Pasefika LotuMoui Grant Scheme
What is the aim of the grant?
The Grant Scheme provides opportunities for Pacific churches in Counties Manukau to develop and implement health promotion and disease prevention community projects that will support their Pacific congregations to live healthy and active lifestyles.
The vision of the LotuMoui Health Programme is:
A vision of prosperity: "to have a good safe journey" that holistically encompasses physical health, material wealth, emotional security, spiritual wholeness and the wellbeing of families and the community.
The key themes of the LotuMoui Health Programme are:
- Shifting paradigms and changing mindsets towards healthy living
- Healing and wholeness for Pacific peoples
- Working collectively towards a shared vision of health and prosperity
The Grant aims to provide Pacific church organisations with a ‘one-off' payment to implement healthier lifestyle changes for its congregations. The District Health Board will work in partnership with successful applicants to look at ways of ensuring that healthy lifestyle programmes are sustainable for their congregations at the completion of the Grant.
Who can apply?
To apply you must meet the following criteria:
- A church organisation
- Your church must be situated in the Counties-Manukau district
- You must have an Incorporated Trust or Charitable society status
- The Majority of your congregation is of Pacific descent
How Much?
There are two levels of funding available at the amounts of $3,000 and $5,000.
Applications should be for no more that $5,000.
Criteria
To be eligible for the Grant you must supply the following information with your Application Form:
- Confirmation of your GST number
- Evidence of your legal status and infrastructure
- Programme Plan (no more than three pages)
Process of selection
From the written information supplied on your Application Form, a District Health Board selection panel will prepare a short-list of organisations for consideration. Organisations will be short-listed on the basis of:
- Infrastructure of organisation (charitable trust, incorporated society)
- Locality of where proposed healthy lifestyle programmes will be provided
- Experience and skills to provide health promotion and disease prevention initiatives
- Demonstrates an ability to work with other Church groups or Pacific community groups
- Linkages to District Health Board's strategic priorities for Pacific peoples (information on these is attached)
- Responsiveness to the needs of Pacific peoples
- Demonstrates a willingness to work with the District Health Board and implement healthy lifestyle changes with its congregation
For churches that have previously received funding as part of the LotuMoui Health Programme, the District Health Board will also consider:
- Your monitoring reports; and,
- Participation in the LotuMoui health programme
If your application is successful,we will meet with you to formally discuss and agree the desired outcomes of your programme and a process for monitoring your progress.
