Sexual Violence Prevention Fund Now Open

Following the Report of the Taskforce for Action on Sexual Violence (1), the Government has committed funding for sexual violence primary prevention work.

$600,000 is available over two years for a contestable funding round to help providers across New Zealand deliver sexual violence primary prevention services.

There are two separate streams of funding:
1. Kaupapa and tikanga Māori driven sexual violence primary prevention initiatives.
Funding is available for up to two years. To ensure that we fund good quality initiatives across the country, applicants should be aware that the panel that will assess applications may choose to limit funding to $30,000 per project per annum, or $60,000 over two years.

2. Tauiwi and/or bi-cultural sexual violence primary prevention initiatives.
Funding will be available for up to one year. To ensure that we fund good quality initiatives across the country, funding will be capped at $30,000 per project. A further contestable round will be held in 2012 to allocate funding for 2012/13.

The deadline for applications is 5pm on Friday, 20 May 2011.

Eligible applications will be considered by panels in early June and applicants will be informed whether they were successful before the end of June. Projects will be able to begin from 1 July 2011.

Application forms and detailed information packs setting out the criteria for funding and information on how to apply are available below.

Kaupapa and tikanga Māori initiatives information pack http://tinyurl.com/3mekewy (PDF, 237 KB)

Kaupapa and tikanga Māori initiatives application form http://tinyurl.com/3qp2pvq (Word, 545 KB)

Tauiwi and/or bi-cultural initiatives information pack http://tinyurl.com/3htqjyb (PDF, 199 KB)

Tauiwi and/or bi-cultural initiatives application form http://tinyurl.com/43uqcbk (Word, 537 KB)

For more information, please visit the Ministry of Justice website at http://www.justice.govt.nz/policy/crime-prevention/contestable-funding-r...

(1) The Report of the Taskforce for Action on Sexual Violence is available online at:
http://www.justice.govt.nz/policy/supporting-victims/taskforce-for-actio...