed, emailed, incomplete or late applications will not be considered. All applications must be received in Wellington by the closing date. Please do not deliver or send your application to a regional office of the Local Government and Community Branch of the Department of Internal Affairs.
For further information, please phone 0800 824 824 (between 8am and 5pm Monday to Friday) or contact the nearest office of the Local Government and Community Branch of the Department of Internal Affairs.
Further informationLinks to related websites and documents
As the Support for Volunteering Fund is a government-funded scheme, applicants need to be aware that, if your application is successful, the following provisions will apply.
- Accountability requirements: If you receive a grant, you will be required to complete an accountability report. The Department of Internal Affairs may audit grant recipients, and require any grant fund that is not accounted for to be paid back.
- Fund evaluation: The Department of Internal Affairs may evaluate the Support for Volunteering Fund and request input and feedback from grant recipients. If you receive a grant, you will be asked to agree to participate in any such evaluation. The Department will be responsible for any costs related to the evaluation.
- Official Information Act 1982: Government departments are subject to the Official Information Act 1982 and, in line with the policy of that Act, may be required to release information relating to any grants made to the public.
- Information sharing: If your application is successful, your organisation will be asked to acknowledge and agree that the Department may disclose to or obtain from any government department or agency, private person or organisation, any information about the recipient for the purposes of gaining or providing information related to funding of the recipient.
Contact detailsSupport for Volunteering Fund
Crown Funding and Trusts Team
Local Government and Community Branch
The Department of Internal Affairs
PO Box 805
WELLINGTON 6140
Physical address:
The Department of Internal Affairs
46 Waring Taylor Street
WELLINGTON 6140
Phone: 0800 824 824 (between 8am and 5pm Monday to Friday)
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