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Grants allocated in March 2023

Last updated: 14 Sep 2023 2:52pm

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    • In total, the DCC’s Grants Subcommittee has allocated $441,135.76 in grants following the March application round.

    Biodiversity

    Grant Recipient Purpose of Grant Amount Allocated
    Jon Fergus
    Contribution toward contractor costs for site preparation for 12,000 trees and contribution toward tree guards, mats and fertiliser tablets.
    $4,000.00
    Springwater Ag Ltd. (Ray Parker)
    Contribution toward contractor costs for the establishment of a pest control network in a regenerating wetland area and 12 months initial trap checking and maintenance.
    $2,000.00
    Danielle Nicolson
    Contribution toward plant purchase and plant protective equipment for the revegetation of Tomahawk lagoon boarder as a buffer to connect larger coastal broadleaf/podocarp areas.
    $3,500.00
    Paula Cross
    Purchase 400 trees and plant guards.
    $2,752.00
    Dunedin City Baptist Church (Malcolm Cowan)
    Contribution toward plant purchase for riparian planting along Stevenson's Creek.
    $1,088.19
    Matt Thompson (Monowai Ecological)
    Contribution toward fencing contractor costs (7 ha bush area).
    $5,000.00
    Rebecca Guest
    Purchase 1400 plants.
    $2,500.00
    Jed Tweedie
    Contribution toward fencing costs around wetland/seepage area.
    		$2,000.00
    Ryan Fitzgerald
    Plant and planting materials purchase for native revegetation project (434 plants).
    $2,500.00
    Saint Clair Golf Club
    Contribution toward 2000 plants.
    $4,000.00
    Zac Noone
    Contribution toward trapping hardware, bait, and contractor costs for establishment of trapping network.
    $4,500.00
    Racheal Gibb
    Contribution toward contractor costs: sycamore control, purchase 200 podocarps, 200 plant guards, planting labour.
    $3,177.00
    David Smith
    Contribution toward trapping hardware, bait, and contractor costs for establishment of trapping network.
    $4,500.00
    Lee Paterson
    Contribution toward trapping hardware, bait, and contractor costs for establishment of trapping network.
    $5,000.00
    Birgetta McLean
    Contribution toward fencing contractor costs for the erection of stock proof fence.
    $2,982.90
    Otago Peninsula Trust (Alex Funnell)
    Contribution toward contractor costs for the removal of Darwin's Barberry in an area of indigenous vegetation.
    $3,500.00
    Brent Nicholson
    Contribution toward contractor costs for tree removal, plant purchase and herbicide for site preparation.
    $2,000.00
     Total$62,133.59

    Community Events

    Grant Recipient Purpose of Grant Amount Allocated
    Badminton New Zealand
    To assist with venue hire and shuttles (shuttlecocks) for the event.
    $1,000.00
    Broad Bay Community Centre Inc
    To assist with event and operational costs, printing, venue hire, bus and boat hire and advertising and promotion.
    $3,500.00
    Dunedin Folk Club (New Edinburgh Folk Club Inc)
    To assist with costs towards venue and marquee hire.
    $6,400.00
    Dunedin Fringe Arts Trust
    To assist with production, marketing, and administration expenses.
    $7,900.00
    Dunedin Tamil Society
    To assist with venue hire, production, and decorations.
    $4,500.00
    Dunedin Town Hall Organ Trust
    To assist with the cost of press advertising.
    $850.00
    Dunedin Ōtepoti Vegan Society (DOVeS)
    To assist with koha for performers and speakers, marketing, venue hire and production costs.
    $800.00
    East Otago Musical Theatre Incorporated
    To cover the shortfall of the expenditure to produce our annual show less projected income.
    $4,000.00
    Evening Books
    To assist with artist fees, the materials supplied, technical and events support, marketing costs, and venue hire.
    $4,050.00
    Music Education Otago
    To assist with venue hire, production, and APRA licence fees.
    $1,000.00
    New Zealand Choral Federation Otago Branch
    To help with production costs.
    $1,200.00
    Otago Miniature Tacticians Society
    To assist with marketing and trailer hire.
    $741.41
    Otago Water Polo Club
    To assist with pool hire costs.
    $1,000.00
    Southern Heritage Trust
    To assist with Coordinator wages, marketing and venue hire.
    $5,000.00
    Zonta Club of Metropolitan Dunedin
    To assist with production, security, and marketing.
    $2,008.59
     Total$43,950.00

