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Funding Opportunities

1. Lottery Community Have you thought about applying to Lottery Community: click here to find out more

2. TechSoup New Zealand TechSoup New Zealand provides donated software from companies such as Microsoft to eligible New Zealand Charities, Voluntary and Community groups with charitable status. Via this program you can get all the latest Microsoft products.  More donors will be coming soon. This is an exciting programme to assist New Zealand Charities, Voluntary and Community Groups to build their ICT capacity, one that has already assisted organisatsions world-wide to make huge savings in their operations!The TechSoup New Zealand Programme is provided by Connecting Up Australia in partnership with TechSoup. Both CISA and TechSoup are nonprofit organisations that are part of a global partnership for technology donations with companies such as Microsoft and with more companies to come.

3. Working Together More Fund – He Pūtea Mahi Tahi.
Four funding organisations – the Todd Foundation, Tindall Foundation, Wayne Francis Charitable Trust and the J R McKenzie Trust – are introducing a new fund known as the Working Together More Fund – He Pūtea Mahi Tahi.
The aim of the fund is assist community organisations to make a greater difference for the people and communities they serve, through working together more closely with other organisations.
Increasing collaboration may not be right for everyone, nor will it necessarily save money; but many organisations that have worked closely together report real returns for the efforts, including improved services for their consumers.
Groups of two or more organisations which are interested in exploring how they might work more closely together can apply for financial assistance and/or expert help.
There will be more funding rounds in 2010, the next one closes on 16 July so there is more time to get things together for that.
Please feel free to:
·         visit http://www.tindall.org.nz/working-together-more-fund for more information, and contact details for Barbara Edwards, the fund’s administrator
·         talk to others and consider applying, and
·         pass this on to others you know who may be interested.
Good luck with your work, especially in these uncertain times.
 
Iain Hines, Executive Director, J R McKenzie Trust, www.jrmckenzie.org.nz
 
 
4. Application to become an approved group to receive Police Diversion Donations.  
 The new round of applications has now been launched on the Police's internet site at the following link for the 2010/11 year:
<http://www.police.govt.nz/service/diversion/donations.html>.  A new application form for the 2010/11 year can be found on this webpage.
APPLICATIONS CLOSE ON Friday 30 April 2010, 5pm