C.O.G.S. grants for Canterbury

Press, 18 December 1986, Page 22

C.O.G.S. grants for Canterbury

The Community Organisation Grants Scheme will distribute $436,800 to volunteer groups in Canterbury. A total of $4.2 million will be distributed nationally over a six-month period. The interim distribution committee in Canterbury received 117 applications for grants, of which 59 were successful. The committee gave priority to small, local groups with little access to other forms of funding, said the C.O.G.S. community worker in Canterbury, Ms Sue Smith. The target groups identified by the Government had been Maori and Pacific Island people, women, the elderly, children, the disabled and those isolated in rural areas, she said. Most of the grants in Canterbury will go towards salaries, volunteer expenses and overheads. The following groups will receive grants: Adards, S 6000; Adult Reading Programme, Rangiora, $1000; Adult Reading Programme, Christchurch, $20,000; Agape Saint Ministries Trust, $7400; Aged Peoples Welfare Council, $3500; Amberley Community Care Association, $5000; Anorexia and Bulimia Aid Group, $2000; Aranui Activity Centre, $5000; Au Taumafai a fanau, $5500; Autistic Association, $5000; Canterbury Rural Support Association, $1000; Cheviot Community Committee, $6000; Chatham Islands

Community, $5000; Community Volunteers Christchurch, $18,000; Disabled Persons Centre, $16,000; Discoss — (help booklet), $2500; Dorset House, $1000; Early Child Resource Centre, $5000; Emmanual House, $16,000; Employment Network, $8000; Hand Made Studio, $5000; Hearing Association, $5000; Home and Family Society, $1500; Home and family Society, $12,000; Hornby Community Workers, $2000; Infertility Group, $300; Kaiapoi — community worker, $10,000; Lincoln Community Help Centre, $2000; Lip Service, $2000; ME Support Group, $5000; Multicultural Young Persons Group, $5000; National Council of Women, Rangiora, $2600; Night Shelter for Women, $12,000; One Nine Six Counselling centre, $12,500; OSCAR in St Albans, $1000; Pacific Island Resource Centre, $20,000; Paparua Prospect Trust, $2500; Polynesian Performing Arts Trust, $22,000; Polynesian Training Programme, $5000; Pregnancy Help, $2000; Recreation for Youth, $15,000; Red Cross, $500; Resource Centre, $17,000; St Luke’s Centre, $5000; Samoan Island Church group, $3000; Samoan Women’s Aid Committee, $5000; Special Class After Care, $5000; Step Ahead, $10,000; Te Rito Arahi, $22,000; Te Roopu Awhina, $12,000; Te Runga Rangatahi o Ngai Tahu, $2000; Te Waimirangi Trust, $5OOO, Tenant’s Protection, $16,000; The ; Health Alternative for. Women (T.H.A.W.), $18,000; Wainoni-Aranui Support group, $13,000; Womens Division Federated Farmers, Hurunui, $3000; Vincentian Recovery Centre, $10,000; Wharenui After School, $1000; Women Against Violence Centre, $ll,OOO.