- Dog and animal management
- Cemeteries
- Fees and charges
- Rubbish and recycling
- Roads, transport and parking
- Business licences and permits
- Waters
- Noise control
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Grants and funding
- Arts sustainability fund
- Climate action grants
- Community and Affordable Housing Seed Fund
- Community board grants
- Community grants
- Creative Communities Scheme
- Districtwide Facility Hire Remission Grants
- Heritage Fund
- Major events fund
- Museum and heritage development
- Māori Economic Development Grants Fund
- Social investment funding
- ThinkBIG grants
- Waste levy grants
- Wellington Community Fund
- Council facilities for hire
- Council properties
Social investment funding
Every year Council dedicates funding to support not-for-profit organisations, iwi and hapū to deliver important community outcomes and emerging issues.
In 2022 we had three funds:
- Social Impact Grants – a one-off grant open to all Kāpiti-based not-for-profit organisations (including Ōtaki)
- Ōtaki Social Impact Grants – a one-off grant open to Ōtaki-based not-for-profit organisations
- Social Investment Fund – annual funding over three years.
You can see more about each fund, and the recipients, below.
Social Investment Fund
The Social Investment Fund is an is an outcome-focused contestable fund that develops service contracts with not-for-profit organisations to deliver social services.
A total of $395,000 per year is available:
- $345,000 for activities across the district
- $50,000 for Ōtaki initiatives, to address inequity.
Ōtaki initiatives can apply to both funds. Funding is allocated to organisations that contribute to our social investment priorities and reflect our social investment principles.
The second round of contestable Social Investment Funding for activities across the district was decided by Council on 25 August 2022.
Recipients 2022–25
The following organisations and initiatives have been allocated funding.
Recipient | Project | Years | Recommended funding | |||
Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Total | |||
Connected Communities Priority | ||||||
Birthright Levin Inc |
Funding to strengthen and maintain their presence in Ōtaki to ensure sustainable support of ‘whānau led by one person’. |
2022–25 |
$15,273.33 |
$15,273.33 |
$15,273.34 |
$45,820 |
Energise Ōtaki Charitable Trust |
Funding for the Bright Futures 2022-2025 programme which ties to both social outcomes and climate action focused on three strategic areas – Owning our Carbon Footprint, Warm up Ōtaki and Beyond and Growing our Carbon Capture Forest. |
2022–25 |
$50,000 |
$50,000 |
$50,000 |
$150,000 |
He Tāngata Village Trust |
Funding to support a coordinator to assist in the establishment of live-in on-site support to vulnerable families. |
2022–25 |
$15,273.33 |
$15,273.33 |
$15,273.34 |
$45,820 |
Kāpiti Youth Support |
Funding for Project Youth which is a mentoring programme for LGBTQIA+ rangatahi between the ages of 10-24. |
2022–25 |
$50,000 |
$50,000 |
$50,000 |
$150,000 |
Manaaki Kapiti |
Funding to establish a kai hub that supports whanau through mana and dignity access to nutritious kai as well as be a point of contact for a range of other services to enable whanau wellbeing. |
2022–25 |
$49,920 |
$49,920 |
$49,920 |
$149,760 |
Paekākāriki Pride Inc |
Funding towards specialist services and training of volunteers to implement the Paekākāriki Pride Festival. |
2022–25 |
$7,000 |
$7,000 |
$7,000 |
$21,000 |
Te Puna Oranga o Ōtaki |
Funding to provide safe, warm and accessible spaces for the community to meet. |
2022–25 |
$25,000 |
$25,000 |
$25,000 |
$75,000 |
Safer Communities priority |
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Greater Wellington Neighbourhood Support |
Funding to re-establish Neighbourhood Support along the Kāpiti Coast and support those groups that already exist to reconnect with their community. |
2022–25 |
$51,300 |
$52,800 |
$53,500 |
$157,600 |
Capable Sector priority |
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Volunteer Kāpiti and Kāpiti Impact Trust |
Funding to move into Phase Two of the Capable Sector project. |
2022–25 |
$80,000 |
$80,000 |
$80,000 |
$240,000 |
Total funding allocation |
$343,766.66 |
$345,266.66 |
$345,966.68 |
$1,035,000 |
Social Impact Grants
The Social Impact Grants were offered as a one-off fund in 2022. These grants provided immediate, one-off funding to organisations to support their community work during the COVID-19 response. The districtwide Social Impact Grant was open to organisations across Kāpiti, including Ōtaki; the Ōtaki Social Impact Grant was open to Ōtaki-based organisations.
