Monday, 8 March 2021, 4:06 pm
Eighteen organisations around the country will be
receiving collective funding of almost $1 million through
the Pasifika Suicide Prevention Community Fund, Le Va
announced today.
Le Va, a Pasifika-led non-government
organisation that supports families and communities,
administers the Fund on behalf of the Suicide Prevention
Office. The Fund offers grants for community initiatives
that aim to develop solutions to prevent
suicide.
Every Life Matters - He Tapu te Oranga o ia
Tangata Suicide Prevention Strategy 2019-2029 acknowledges
the need for services by Pasifika for Pasifika to help
address the disproportionate rates of suicide. Initiatives
that focused on youth, people with lived experience of
Source:Â Wise Group
Eighteen organisations around the country will be receiving collective funding of almost $1 million through the Pasifika Suicide Prevention Community Fund, Le Va announced today.
Le Va, a Pasifika-led non-government organisation that supports families and communities, administers the Fund on behalf of the Suicide Prevention Office. The Fund offers grants for community initiatives that aim to develop solutions to prevent suicide.
Every Life Matters â He Tapu te Oranga o ia Tangata Suicide Prevention Strategy 2019-2029 acknowledges the need for services by Pasifika for Pasifika to help address the disproportionate rates of suicide. Initiatives that focused on youth, people with lived experience of suicidal behaviour, rural communities, rainbow, and men were encouraged to apply for grant funding.
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The council’s funding for the organisation was vital, she said. It received no funding from central government, and other funding from philanthropic organisations such as the Gallagher Family Foundation, the Len Reynolds Trust and the DB Bryant Trust had either been recently terminated or was otherwise not guaranteed. The reduction meant the organisation would likely have to shut up shop within two years, she said. It was an unpalatable situation to be facing in the year of the organisation’s fiftieth anniversary. “It’s been like a kick in the guts,” Yorston told the community committee on Thursday.
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