Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award 2007: Application for NGO Grant.
Information about making an application for the NGO grant is available in this section.
About the grant
New Zealand has been chosen as the recipient of the 2007 Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award. This Award recognises progress by a member country of the United Nations towards full participation of disabled people in society. The Governor-General will collect the Award for New Zealand in 2008. The Award includes a grant of US$50,000 (about NZ$65,000) to a New Zealand non-government organisation (NGO) that can demonstrate an outstanding commitment to disabled people and families. The New Zealand Government has decided that this money should go to an organisation:
- working to increase participation of disabled people in leadership roles, or
- promoting and advocating for the rights of disabled people, or
- making society more responsive to the needs of disabled people.
We are particularly interested in supporting areas of work which, to date, have had little funding.
Open for applications
Applications for the NGO grant are invited from consumer and service provider disability organisations. Applications must be received by no later than 3:00 pm, Friday 15 February 2008. No late applications can be considered. Brief and succinct applications are required, and use of practical examples is encouraged. Applications need to respond to all three questions below.
NGO eligibility
NGOs that meet the following criteria are eligible to submit an application:
- a New Zealand non-profit organisation working in the disability sector
- can demonstrate their work has resulted in real changes in the lives of disabled people and their families
- have a track record of promoting inclusion of disabled people in society, which is consistent with the New Zealand Disability Strategy and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Application questions
Your application must respond to these questions. Please use examples.
How does your organisation:
- model best practice and a commitment to excellence in their work?
- ensure its activities result in real changes in the lives of disabled people?
- advance the New Zealand Disability Strategy and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities?
- involve disabled people, for example in management, governance, or advisory roles?
Describe your organisation’s achievements in at least one of the following:
- building the skills and knowledge of disabled people, provide them with opportunities to experience leadership roles, and increase the numbers of disabled people working as leaders of their sector and/or of society.
- advancing the rights of disabled people and their inclusion in New Zealand society, and how this has changed people’s behaviour and attitudes.
- improving the responsiveness of New Zealand society to disabled people.
If your organisation is chosen for the NGO grant:
- how will it be used?
- how does this relate to the objectives of the New Zealand Disability Strategy or the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities?
- what will be the positive and ongoing impact on disabled people?
- how will disabled people be involved?
Making an application
Applications must be received by no later than 3:00 pm, Friday 15 February 2008. No late applications can be considered.
The successful NGO will be notified by the end of March 2008.
Send your application to:
Post:
Paul Dickey
Office for Disability Issues
P O Box 1556 Wellington
Fax: 04 918 0075
Email: paul.dickey004@msd.govt.nz
Deliver to:
Paul Dickey
Office for Disability Issues
Ministry of Social Development
Ground Floor
West Block
Charles Fergusson Building
Bowen Street
Wellington.
Requirements on the NGO receiving the grant
The NGO receiving the grant is expected to report to the Office for Disability Issues by 30 June 2009 on the use of the grant and how it has impacted on the lives of disabled people.