Penny Molnar Victory/CWTAS, Kindra Douglas Victory/CWTAS, Rochelle Nicholls Family Start, Karen Driver Envt.
Centre, Sharyn Black Civics Education, Sue Bateup Health Action, Mary Curnow NCC, Marie Calder Neighbourhood
Connections, Kay Switzer CAB, Rosina Corneilissen, Kerry Budge Strengthening Families, Pat Webster CWTAS, Jo
Ann Firestone FreshFM, Harriet Denham Lifeline, Kaye Latham DIA, Di Fleming Restorative Justice, Kate Allen DSS,
Claire Dowdall Family and Community Services, David Reid Gateway Housing, Vicky Bryant NBPH, Helen Reynolds
Age Concern, Charles Tyrrell Diocese/Age Concern, Shary Dalrymple Q Youth, Judy Robinson Tahunanui Community
Centre, Gareth Cashin Victory Community Centre, Kate Frykberg Todd Foundation/Philanthropy NZ, Marie
Johnstone Red Cross/Volunteer Nelson, Adrian Hassan, Andrea Kepes, Katy Steele Volunteer Nelson, Jacqui Irwin
Volunteer Nelson/Neighbourhood Support (notes)
Deanne Kilpatrick, Rachael Large, Kathryn Sclater
Penny Molnar and Kindra Douglas
Penny welcomed everyone to the meeting and we started with a few notices before our guest speaker arrived.
Guest speaker: Kate Frykberg of the Todd Foundation and Philanthropy NZ. We began with quick introductions around the room.
Kindra introduced Kate Frykberg of the Todd Foundation. Kate also chairs the board of Philanthropy NZ, is involved in Community Led Development and related forums. Kate described her journey into the philanthropic world and led a conversation around funding.
Originally from the Hawkes Bay, Kate worked in IT for twenty years and in the 90s created an IT development company which was sold. From there, they set up a family charitable trust. Later, Kate was invited onto the board of Philanthropy NZ, which is for individuals or trust,s and from there went to being the Executive Director of the
Todd Foundation, which led to her visit to the Victory area. Philanthropy is “all about compassion and wanting to give”. Money is just fuel.
Kate then invited questions around funding. Shary from Q Youth said they had applied to Todd Foundation in the past but were declined – the feedback was about not being reliant on funders. Is there a way for organisations to get sustained funding or 3-5 years? Otherwise it is about lurching from grant to grant. Kate said she understands that annual round cycle. The supply of funding is way less than demand. Also, there needs to be a balance between on-going and one off funding. They aim at 1-2 year funding, so they can be responsive to the community, while trying to get out as widely as possible. They also have 5 year partnership funding to use for any purpose that meets the organisation’s vision, which is provided on a high trust basis. Small numbers get the longer-term funds, and more get 1-2 yr funding. You don’t always know how much to give, and they are looking at how to raise the threshold. They would like to look at how to do that. Kate suggested we keep giving that feedback to funders.
Jo Ann from FreshFM asked: FreshFM is also a charitable trust and have to find 50% of their funding. We have heard that few grants can be for salaries, which is perplexing. How can work be done if people are not funded?? Kate agreed that is crazy. Todd does fund salaries. You need to tell funders that. Some perhaps around the short/long term funding thing. You need the right people. Lotteries, CCT, JR McKenzie, Todd, Maniland, MFE and others do fund salaries. COGS do, plus operational costs. There is perhaps more of a move towards that. So there are opportunities out there.
Helen Reynolds: as chair of PNZ do you know of a current register of funders? Kate directed everyone to the
Funding Information Service, which is free to access via the public libraries. Kaye from DIA provided access information for FundView (see below).
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Kindra: we do ‘compete’ for funding, but most of us are happy to share funding knowledge. We want to raise everyone’s capacity in this area. Kate: talking about collaboration, the Working Together More Fund is seed funding for initiatives where organisations work together or explore partnerships. There is a group of five funders collaborating to provide and administer this fund.
Penny M: a difficulty is the contracting system with increasingly tighter conditions, so philanthropic trusts are needed for the rest, more and more. What is your relationship with government agencies, and as a voice for the community sector? Kate: These days, this trend does take advantage of the sector and all the good work happening. What used to happen was initiatives would be piloted then government might take them on, now it is the opposite. More organisations are coming to us to fund what was previously core funded by government.
Another trend is for organisations to be approached by government to provide new initiatives. There needs to be more discussion of the role of philanthropy vs the government role in funding.
Penny: let us know if there’s anything we can do. There is less $ and need is growing. All struggle to find the time to do anything other than core essential work, and gap gets bigger between the national vs local voice.
Raewyn: The Chronic Fatigue/ME group needs a coordinator and field worker, which needed funding. They are too unwell to fund and manage a worker, as an example. What’s needed is funds, interest free loans. Speaking from the bottom of the pile, that’s what’s needed: interest free loans and someone to manage the money side of funding work. Kate: microloans are picking up. Kindra: in Nelson, there is the Womens Angel Loan Fund and the
Nelson Enterprise Loans Trust (Bruce Dwyer). There is also the housing trust loan bank for accommodation deposits.
