Community Group Assistance Funding (CGAF)
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| Funding guidelines
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| Funds allocated for 2008
Funding guidelines
What will be funded
- the delivery of an activity, project, programme or event
- applications that will benefit three or more Auckland City Council community board areas
- initiatives with a start and end date (after 1 June and before 31 May)
- promoting or advertising your group or its services
- recognition of the contribution volunteers will make to the project
- training of staff or volunteers
- networking
- business planning
- small equipment purchases that will enable your group to do what it does better
- new initiatives that your group is undertaking
- where existing projects comply with all other criteria they will be eligible for consideration of funding, even if they have been funded
through the community group assistance fund before.
What will not be funded
- activities that are not held or provided within Auckland city boundaries
- local projects (ie benefiting one or two community board areas)
- projects started, or purchases made, before funding is granted (ie before 1 June)
- organisations primarily funded by central government
- initiatives eligible for central government contract funding
- philanthropic agencies or initiatives
- refreshments and catering (note: we will consider these costs, within reason, if it is a way of recognising your volunteers' contribution to the application)
- debt servicing
- accommodation costs, unless they relate to the hireage of a venue for a specific event
- air travel or hotel/motel expenses
- motorised vehicles
- activities promoting party political goals or initiatives
- costs associated with legal action
- building and renovation costs
- substantial equipment purchases
- ongoing operational expenses, including salaries, rent/rates/leases, power, phone and administration
- religious ministry.
How to apply
Auckland City Council is currently undertaking a review of community
assistance funding.
The Community Services Committee has resolved that the opening date for the
next funding round be deferred for a couple of months until the outcome of the
review is known.
The next round of funding will open no later than April 2009. Further
information about the dates for next year's funding round should be available
following the Community Services Committee's meeting in December 2008.
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Application form:
The application form and guidelines will be available for downloading in PDF format
when the next round opens.
To view PDFs download Acrobat Reader from the
Adobe website.
Further help on how to view PDFs.
Alternatively you can contact us to be put on our mailing list and be posted a copy when the round opens.
Deadline:
It is very important to make sure that your application is received at the Auckland City Council Queen Street office before 5pm on the closing date. We cannot
accept late applications, whether by post, courier or hand delivered. We do not accept applications by fax or email.
Who to talk to:
If you have a query about what a question on the form means, you can contact us and talk to one of our community advisors.
They can clarify anything you're not sure about but will not fill in the form for you.
Post to:
Auckland City Council
Arts, Community and Recreation Services
Private Bag 92516
Wellesley Street
Auckland 1141
or
Courier to:
Arts, Community and Recreation Services, Community Development
Auckland City Council
Level 5
360 Queen Street
Auckland
What happens to your application
March and April
- applications arrive at Auckland City Council's Queen Street office before the deadline
- applications are prepared for assessment and are allocated to an assessor who contacts every applicant. The assessor will check your group's funding file to
see whether you have been accountable for previous funding and request any missing information to an agreed deadline
- the assessment team meet to discuss each application and to ensure equity between their recommendations for funding.
May
- the Community Development and Equity Committee meet to make the final decision on whether or not a group should receive funding.
View details of all committee and community board meetings.
- unsuccessful applicants are advised of the committee's decision and cheques are produced for the groups who have been granted funding
- cheques are issued approximately two weeks after the committee meeting.
General advice from the assessment team
- ensure you attend one of our free public information sessions so that you are clear on what will and will not be funded. Community advisors attend each
session and can talk to you about your application and any difficulties you may have completing the application form
- contact us and ask to speak to a community advisor for assistance, or make an appointment to see them, if you
have any queries about completing the application form
- do not leave the completion of your application until the last minute. Give yourself plenty of time to think about the information that is required and to
assemble the necessary quotations and financial information that is requested
- in order to ensure that your application meets the deadline, do not rely on posting it the day before.
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