    Community Grants

    Grant Recipient Purpose of Grant Amount Allocated
    Aspire Kids Tamariki Matana
    To fund staff salaries.
    $5,000.00
    Autism New Zealand Inc
    Operational Expenses for the running of Otago Branch which includes salary for Outreach Coordinator.
    $2,500.00
    Catholic Social Services
    The funding would be used for operational costs to help pay staff who provide Relationship Counselling.
    $3,000.00
    CCS Disability Action Otago Inc
    Salary cost of service coordinator roles.
    $3,000.00
    Deaf Aotearoa Holdings Limited
    Assistance with Dunedin office lease costs.
    $3,000.00
    Dunedin Community Care Trust
    Contribution towards wages for Employment Facilitator.
    $4,550.00
    Dunedin Community Mediation
    Contribution towards Manager wages and association operating costs.
    $4,500.00
    Dunedin Parents Centre
    Funding towards running costs of 9 parent education courses.
    $1,740.00
    Dunedin Tracks Network Trust
    Employing an Information and Relationships Manager.
    $4,550.00
    English Language Partners Dunedin
    Help with rental costs for community class venues.
    $3,000.00
    Epilepsy Association of NZ Inc
    6 weeks salary support for epilepsy educator based in Dunedin.
    $3,055.00
    Good Bitches Trust
    To cover costs of boxes, flyers, personal notes, admin expenses.
    $3,000.00
    Islington Early Childhood Centre Inc
    To help with costs of the playground upgrade.
    $2,000.00
    Kiwi Family Trust
    To help purchase wool and sundries in Dunedin.
    $4,500.00
    Life Education Trust Heartland Otago Southland
    Contribution towards Educators salary.
    $3,000.00
    Life Matters Suicide Prevention Trust
    Contribution towards the salary of the Administrators/Peer Supporters.
    $4,550.00
    Lupe Faalele a Samoa i Otago Inc Socity
    To cover costs of project management, administration and technical support.
    $5,000.00
    Our Food Network Dunedin (OFN) Inc
    Contribution towards the Project Coordinator.
    $4,550.00
    Otago Asthma Society Inc
    Contribution towards exercise class facilitators.
    $3,000.00
    Pioneer Opportunities Resources Trust
    Contribution towards Hall Coordinators wages.
    $4,500.00
    Pregnancy Help Inc Dunedin Branch
    Contribution towards Dunedin Branch Manager salary.
    $3,000.00
    Presbyterian Support Otago
    Contribution to support a Buddy Coordinator in Dunedin.
    $3,000.00
    Punga Croquet Club
    To help with the costs of replacing the clubhouse roof.
    $2,000.00
    Roslyn Wakari AFC
    Contribution towards the Football Development Directors wages.
    $2,500.00
    Royal New Zealand Plunket Trust
    Contribution towards, wages, operations costs.
    $3,000.00
    Southern Youth Development (Formerly The Malcam Charitable Trust)
    Contribution towards wages for the youth workers.
    $4,550.00
    SuperGrans Dunedin Charitable Trust
    Contribution towards the managers wages.
    $4,550.00
    The Nest Collective NZ Charitable Trust
    Contribution towards rent and to support packs.
    $3,320.95
    The Straight Up Trust
    Contribution towards staff.
    $4,550.00
    Turning Point Counselling Service, East Taieri Church
    Funding to enable subsidised services for counselling (full or part amount) and who do not qualify for any other service or funding.
    $4,550.00
    Youthline Otago Ltd
    Contribution towards staff wages.
    $4,550.00
     Total$111,565.95

    Creative Communities

    Grant Recipient Purpose of Grant Amount Allocated
    Ana Teofilo
    Artist and administration fees, materials, promotion, and venue hire.
    $4,016.91
    Cancer Society of New Zealand, Otago and Southland Division
    Facilitator fees, materials and administration costs.
    $818.48
    Christopher John Wilson
    To support artist remuneration.
    $1,000.00
    Dance Therapy NZ
    Personnel fees, venue hire and promotion.
    $2,560.00
    dance.happy.doom.crew
    Venue and equipment hire, manaakitanga, artist and sound engineer fees.
    $1,750.00
    Dunedin Folk Club
    Contribute to costs of sound and lighting production.
    $2,000.00
    East Otago Musical Theatre Incorporated
    Support costs of a 4-night run of “WOz” production.
    $4,000.00
    Metonymic Trust
    To contribute to artist fees, venue hire, and equipment hire.
    $3,000.00
    Music Education Otago
    To contribute to the accompanists' fees for the concert.
    $1,100.00
    Nathaniel Otley
    Contribution to venue hire and technician, artist fees, instrument hire and promotion of school workshops and a public performance of new works.
    $1,500.00
    NZ Society of Authors Ōtepoti Dunedin
    Contribution to artist fees and partial administrative costs for an event on National Poetry Day.
    $1,500.00
    OurSight
    Contribution towards venue hire, materials and advertising.
    $2,500.00
    People Feelin' Beats
    To help with venue and facilitator costs of after school dance classes.
    $1,900.00
    Rasa Dance Dunedin
    To contribute to the costs of bringing in two nationally recognised hip hop dance teachers to run low-cost workshops for rangatahi.
    $2,500.00
    Riley Aitken
    To support artist fees and costs of production and promotion.
    $3,000.00
    Script-to-Screen Te Tari Tuhi Kupu A Whakaahua
    Contribution to speaker fees and personnel costs.
    $1,500.00
    Sean Norling
    Contribution to personnel costs, materials and distribution.
    $3,043.61
    Studio 2 and Margaret Freeman Gallery
    To help cover the costs of materials, venue hire, and volunteers for ten community art workshops.
    $2,800.00
    Swaroopa Unni
    Contribution to artist fees for the coordination and teaching of free Bharatanatyam workshops and public performance.
    $3,000.00
    Te Vaka Cook Islands of Dunedin Incorporated
    To contribute to the tutor and assistant fees, and administrative costs of running traditional costume-making workshops.
    $3,835.00
     Total$47,324.00