Kindra thanked Kate for her presentation.
From Kaye Latham, DIA: Instructions for accessing FundView free of charge from any computer:
 www.nelsoncitycouncil.co.nz/library
 Select Online resources
 Select Research databases
 Select FundView
 Select Access from outside library
 Enter your ID (library card barcode number) and PIN (probably the last 4 digits of your phone number)
See Kaye’s contact details below for free funding information and advice:
Kaye Latham | Community Advisor
Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua www.dia.govt.nz
Direct Dial: +64 3 546 0902 5th Floor Civic House, 110 Trafalgar St |PO Box 1149, Nelson
If you would like your full notice in the minutes, please send it to jacqui@volunteernelson.org.nz
Ideally for routine notices, publish them in Community News and Views, here
 Sue Bateup, mental health promoter at HAT. It is Mental Health Awareness week currently. The theme is
‘Connect’ – Sue distributed posters and resources. They also have last year’s five key principles info. And a reminder about the elder health needs questionnaire which is a survey to assess needs in the community.
 Raewyn Scott is doing a compassion survey to measure kindness and compassion and said there is a depression crisis. The CF group has folded due to exhaustion, and Raewyn is planning a Rotoiti workshop to discuss issues.
 Kerry Budge from Strengthening Families – asked everyone to please update details to the new coordinator
(Kerry) as it is no longer Vonnie.
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 Pat Webster, reminded everyone of the CWTAS AGM next week – 12 noon at the Victory Community Centre on
Tuesday 15 October.
 Evey McAuliffe – pick up info on an Interfaith initiative week of prayer for world peace, leaflets. Also on the multicultural website.
 Kaye Latham DIA – reminder that Dept of Internal Affairs has a funding advisory service; they have lots of info about lots of types of funding and fundraising. It’s a free service, so make contact any time. A reminder that
COGS accountability reports are due in soon. Next funding round is also soon.
 Gareth Cashin spoke about the Way To Go funding through community hubs, which is now into its 8 th year.
There is a Nelson cluster, Tahunhunui community centre, the Truck mobile rec service, Saxton Stadium and
Victory Community Centre. They have a range of activities and run sustainable physical activity and nutrition programmes in the communities to meet their needs. Courses, drop in activities, work around Nelson, Stoke, sessions around Neal Park, Tahunanui beach aimed at 11-18 yr olds, cycling, singing all sorts of courses, women’s fitness, walking and gardening. Amazing programmes out there. Swimming, pilates etc in Victory
Square, very low cost at convenient times. Holiday programmes, preschools and other programmes. Being promoted via Gareth in coming months to raise awareness and increase access.
 There was a short discussion on LinkedIn social media.
 Penny M: Community House – CWTAS wrote to the council as it had been involved in setting up the trust, and the importance of the community/council connection. The Mayor wrote back. Not poss to regularly attend, usual for an officer to attend, as it is important. Critical issues etc. and follow up. Have been tracking relocation and CCT assisting. Council will continue to monitor it. The organisations are all round town, many at
Hardy St, VN permanently at Alma House. Pat said council staff only is not sufficient. Either they come to us or we ( coordination by CWTAS) go to them, follow up with new chair of Community Services for regular dialogue to maintain Cllr presence. (Supported by those present) Part of the problem is Thursday afternoon
Council meetings sometimes clash. [letter to be scanned and will be linked to Volunteer Nelson’s Community and Whanau page at http://www.volunteernelson.org.nz/network/ ]
 Tomorrow afternoon (Friday 11 October) there is afternoon tea for Gail Collingwood at the Womens Centre. All welcome, including men, from 2pm onwards.
 CWTAS discussion – ‘Seizing the Moment’ now online.
 Need for a community database of small providers to share resources etc. will put groups in touch. The
Community House Trust still exists – waiting until dust settles to meet and wind up or look at other options. Ex
Community House group to consider. Look at a long term database.
 Sharry: Q Youth is available next year to provide education – workshop sessions on sexuality and gender diversity for teenagers if any working with youth who might need this information. Happening in 2014.
 Support for CN&V.
 Pat – Living Wage Campaign as an issue add to > hot topics. Other hot topics
Social enterprise as another hot topic… interaction and opportunities)
Invite Raven Boss PSA to come back next year to discuss workers to joining a union for collective employment power? Funding? Issues??
Economy vs people focus vs shifting towards better emphasis on people and workers, NZ against trend and (Raewyn) the income gap, income inequality and preventing burnout and will ask via email and how to set up a forum for those struggling without income.
Nelson 2060 and invite Cllrs.
 Next time: 14 November will cover a housing update by Keith Preston and Affordable Housing issues
 Then end of year shared lunch and an organisation speed dating 12 December meeting to end the year.
If you have further hot topics, please email Jacqui@volunteernelson.org.nz
for next year’s meeting programme.
Meeting closed at 1.40pm
Please put the 2013 series in your calendar – always the second Thursday of the month, same venue and time. The
2014 calendar of meetings is now available on the Volunteer Nelson website: http://www.volunteernelson.org.nz/network/.
Action: everyone pls
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