Community news and notices

DCC awards nearly $1 million in Grants 

Almost $1 million in grants has been allocated from three Dunedin City Council funds.

The funding, totalling $956,800, has been allocated to 33 groups across Dunedin from the June funding round of the DCC’s City Service, City Project, Major Community Events and Premier Events funds.

City Service, City Project grants are made to groups supporting the social and arts and culture sectors.

Major Community Events grants support large, mainly local events expected to attract crowds of 2000 to 10,000 people, while Premier Events grants assist events designed to draw at least 1000 visitors into the city.

Councillor Christine Garey, Chair of the DCC’s Grants Subcommittee, said the grants are an important part of the DCC’s support for social wellbeing, arts and events, and the groups behind them, across the city.

“This year, an additional $40,000 was allocated by Council to the City Service, City Project Fund, meaning $448,100 was able to be allocated. This has meant we can continue to provide valuable support for operational costs to social sector organisations and arts and culture groups.”

The latest allocation of grants also supported three new groups seeking support from the Major Community Events Fund for the first time – the Otago Nuggets and the organisers of the South Dunedin Street Festival and Moana Nui Festival.

“It is wonderful to be able to support the Moana Nui Festival, which made its debut in Dunedin in February and is a celebration of our city’s Pāsifika cultures.

“The South Dunedin Street Festival has gone from strength to strength, despite cancellations due to COVID-19 and weather in past years and has become a notable event on Dunedin’s events calendar.”

For a list of the grant recipients please go to the DCC website.

Citizens Advice Bureau Directory

Citizens Advice Bureau would like organisations to check if they are on the CAB community directory and to update their information if not current.

For more information to check if your organisation is in the CAB directory please see the attachment at the end of this section.

Street Performance in Ōtepoti– let us know what you think!

Arts activities on the streets are integral to creating a cityscape that is full of life and colour and throughout New Zealand, there are different ways of promoting busking and street performance. 

In Dunedin, street performance is covered by the Trading in Public Places Bylaw, which takes into account things like safety and equitable treatment for performers, members of the public, and businesses. The bylaw was updated earlier in the year and based on the feedback that was received at the time, the Dunedin City Council would like to take this opportunity to look more closely at how and where street performance happens and what opportunities are there to make these activities more accessible and rewarding for performers, the public, and businesses.

With this in mind, DCC would like to invite everyone who is interested to complete the very short online survey – please feel free to share far and wide. The survey will close on 6 August.

Government Electronic Services Tender (GETs) System

If there are any potential or interested providers within your communities, please ensure that they are signed up to GETS as a registered supplier.

When tender documents are loaded/advertised, registered suppliers will be notified.

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2022

The ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 (CWC22) is coming to Aotearoa from 4 March to 3 April 2022 with a global audience of millions expected to tune into the tournament.

The best cricketers in the world will go head-to-head in six cities across the country including: Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin and we’re calling on locals interested in volunteering at matches during tournament time to apply online now on the ICC Website.

Up to 750 volunteers will join the ‘CWC22 Crew’ as we stage cricket’s pinnacle event with 31 matches being played across 31 action-packed days.

The CWC22 Crew will be needed in a range of roles, each requiring different skills and experience. In Dunedin the games will take place on 5, 7 and 9 March.

Applications closing soon! Register now!

SBS Bank Dunedin Volunteer Awards

Kaitūao o te Taitonga | Volunteer South and SBS Bank are pleased to announce the inaugural SBS Bank Dunedin Volunteer Awards!

With the Trustpower awards disestablished, Volunteer South has been looking for ways to support the voluntary sector, recognising and celebrating the amazing tūao and hapori groups in Dunedin.

The SBS Bank Dunedin Volunteer Awards has a website specifically for the awards, and a Facebook page - have a look and see what awards there are. You are welcome to nominate your own organisation for the community category. Nominations opened on 1 July.

For more information please visit the Dunedin Volunteer Awards website or the Dunedin Volunteers Awards facebook page. For any questions about the awards please email Volunteer South.

Studio2

Studio2 has received some extra funding for the next three years and is now able to expand their creative space.

From 12 July, Studio 2 will be open all week from 9am - 12pm and after lunch from 1pm - 4pm.

Form more information, please see the attachment at the end of this section.

English Language Partners New Zealand

Know someone who needs help with English? Please see the flyer at the end of the section for more information on how to access free classes to help learn English.

Food Secure Communities Implementation Fund

MSD’s Food Secure Communities (FSC) Team are pleased to announce that a further funding round is now open: FSC Implementation Fund.

The $2 million FSC Implementation Fund is for communities to implement or scale up sustainable initiatives which will increase access to affordable and healthy kai within low-income communities and / or enable Māori to exercise tino rangatiratanga over food systems that feed and nourish whānau. These initiatives intend to reduce the dependency on foodbanks and food hardship grants.

The fund is currently open until 25 July 2021. More information and the digital application form is available on the website.

Funding available to support Community Organisations

Funding opportunities have been collated by the DCC to support community organisations searching for funding. While the DCC doesn’t administer these opportunities, the community advisors are available to support you if you have any queries.