City Project and Service Grants awarded
Dunedin (Monday, 1 August 2016) – A wide range of local organisations have benefited from a recent Dunedin City Council funding
round.
The DCC Grants Subcommittee has allocated $505,700 to local organisations in the 2016/17 round of City Project and City
Service Grants. The projects and services funded cover arts and culture, community, recreation and the environment.
DCC Manager Events and Community Development Joy Gunn says, “The projects range from rural work opportunities for urban
young people to ground-breaking contemporary art and new ways to enjoy our natural environment.”
City Project Grants are for projects which directly contribute to the Council's strategic priorities. City Service
Grants are made to organisations which play a key role in supporting the city to achieve its strategic goals and
ultimately ensure Dunedin is one of the world’s great small cities.
Through the 2016/17 Annual Plan, the contestable grants pool has been increased by $60,000. For the 2016/17 round, the
DCC received 37 applications requesting more than $1.2 million, with 27 organisations receiving $505,700.
“Although we did have an increase in funding, the DCC has continued to receive unprecedented interest from organisations
for the limited funds available and as such had to make some tough decisions.
“Because there are usually more good applications than the DCC can fund, we use our strategic framework to help make
decisions, for example we use the Social Wellbeing Strategy to make decisions about community grants and Te Ao Tūroa,
the environment strategy, to make decisions about biodiversity grants.”
This funding is an important part of how the DCC works in partnership with Dunedin communities to make its strategies a
reality. Ms Gunn says this year’s grants will enable new work to happen, such as the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra plan to
create a new arts hub at Hanover Hall.
The funding will also help organisations to increase their impact in the city. For example, Otago Access Radio will be
supported for the first time, to increase its community reach. The Foodshare Dunedin community food distribution
programme will be supported to become more sustainable.
City Project and City Service grant funding is available once a year. For more information and application forms visit http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/cityservicegrants or call the DCC on 03 477 4000.
The successful recipients are listed below.
Name of OrganisationAmount Blue Oyster Arts Trust$10,000Blueskin Resilient Communities Trust (Cosy Energy Advice)$12,000Blueskin Youth and Communities Amenities Association$6,000Citizens Advice Bureau Dunedin$25,000City Choir Dunedin$15,000Connections Trust$5,800Dunedin BMX Club$4,000Dunedin Civic Orchestra Inc. t/a Dunedin Symphony Orchestra$105,000Dunedin Community Accounting$10,000Dunedin Council of Social Services$40,000Dunedin Night Shelter Trust$15,000Dunedin Opera Company Inc t/a Opera Otago$4,000Fortune Theatre Trust$95,000Hills Radio Trust t/a Otago Access Radio$10,000Ignite Consultants$5,000Keep Dunedin Beautiful$5,000Landscape Connections Trust $10,000Mayfair Theatre Charitable Trust$35,000Methodist Mission Southern$10,000Mountain Biking Otago Inc $20,000New Zealand Salmon Anglers Association Otago Branch$11,900Otago Neighbourhood Support Charitable Trust$12,000Surf Life Saving New Zealand Inc$102,200Sustainable Dunedin City and Our Food Network$10,000The Malcam Charitable Trust$10,000Victim Support$10,000Volunteering Otago$10,000Total$505,700