Northland not-for-profit hosts intern

19/9/2006
(Media advisory)

Applications are now open for the Community Internship Programme (CIP), which provides grants for highly skilled professionals and their employers to lend a hand to community organisations. Interns are ‘loaned out’ from their full-time employers to undertake capacity-building projects in community organisations during three to six month internships.

This year’s funding round has allocated $268,000 for nine internships, each the equivalent of six months’ full time employment.

The programme aims to build the capacity of community groups and strengthen relationships between the public and private sectors, by offering professionals a community alternative to secondment or sabbatical.

Northland’s own Hua Rakua Trust Ki Omamari is currently hosting intern Adell Dick, an employee of Te Korowai Aroha O Ngati Whatua, to help build the capacity of the organisation. A second community organisation, Te Roopu Whakapiringa, will also share the benefits of the intern's skills and knowledge. The internship will focus on governance and management, marketing and promotions planning, and strategic and business planning.

The closing date for the upcoming CIP funding round is 12 October 2006. For information on applying to the CIP, visit Community Internship Programme, or call 0800 824 824.


Contact details:
Intern – Adell Dick (09) 423 9481 tkawhatua@xtra.co.nz
Host organisation – Hua Rakua Trust Ki Omamari
George & Veronica Nathan-Patuawa (09) 439 4196 revgeorge@xtra.co.nz

Media Contact:
Megan Fleming
(04) 495-9399 Megan.Fleming@dia.govt.nz