recipients list 2012 - SKYCITY Auckland

Whakaaro Tahi Community Trust
Whangarei Rape Crisis
Whangarei Riding for the Disabled
YES Disability Resource Centre
Young Enterprise Trust
Youthline Auckland Charitable Trust
YWCA Auckland
Zeal Education Trust
Whakaaro Tahi Community Trust provides equitable access to the performing arts. Based
in the Far North, the community is low decile with high unemployment and high crime levels
with a lack of extracurricular activities freely available. A contribution has been sought for
the Trust's Youth Guitar and Ukelele programmes in Kaitaia, Peria, Taipa and Kaeo. This
initiative provides tuition in guitar, bass and ukulele for youth. Students also receive literacy
and musical skills and, for older youth, basic budgeting and life skills. Students will also learn
recording and video production, and write and record original songs. Funds have been
authorised for coordination and administration costs.
Whangarei Rape Crisis works towards the elimination of rape and sexual abuse against
women and children. Funding has been awarded to assist with facilitation costs for its
Maori Kaupapa programme. Statistics show that Maori have the highest numbers of
survivors of sexual abuse but have the lowest rate of survivors who seek help. The
Maori Kaupapa programme is a 12-week course run over two days per week for six
weeks. It is designed to support survivors of sexual abuse who relate to Maori Kaupapa.
Whangarei Riding for the Disabled provides intellectually or physically disabled children
and adults with therapeutic riding lessons. Funding has been awarded towards the
purchase of new mirrors for the wall inside the arena to be used in their games and
therapy during focus sessions.
The YES Disability Resource Centre is the lead agency for the delivery of information,
innovation and support for people living with disabilities and their families in the Waitemata
region. One of the programmes that the Centre facilitates is Carabiner Mentoring. This is a
unique mentoring programme to support youth with disabilities. It is the vision of Carabiner
to match young people aged between 17 and 24 years who demonstrate vision, passion and
perseverance towards a specific goal with someone who has experience in the area to
which the young person is aspiring. Funds have been approved to assist with salaries.
Young Enterprise Trust believes that the future economic prosperity of New Zealand
depends on graduating enterprise-capable and financially-literate students today. The
Trust has a series of programmes that start in primary school and go right through to
senior-secondary school level. Funding has been awarded to assist with salaries associated
with the primary programmes, which cover both enterprise and financial education.
Youthline is a youth-focused development organisation that aims to create communities
which relate to the needs of young people. It receives over 400,000 contacts per year
and responds to over 200,000 text and email messages from youths seeking help
annually. After a decade of planning and needs analysis, Youthline has recently been given
a 30-year lease of the once-iconic Papatoetoe Fire Station. Together with Auckland Council
and the local community, Youthline is developing the Manukau Youth and Development
Community Centre which will enable the expansion of vital services to youth and the
community of Manukau. Funds have been authorised towards completing the
functionality of the remaining five rooms on the first floor of the building.
The YWCA Auckland supports and nurtures women towards greater strength,
confidence and success by providing resources, opportunities and guidance to enable
them to reach their full potential. The Future Leaders programme fills a gap in mentoring
and skills-based services to young people. The course from other programmes as it
is long term (four to five years), it focuses on the individual, is closely monitored and
concentrates on women only. The programme is provided at no cost so it is not a
burden for already-compromised families. Funding has been approved to contribute
towards the costs of the Future Leaders mentoring programme.
The purpose of Zeal is the advancement of young people in the creative arts, leadership
and education. The Trust has successfully run purpose-built, inner-city youth venues for
12 years. In 2008 a new venue in Henderson opened and has seen over 40,000 young
people through the doors in the last year with over 120 events and workshops, rehearsal
rooms, recording studio, art and media and after-school cafe space. Zeal has been awarded
a grant to set up a screen-printing press that will offer screen-printing courses, training and
internships as a pre-employment pathway for young people. The purpose of the press will
be to offer practical, skills-based learning to those youth seeking work. It will also serve
the needs of many young aspiring fashion designers who currently produce garments as
merchandise for bands that play at Zeal's premises. A screen-printing course will run
for between 10 and 15 people over an eight-week period, with a further 12 weeks of
training for selected interns. Funding will be utilised to purchase the printing press.
2,200.00
14,000.00
2,983.10
15,000.00
45,000.00
20,000.00
30,000.00
11,913.04
TOTAL GRANTED 2,510,481.73
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