City Council's Metropolitan Community Grants For 2006/07
Community Services
Adult Reading Assistance Scheme (ARAS Inc.) $25,000
Annual operating costs. Free assistance in basic literacy, numeracy and computer theory skills.
Akaroa Area School $10,000
Community & school outdoor play & recreation area.
Canterbury Neighborhood Support Inc $20,000
Co-coordinator salary and office over-head annual costs. Involves 1808 groups across the city.
Cholmondeley Children’s Home $25,000
Annual operating costs. Outreach social worker position working with families in the community.
Christchurch Citizens Advice Bureau $80,000
Annual operating costs. Three sites dealt with over 30,000 enquiries last year.
Christchurch City Mission $15,000
Crisis & advocacy team annual operating costs at the Mission’s Hereford St emer-gency needs and shelter facility which provides social work, budgeting advice and food bank services.
Christchurch City Mission $35,000
Walsh House annual operating costs. Social work role and drop in centre for women and children.
Christchurch People’s Resource Centre $10,000
Beneficiary Advisory Service annual oper-ating costs.
Christchurch Resettlement Services $20,000
Annual operating costs. Social work, and support work with refugees, asylum seekers and new migrants.
Chch Women’s Refuge $25,000
Annual operating costs for community outreach service.
Community Law Canterbury $20,000
Annual operating costs. Legal assistance, legal advice, group legal education work-shops and training for community group management committees and for the establishment of new trusts and societies.
Council of Social Services $25,000
Annual operating costs. Co-ordinating net-work for 150 community organisations.
Family & Community Division Anglican Care $25,000
Annual operating costs. Management support of community development projects.
Father and Child Trust $10,000
Annual operating costs. Dads for Dads support work through telephone, web-site, library, magazine, support groups, parenting programmes.
Floyd’s Creative Arts Charitable Trust $30,000
Annual operating costs. Running of craft workshops and social support pro-grammes for people with differing physi-cal, mental and intellectual abilities.
Hagley Community College $15,000
Refugee family support and liaison serv-ice annual operating costs. Social support for refugee families and after-school homework classes for refugee children and adults.
Home and Family Society $20,000
Annual operating costs. Supported accommodation & emergency accommo-dation, parenting programmes, counseling.
Inner City Inter Agency Trust $35,000
Street 10 annual operating costs. Daytime centre includes a library and reading room, education and learning workshops, arts and craft, cooking/kitchen facilities and a laundry.
Ka Wahine Ki Otautahi Trust $10,000
Annual operating costs. Accommodation and support for women recently released from prison and those on home detention, parole, community supervision.
Kingdom Resources Ltd $30,000
For budget advice/debt restructuring service annual operating costs.
Lifeline Christchurch $20,000
Annual operating costs. 24-hour profes-sional telephone counseling, advocacy and referrals.
Lyttelton Info Centre $10,000
Annual operating costs. Seven-day-a-week community information service around tourism, social services, recreation and leisure etc.
Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse Trust $10,000
Annual operating costs. Social sup-port, counseling, library and information resources, and education forums.
Methodist Mission $25,000
Childwise service annual operating costs. Home-based social work, child coun-seling, parenting programmes, and child and youth support programmes.
Newell House Trust $20,000
Annual operating cost. Emergency accom-modation for women and children and offers community health education courses.
Odyssey House $10,000
Annual loan repayments. Residential therapeutic programmes for people with gambling, alcohol and drug addictions.
Refugee and Migrant Centre $25,000
Annual operating costs for the centre’s co-ordination of services to refugees, asylum seekers and new migrants.
Rehua Marae Trust $20,800
Te Marie House upgrade, loan repay-ment costs. Rehua Marae provides a range of social services as well as hui facilities for community groups.
Rewi Alley Education & Cultural Centre $30,000
Annual operating costs. Community edu-cation, community information, and social support services.
Solo Women As Parents Inc. $10,000
Annual operating costs. Community cen-tre providing group support, counseling, library, clothing, and personal skill devel-opment courses.
Salvation Army Hope Centre $20,000
Annual operating costs. Advocacy, food bank, budget advice, home skill education programmes, firewood, household equip-ment and supplies.
Shakti Ethnic Womens Support Group $20,000
Annual operating costs. Supported accommodation for women and children, a 24-hour crisis call line, life skill educa-tion programmes, advocacy and a drop-in centre.
SPAN Charitable Trust $20,000
Skillwise annual operating costs. Community participation activities for people with differing physical, mental and intellectual abilities.
Stopping Violence Services $20,000
Annual operating costs. A service for young and adult men through individual and group counseling.
Te Puna Oranga Inc $20,000
Annual operating costs. Supported accommodation, individual and group counseling for women, families and youth, parenting programmes.
Tenants’ Protection Assn $20,000
Annual operating costs. Advice, advocacy, and education for tenants on their rights and responsibilities.
The Sexual Abuse Survivors Trust $10,000
Annual rental costs for the trust’s provi-sion of a 24-hour crisis support line, education seminars, counseling, teenage and child support programmes.
Victim Support $20,000
Annual operating costs for a 24 hour 0800 line, individual advocacy and sup-port for victims in court, family coun-seling, and family group conferences.
Volunteering Canterbury $20,000
Annual operating costs for coordina-tion of a Canterbury-wide service for both volunteers seeking placement and organisations seeking volunteers.
Wai Ora Trust $20,000
Annual operating costs. Community sup-port and social service work with individu-als and community organisations with peo-ple seeking self confidence and life skills.
