Pacific Youth Future Makers

We are looking for up to 12 Pacific youth, aged 18-26, to take the lead in designing and distributing a Pacific Future Makers Fund for the benefit of their peers and communities in South Auckland.

“This is a great opportunity for our South Auckland young people to drive decision making which will see grants going to their communities,” said Foundation North Engagement Lead Helen Clarke. “It allows funding to be designed and distributed by a panel of Pacific young people for Pacific initiatives in South Auckland”.

Foundation North is partnering with Ministry of Pacific Peoples to provide the $300,000 investment, which the panel of Pacific young people will distribute in their own way, according to their own criteria and in ways that makes the process accessible for Pacific communities in South Auckland.

How to express your interest?

Foundation North is working with ##### to invite expressions of interest from Pacific youth in South Auckland to participate in the panel which will design and operate the fund.

• Tell us about yourself – who are you, and what do you love about South Auckland?
• Why do you want to participate in this project?
• What will you bring to the project? (can be anything awesome – skills, experience, connections, insights, attitude, humour...)

Also tell us:
- how we can contact you
- how old you are
- which Pacific Island/s you hail from?
- where in Southside are you based?

For more information, please send your expression of interest in any format (short video, brief written document, poem or story) to Jana Wilson at Jana.wilson@foundationnorth.org.nz by ####.

This is the third time Foundation North has run this participatory grant making initiative - previous young Pacific panelists have said:

"Our people know how to help our communities, so for the applications to come through and us to be able to approve them, it is great knowing the funding will go into the community and the outcomes will flow on from that". (Renee)

"Learning about what goes into grant making and re-shaping that for our Pacific communities has been huge. It's about giving our communities access to that and being comfortable in that space". (Geoffrey)