Waikato community house hosts intern

19/9/2006
(Media advisory)

NOTE: This is an historical archived document. The information is no longer current.


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.

Ngaruawahia Community House in the Waikato is currently hosting Wendy Diamond, a property consultant who is self-employed with the support of the local business community, to help the organisation develop financial policies and procedures. The internship will also focus on marketing and promotion, as well as 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 – Wendy Diamond (07) 824 7872 wendydnz@hotmail.com
Host organisation – Ngaruawahia Community House
Jane Stevens (07) 824 8340 ngacomhouse@kol.co.nz

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