This fund was separate from the Social Investment Fund, which provides annual funding over three years.
Recipients
Social Impact Grant recipients
Council has awarded grants to a wide range of projects and initiatives.
Districtwide Social Impact Grants
Recipient |
Project |
Amount granted |
Age Concern Kāpiti Coast Incorporated |
Companion Walking Service |
$15,000.00 |
Dementia Wellington Charitable Trust |
Living Well with Dementia |
$15,000.00 |
Energise Ōtaki |
Bright Futures |
$14,810.00 |
English Language Partners |
Provision of online English classes |
$11,000.00 |
Greater Wellington Neighbourhood Support |
Reinvigoration of neighbourhood support in Kāpiti |
$25,000.00 |
He Tangata Village |
He Tangata Village Fruit Forest |
$2,310.34 |
Kāpiti Impact Trust |
LIFELink Project |
$15,000.00 |
Kāpiti Vaulting Club Incorporated |
Resilience and inclusiveness |
$20,000.00 |
Kidz Need Dadz |
Kidz Need Dadz Kāpiti Social Impact Initiative 2022 |
$10,354.00 |
KYS One Stop Shop Trust / Kāpiti Youth Support |
Transitional Housing Scoping Project |
$20,000.00 |
Manaaki Kāpiti – Atiawa ki Whakarongotai |
Manaaki Kāpiti Response |
$20,000.00 |
Māoriland Charitable Trust |
Te Kai Kollective |
$15,000.00 |
Ngā Hapū o Ōtaki |
Connecting to whānau |
$25,000.00 |
Ōtaki Waka Hoe Charitable Trust |
Waka Ora |
$30,000.00 |
Paekākāriki Station Precinct Trust |
Paekākāriki’s Future |
$20,000.00 |
Te Puna Oranga o Ōtaki |
He kai he rongoā, he rongoā he kai |
$15,000.00 |
The Shed Project |
The Shed Project Programmes Initiatives |
$21,525.66 |
Volunteer Kāpiti |
Supported volunteering in Kāpiti |
$5,000.00 |
Work Ready Kāpiti |
Work Ready Kāpiti Community Hub |
$20,000.00 |
Ōtaki Social Impact Grants
Recipient |
Project |
Amount granted |
Age Concern Kāpiti Coast Incorporated |
Steady As You Go – Ōtaki |
$2,700.00 |
Energise Ōtaki |
Warm Up Ōtaki Housing – Stage 2 |
$9,640.00 |
Māoriland Charitable Trust |
Te Kai Kollective |
$10,000.00 |
Ngā Hapū o Ōtaki |
Connecting to whānau |
$10,000.00 |
Te Puna Oranga o Ōtaki |
Hunga Rangatahi mahi ora |
$10,000.00 |
Te Puna Oranga o Ōtaki |
Support immediate response to COVID-19 pandemic |
The social investment fund is allocated to organisations that support the following social investment priorities:
Connected communities
We want our people to be connected, empowered and feel part of a community.
Under this priority, we support activities that build our communities’ ability to maximise their strengths, address local needs and enhance wellbeing through:
Safe communities
Our vision is that our communities are safe places, and community and neighbourhood safety is strategic and joined up.
This priority supports strategic collaborations and partnerships that grow community belonging and safety through:
Capable sector
This priority focusses on supporting our community and social sector to be capable, effective and resilient, with priority outcomes that: