Applications must meet all specific Special Projects grant criteria that includes:
- The project must align with the purpose of this grant (above)
- The project should be locally significant and of benefit to people of the Horowhenua.
- The applicant must be a recognised and active community not for profit organisation formally constituted as an Incorporated Society or Charity, (or whose parent body is formally constituted).
- The project must be completed with the nine month period of November 2023 to July 2024.
Applications must also clearly demonstrate a link to at least one of the following Horowhenua District Council’s Strong Communities Ngā Hapori Kia Kaha – Community Wellbeing Strategy, 2021 – 2024 key principles:
Collective action
Community-led development is both an outcome and a way of doing things. It is one way of achieving Horowhenua’s community wellbeing vision of Horowhenua being a safe, vibrant, inclusive and connected community.
Council’s role is to create conditions that enable community-led development to flourish and enable people and organisations to work collaboratively to achieve common objectives.
Our communities have completed projects or advocacy efforts that will drive ongoing mahi in our future neighbourhoods.
Sense of community
Promote inclusion, reduce discrimination and remove barriers to opportunity and participation, particularly for disadvantaged groups.
We have an important role to play in promoting equity and fairness, which is crucial for improving the wellbeing of all people in Horowhenua. One of our strengths is that we have strategic tools and levers to achieve positive change on a large scale.
Our communities identify with their neighbourhoods, feel connected and support one another.
Social cohesion
Social cohesion involves building shared values and communities that anticipate opportunities, reducing disparities in wealth and income, and generally enabling people to have a sense that they are engaged in a common purpose, facing shared challenges, and that they are of the same community.
Council’s role is to foster and advocate for such opportunities. Our communities have the willingness and competency to work cooperatively.