December 2021: New Kaikōkiri Announced
The J R McKenzie Trust is pleased to announce its most recent funding recipients as follows:
$100K over two years
Tamaupoko Community Led Trust (TCLT) was established to assist with community-led development, alongside the local people of the four settlements of Pipiriki, Jerusalem, Rānana and Matahiwi on the Whanganui River Road, in a partnering agreement with the Department of Internal Affairs. This funding will support TCLT to include its other four settlements, meaning it can take a 'whole of the Whanganui River Valley' approach to its mahi, engaging and uplifting its Pungarehu, Parikino, Ātene and Koriniti whānau.
New Settlers Family and Community Trust
$180K over three years
New Settler Family and Community Trust (NFACT) has the goal of empowering refugee communities to grow initiatives driven by their unique needs and utilising their collective skillsets. NFACT provides culturally-sensitive mental health and social support services. Adopting the ‘by refugee, for refugee’ approach at the heart of its mahi, this funding will support NFACT to is to empower the community by resourcing them with the right tools and skills, so that they can create micro-enterprise for socially-excluded and vulnerable communities.
$210K over three years
E Tipu E Rea Whānau Services has a mission to support mātua taiohi/hapū māmā and pēpi/tamariki to grow, thrive and be rangatira within their whānau and community. It seeks to uphold the mana and hauora of young Māori parents and their children. This funding will support E Tipu E Rea Whānau Services to elevate the voices of mātua taiohi by helping them to develop their advocacy skills and coordinate campaigns to raise public awareness about the discriminatory systems and practices they face with housing, benefits, healthcare, and more.
$160K over two years
Established in 2019, Hāpai Foundation began working on a social enterprise called the Hāpai Access Card, modelled on a well-established and successful UK counterpart. The aim of the Hāpai Access card is to be a bridge between the business and disability communities. It does this via a card which provides a simple way for businesses to know and respond to accessibility barriers. This funding will support a significant piece of work that involves educating businesses on accessibility and taking them through the process of how they can reduce or eliminate accessibility barriers. Increasing the number of businesses involved will in turn increase the number of cardholders.
$150K over three years
Ranui Action Project (RAP) is a community development organisation located in the heart of Rānui, Auckland since 2000. This funding will support the Awhi Rito Rānui project whereby RAP will work with grandparents/whānau-caregivers and the mokopuna/tamariki in their care who are experiencing stress and isolation. RAP will facilitate support that will give whānau the resources and skills needed to navigate the many challenges they face. RAP wants to be able to provide opportunities and space for these whānau to discover and develop their individual goals in a safe and supportive environment. By promoting whānau unity, strength and wellbeing, RAP expects this will contribute to build strong healthy communities where these whānau will be able to thrive.
ChangeMakers Resettlement Forum
$118,935 over three years
ChangeMakers Resettlement Forum (CRF) is a rights-based, non-government organisation working alongside more than 17 refugee-background communities in the Greater Wellington region. This funding will support CRF to collaborate with decision-makers from resettlement organisations in its region and ensure the voices of its refugee-background communities are present. CRF wants to see the rights and needs of Kiwis from refugee-backgrounds at the forefront of policy making and implementation. This will provide better resettlement outcomes and raise recognition of the unique contribution that former refugees can make to their own lives, their communities, and Aotearoa New Zealand as a whole.