    DCC Arts Grants

    Grant Recipient Purpose of Grant Amount Allocated
    Artsenta Creative Arts Trust
    To remunerate the artists involved in wānaka at Artsenta.
    $4,900.00
    Chamber Music New Zealand
    Contribute to the organising and operating costs of the Otago District Round of the Chamber Music contest.
    $1,550.00
    Dunedin Chinese Art/Instrument Association
    To contribute to tutor and workshops costs, and venue hire.
    $2,150.00
    Dance Ōtepoti
    To provide funding support for two community-based dance commissions.
    $4,950.00
    Dunedin Opera Company Incorporated
    To support remuneration for movement director, accompanists, and musical director.
    $5,000.00
    Dunedin Workers' Educational Association Te Wāhi Ākoranga o Ōtepoti Inc
    Subsidise workshop fees by funding costs for materials and tutors.
    $4,637.22
    iNDx
    Funding to support the costs of venue hire and marketing for the exhibition.
    $3,500.00
    Lana Arun
    Interview, editing and admin fees, publication costs and participant koha.
    $2,022.00
    National Flash Fiction Day Ōtepoti Dunedin
    To contribute to the artists’ fees, venue hire, administrative costs of the National Flash Fiction Day events.
    $4,000.00
    Otago Dance Association
    Contribution to lighting, sound, photography, and marketing costs.
    $3,100.00
    Otago Pioneer Women's Memorial Association Inc (Arati Kushwara)
    To support the artists’ remuneration for their preparation and public performance of Titiksha.
    $3,650.00
    Puspawaran Gamelan
    To contribute to artist fees and performance costs of the gamelan event.
    $4,060.00
    Stage South Charitable Trust (Rosella Hart)
    Remuneration for programme producer and workshop coaches.
    $5,000.00
    The Octagon Ensemble Trust
    To assist with the costs of artists’ fees.
    $5,000.00
    The Pantograph Punch
    To provide remuneration for writers and to support editorial and marketing costs for the publication of 4-8 pieces of writing.
    $5,000.00
    Theatre New Zealand Inc
    To assist with the costs of venue hire and technical support for the event.
    $2,370.00
    West Harbour Arts Charitable Trust
    To contribute to the artist’s fee for the WHACT residency programme.
    $2,000.00
     Total$62,889.22

    Professional Theatre Fund

    Grant Recipient Purpose of Grant Amount Allocated
    Angus Ltd trading as Sahara BreeZe productions Ltd
    Support venue hire and production costs for a new adaptation of Chekhov’s play for 7 performances in November 2023.
    $15,468.00
    Happy You
    To support script development and production phases of a new work that will premiere at Dunedin Fringe 2024 and has touring potential thereafter.
    $19,981.75
    Hic Sunt Dracones Productions (auspiced by Stage South Charitable Trust)
    Support personnel costs for the development and performance of “Constellations” in the Beautiful Science Gallery at the Otago Museum for the Dunedin Arts Festival 2024.
    $18,040.25
    Stage South Charitable Trust (Glorious Ruins)
    To support costs for the production and performance of “Swingers”, a mainstream New Zealand comedy play in August 2023.
    $18,050.00
     Total$71,540.00

    Waste Minimisation Community Grants

    Grant Recipient Purpose of Grant Amount Allocated
    Com2Tech
    To subsidise the set up and running of e-waste repair and reuse programme for the music community.
    $4,844.39
    Dunedin Midwinter Celebrations
    To fund waste consultant assistance.
    $5,000.00
    Just Atelier Trust TA Stitch Kitchen
    To subsidise participation costs for the ‘Mend & Make Awesome’ and ‘Upcycling Skills’ workshops.
    $4,421.48
    Logan Park High School
    To fund ‘waste stations’ around the school.
    $3,360.50
    Mornington Toy and Games Library Incorporated
    To subsidise waste minimisation initiatives.
    $4,809.60
    OneCoast Incorporated
    To subsidise OneCoast’s increased presence in Waikouaiti.
    $2,956.40
    Otago Boys' High School Sustainability Group
    To subsidise the cost of recycling bins around the school.
    $3,273.15
    Pregnancy Help Incorporated Dunedin Branch
    To purchase reusable nappies for family / whanau support.
    $5,000.00
    Sew On Period Care
    To fund information and participation workshops on reusable menstruation and incontinence products.
    $3,097.41
    The Valley Project
    To assist with the cost of a weekend community waste minimisation education and material diversion event.
    $4,970.07
     Total$41,733.00

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