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Have a brilliant idea to bring a little magic to your 'hood? Great - we want to hear it! Napier City Council's 'Love Your Neighbourhood Competition' has up to $8000 to give to projects that will add community to our city. Entries close Monday 1 June.
We're looking for imaginative projects, something fresh and inventive that'll bring joy, fun and aroha to our communities.
And so we're asking our citizens for their ideas. We've launched a 'Love Your Neighbourhood Competition', an opportunity for formal and informal neighbourhood groups and clubs to celebrate their unique identity, encourage new connections, enhance their neighbourhood’s environment or respond to a particular need. A few ideas to get you thinking:
These ideas and projects can be for when our daily lives get back to normal after Covid-19 is no longer threatening our communities.
Entering is easy. Submit a video or multi-media presentation about your project idea, outlining what you want to do, why you want to do it, who is involved and how much it'll cost. You'll find all the competition details on this page, including the online entry form. The competition closes on Monday 4 May whereupon a crack judging panel of Council staff and community representatives will judge the entries and select the winning projects. The best bit of all? We have allocated a total of $8000 to help fund the winning projects.
Yes, we already said that! But it really is. Shoot the video on your phone - selfie-styles if you like - and fire it in. We're not looking for the next Taika Waititi or Jane Campion - we just want to hear all about your idea. Don't be shy.
Please note, we ask that you comply with the Covid-19 Alert Level 4 system when creating your video. Get creative with your self-isolation home video!
Love Your Neighbourhood gives people an opportunity to work together to achieve one or more of the following:
We invite entries from neighbourhoods and communities in Napier – these groups can be ‘informal’ eg. a neighbourhood support group, a collection of neighbours, a group of park users, a club/group with a common interest etc. NCC staff are not eligible to enter. For more information please refer to the Competition Info at the bottom of this page.
Love Your Neighbourhood gives people an opportunity to work together to achieve one or more of the following:
We invite entries from neighbourhoods and communities in Napier – these groups can be ‘informal’ eg. a neighbourhood support group, a collection of neighbours, a group of park users, a club/group with a common interest etc. NCC staff are not eligible to enter.
What is a neighbourhood? For this competition, a ‘neighbourhood’ is linked to a place. Neighbourhoods can be residents of a particular street but could include a ‘natural’ neighbourhood such as users of a local park or playground. A ‘natural’ neighbourhood could also be a group of houses such as a block or houses that overlook a park.
What is a community? For this competition, a ‘community’ is either a collection of neighbourhoods (eg. a suburb) or a community of interest. A community of interest is a group of people who share a common interest rather than a common place.
Up to $8,000 is available as prize money for selected projects.
Enter by filling in the online entry form on this page and creating a video or multimedia presentation.
The video/presentation should include:
Upload your video/presentation before the closing date: Monday 1 June.
We will:
A panel of Council staff, Youth Council and community representatives will judge the entries on:
This competition invites entries for projects that provide an opportunity for people to work together for the benefit of others – not personal benefit.
Completion - Winning projects must be completed within six months of competition closing, and groups will supply photos and/or videos from the project in action to NCC.
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