recipients list 2012 - SKYCITY Auckland

Encounter HOPE Foundation
English Language Partners
Auckland Central
English Language Partners North Shore
Epilepsy New Zealand – Auckland Branch
Epsom Community Creche
Family Support Services
Kaiwaka/Mangawhai
Father and Child Charitable Trust
Figjam Workshops Charitable Trust
Foundation Alcohol Drug Education
(FADE)
Fountain of Knowledge Trust
Encounter HOPE Foundation was established in 2006 in order to provide direction
and resources that meet the physical, social, emotional, spiritual and educational needs
of families and individuals falling into the high-need category in Avondale. This organisation
provides care and ongoing support, life coaching, practical assistance, food bank, free
meals, budgeting support, training, post-rehabilitation recovery programmes and
business enterprise support. Funds have been approved to assist with the expenses
of leasing its premises.
English Language Partners Auckland Central gives lower socio-economic migrants and
refugees the opportunity to learn English, to pursue aspirations for themselves and their
families, and to participate in all aspects of life in New Zealand. The organisation runs a
25-hour NZQA-approved training course and the tutors complete the relevant NZQA
certificate. After completing the course, the tutors are matched with a learner or learners
in the community, either in the learners' homes or at classes. A grant has been awarded
to assist with costs associated with running 16 English Language Groups in Onehunga,
Meadowbank, Mt Wellington, Panmure and Glen Innes, teaching everyday English for
community members.
English Language Partners North Shore provides English language skills and social
support for the effective resettlement of adult refugees and migrants on the North
Shore. The organisation runs a volunteer tutor training course which is NZQA approved
(Certificate in ESOL Home Tutoring). This course covers the areas of volunteer tutoring,
cross-cultural awareness, adults and language learners and aspects of current approaches
to language learning. Every year, it facilitates four training courses and aims to train
85 new volunteer tutors. A Training and Resources Coordinator is employed to recruit
and interview new tutors, provide high-quality and effective tutor training as well as develop
and retain a solid base of long-term volunteers through training, support, innovation and
motivation. Funding has been awarded to assist with costs to keep this training operational.
Epilepsy New Zealand exists to improve the social condition and quality of life for people
with epilepsy and those who care for them, along with increasing the knowledge of epilepsy
in the wider community. Funds have been approved to assist with administration costs.
Epsom Community Creche is a small, not-for-profit community organisation, providing
early childhood education services in Epsom. It has operated from its current site for over
25 years and is one of the few non-commercial centres that operate on a sessional basis.
Funding has been awarded to help with the replacement of the existing deck coverings.
Family Support Services Kaiwaka/Mangawhai was established by a number of local
citizens who identified the need to provide a social, health and counselling service to
the community. Its objective is to reduce poverty for those disadvantaged by centralising
services. Public transport does not meet the needs of this rural community to attend
appointments in Whangarei, Warkworth or Dargaville. Child Youth and Family (CYFS),
the Justice Department, Work and Income New Zealand and Plunket operate from these
premises which minimises the financial burden of travelling 70 to 100 km to access these
organisations. A grant has been approved to contribute towards the costs of power,
phone and rent.
The focus and purpose of Father and Child Charitable Trust is to provide fathers, families
and organisations with information, improve the effectiveness of fatherhood and increase
fathers' access to family services. Much of the Trust's resource is used to support fathers
who have needs arising out of family dysfunction. Funding has been authorised to assist
with office rental costs.
The purpose of Figjam Workshops Charitable Trust is to deliver workshops to members
of the community and their families who are disadvantaged by the effects of poverty, longterm
unemployment, domestic violence, substance abuse and/or low self-worth. Using art
and creativity as a means to explore patterns of behaviour, these workshops provide tools
which enable participants to create long-term positive changes in their lives. Funds have
been approved to run four Creative Empowerment workshops in the Auckland area.
FADE provides quality educational resources for New Zealand secondary schools, students,
parents and members of the wider community. Funding has been awarded to assist with the
launch of a new FADE website and phone app called 'WISE UP'. To date, this organisation
has educated children and families about the harms of alcohol and drugs by means of
printed materials. It is clear that children's educational futures increasingly lies in the
extensive use of technology and it is therefore important for FADE to engage more
effectively at this level and in more digitally-driven ways.
The stated purpose of the Fountain of Knowledge Trust is to deliver projects for the
advancement of education (particularly through early childhood education). The Trust has
been operating its first early childhood education centre, Puna Ole Atamai Aogo Amata,
in Mangere since 2000. Funds have been approved to help develop the outdoor play
area with a new sheltered area and outdoor equipment.
10,000.00
7,815.66
7,500.00
2,000.00
4,000.00
8,000.00
5,340.00
9,020.00
10,000.00
3,000.00
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