Womens Centre $10,000
Annual operating costs. A drop-in centre, information and resource library, one-to-one support and advocacy, counseling, and education courses for women.
Youth for Christ (ChCh) Inc $20,000
Annual operating costs. Individual and group support for young people in conjunction with school, community and church groups.
Youth Health Trust $25,000
Annual operating costs.
Youthline $10,000
Annual operating costs. 24-hour, 0800 support line and networking with youth and social service agencies, and school counselors.
Economic Development Christchurch Cathedral $240,000
To improve quality of visitor experience and operational costs.
Christchurch Children’s Christmas Parade Trust $60,000
To support the trust in rental of building to house floats for its annual parade.
NZ Conservation Trust $25,000
Employment of staff at the Willowbank Wildlife Reserve. Trust cares for wildlife, and promotes conservation and educa-tional projects.
Orana Park Wildlife Trust $225,000
Operational costs.
Science Alive! $150,000
Operational costs.
Arts & Heritage
Canterbury Opera $105,000
Annual operating costs.
Christchurch City Choir Inc $60,000
Annual operating costs.
The Christchurch Civic Music Council (Inc) $6000
Administration and operating costs. A co-ordinating role in the local music scene. Main activity each year is the Concerto Competitions.
Christchurch Community Arts Council $10,000
Operating costs. A point of communica-tion for artists, arts organisations and the community. Maintains a website and pro-duces a comprehensive free arts guide.
Showbiz Christchurch $75,000
Operating costs. Employs a large number of theatre professionals and offers opportunities to both performers and stage crew.
Christchurch Symphony Orchestra $300,000
Operating costs. Grant includes the pro-vision of performances at the Council’s two major outdoor events in Hagley Park.
The Court Theatre $85,000
Annual operating costs. One of the key professional performing arts organisa-tions in Christchurch.
Ferrymead Historic Park $160,000
Operating costs. Highlights last year were the launch of the National Railway Museum project, completion of the new aircraft restoration hangar, additions to the Telecom communications museum.
Music Centre Of Christchurch $6000
The centre is home to the Christchurch School of Music, Christchurch City Choir, The Choir and Orchestra of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Trinity College of Music.
Tramway Historical Soc. $10,000
For assistance with the conservation/restoration and re-assembly of the Ferrymead Heritage Lift Bridge.
Recreation & Sport
Bowls Canterbury (Inc) $30,000
To move to a new administration and training facility and establish a coaching and training academy.
Badminton Canterbury $800
This grant is to go towards the interest costs on their CCC community loan, which was given to help repair stadium roof.
Canterbury Car Club Inc $70,000
Ruapuna Motorsport Park enhancement project, including the re-sealing of the track and upgrading of the fencing and safety wall.
Canterbury Hockey Assn $4000
Assistance with interest on Council loan.
Canterbury Tennis Inc $50,000
Annual operating costs. Contributes to the health and well-being of over 40,000 adults in Canterbury who play tennis.
Canterbury Shooting Fed $40,000
For the rebuilding and safety-proofing of the existing range facilities to enable the continuation of their use.
Surf Life Saving Canterbury $136,020
Professional Lifeguard Programme – for paid lifeguard patrols (Monday to Friday & statutory holidays) at the city beaches over the summer season (Taylors Mistake, Sumner and Scarborough, South Brighton, New Brighton, North Beach, Waimairi and Spencer Park).
Surf Life Saving Canterbury $35,000
Assistance with equipment and oper-ating costs for volunteer patrols – In addition to week day patrols, surf clubs operate volunteer patrols in the week-ends (some 8000 volunteer hours for public safety).
Canterbury Coastguard Inc $10,000
Operating costs. Over the last year the Coastguard has attended 85 calls for assistance and brought 220 people to safety.
NZ Academy of Sport $20,000
Operational costs. The Academy’s main role is to provide high performance programmes and services for coaches and athletes at a national, regional and increasingly local level.
Parafed Canterbury $11,000
Volunteer expenses, gym instructor & pool supervisor costs – Parafed offers the most specialized gym for people with disabilities in NZ. It allows those in wheelchairs to be able to take part in a fitness programme using especially designed gym equipment.
Sumner Lifeboat Institution $33,000
For building & slipway maintenance and electrical/insurance costs.
Swimming Canterbury $47,230
For purchase of a new swimming timing system to use at their meetings primarily at QEII pool. Without this equipment QEII pool cannot be used for regional, national or international swim meets.
Environment & Parks
Canterbury Horticultural Soc $4800
Administration and promotion costs for Native Garden Award 2007 & Summer Garden Competition 2007.
Chch Beautifying Assn $27,250
Administration, operational, advertising and vehicle usage costs for Christchurch Streets and Gardens Award.
Chch Garden City Trust $20,000
Operational costs. Trust organises the Festival of Flowers and Romance, garden exhibitions, horticultural events and the celebration of Christchurch’s four-seasons theme.
Keep Christchurch Beautiful $20,000
Operational costs.
Orton Bradley Park $55,000
Operational costs.
Port Hills Park Trust Board $25,000
Capital development of Mt Vernon Park.
Summit Road Society Inc $20,000
Operational costs. Society works to enhance, preserve and protect the natu-ral environment, beauty and open char-acter of the Port Hills of Banks Peninsula for people to enjoy.
Waihora Ellesmere Trust $10,000
Operational costs. Trust aims to pro-mote, and where appropriate, support best management practices as a means of maintaining and/or enhance the ecological health of Lake Ellesmere/Te Waihora”. |
