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NRF Thriving Communities
The Thriving Football Communities Pilot is aiming to make football more welcoming and accessible across South Auckland. Co-funded by the Foundation and our partners, it will work with communities and clubs to open up more opportunities to play.
Football is one of the most popular sports in New Zealand, but not everyone has the same chance to be part of it. Māori, Pasifika and Asian communities are underrepresented in football compared to the make-up of our population, and many refugee and low socio-economic families face barriers to getting into club environments.
The Thriving Football Communities Pilot is our response. Co-funded by the New Zealand Football Foundation, New Zealand Football, the New Zealand Community Trust (NZCT) and Northern Region Football (NRF), the pilot will create a new role working directly with targeted communities and clubs in South Auckland.
The role will focus on three areas:
- Community-led opportunities: working alongside the most underrepresented groups in NRF's Targeted Geographic Communities, including Māori, Pasifika and Asian communities, so football opportunities are shaped by the people who will use them.
- Inclusive clubs: supporting priority clubs to understand and improve their capacity to be inclusive, and connecting them with community football providers.
- Football for All: delivering the programme to support the inclusion, participation and wellbeing of refugee and low socio-economic communities in club environments, where relevant.
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Grant Recipients
$808,916
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New Zealand Football
Grant Details
- Player travel contribution - NZ Football
- Referee development - NZ Football
- Funding for MU20 Coach - NZ Football U20
- Under 20 2015 World Cup Leverage and Legacy plan
- Under 20 Grant funding towards volunteer programme
- Under 20 WC Leverage and Legacy plan - Futsal Programme
- Grant towards player hardship
- Grant to get Ferns to Rio - Football Ferns
- U17 Boys team to World Cup in India - National Federation
- Donation to kids food - Under privileged Soloman Island Kids
- All Whites trial flight donation - August Keaton
- Kate Shepard Cup Support - yearly donation
- FFDP (Funding talent for boots etc) - NZPFA
- Future Ferns Development programme
- Travel Grant for U20's plater
- NZF Green shirt campaign
- NZF Legacy programme
- Talent - university study fees
- Football Connect and FC coaching - First Ball Kicks - Youthtown
- North vs South Football sponsorship
- Inspire Maori participation in football programme
$108,189
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Northern Region Football
Grant Details
- Match analysis software/hardware - Auckland Football Federation
- Warkworth AFC - Auckland Football Fed
- Training aids and equipment - Paihia
- Airfares to Great Barrier Island - Kamo 11th Grade
- Equipment - Ngunguru Soccer Club
- Coach's training - Akl ASB College Sport
- Portable Goals - Papatoetoe AFC
- Under 17 tournament - Three Kings Football Club
- Auckland Football Grants
- Referee development - NZ Football
- Football Grants - Northern Fed
- Football Grants - Auckland Fed
- Leg Up Grant - Auckland/Northern Feds
- Football for All - South Auckland Elite Football
- Subscriptions/Uniforms - Auckland United Football Club
$72,645
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WaiBOP
Grant Details
- Fee support - Glenview United
- Storage facilities - Hikanui Rototuna Football Club
- Stage 1 training lights - Waipuna Football Club
- Artificial turf in goalmouth - Tauranga Boys College
- NZFF Grants
- WAIBOP Fed
- WAIBOP Leg up Grant
- Fun football centres - WAIBOP
- Gazebos - Whangamata Junior Football Club
- NZ Ethnic Football Festival - goals purchase - HMS Trust
$62,239
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Central Football
Grant Details
- Football programme for 10x primary schools - Central Football
- Gear Upgrade - Hokowhitu Junior Football Club
- First Kicks junior programme - Naper Marist Junior Football CLub
- Set up costs for resources and facilities - Eastland Junior Football Club
- Football for all Rural School Development programme - Napier City Rovers Football Club
- Central Football Fed Grants - Central Federation
- Football Grants - Central Federation
- Leg Up Grant - Central Federation
- RISE programme - Female coaches of tomorrow - Central Football
- Special Olympics partnership - 5week futsal programme - Central Football
$88,960
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Capital Football
Grant Details
- FFA Futsal Nationals - Wellington Under 19 Futsal team
- Holiday programme for youth of refugees/migrants - Upper Hutt Multicultural Council
- Floodlighting at Greytown fields - Greytown Football Club
- Purchase training equipment - Pukerua Bay Football Club
- Purchase pop-up goals - North Wellington Junior Football Club
- Round 3 Grants - Capital Federation
- Leg Up Grants - Capital Federation
- Referee development programme - Better Football
- Football programming for refugees - Capital Football
$569,734
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Mainland Football
Grant Details
- Cerebral Palsy new chair contirbution - Campbell Cowen
- Programme expansion support - Central New Brighton School
- Floodlights - FC Twenty 11
- Field Reconstruction (Earthquake) - Woolston Technical
- Portable goals for UC Football
- Burwood AFC Goal Posts
- Junior posts relocated during earthquakes
- Lighting designs - Avonhead Park
- Avonhead Lighting project
- FC Twenty repairs
- Argyle Park changing sheds
- Leg Up Grants - Mainland Federation
- Coastal Spirit installation of floodlights
- Christchurch earthquake contribution
- FC Twenty repairs to changing sheds
- Ferrymead Bays Pitch project
- Funding for MU20 Coach
- U20 2015 World Cup Leverage and Legacy Plan
- Cashmore Tech pitch ready lawn at Whittington Ave
- Steve Sumner funeral expenses contribution
- Cross funding of Diversity and Inclusion Manager - Cricket and Football
$106,950
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Southern Football
Grant Details
- Development Football Spring Academy - Dunedin Technical Football Club
- Football Academy Player Development - Grant Braes AFC
- Football South/Futsal development - Football South
- Grants round 5 - Football South Federation
- Leg Up Grant - Football South Federation
- Logan Park - Football South Federation
- HOF - Football South Federation
- Fun Football centres for Girls - Football South Federation
$20,000
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Maori Football
Grant Details
- North vs South Football match sponsorship
- Inspire Māori participation in football programme
Our Partners & Supporters
Every team needs supporters. Our partners believe in football as a force for good and their commitment helps us fund the projects and programmes that keep the game accessible, inclusive and thriving across Aotearoa.
The generosity of our partners is crucial to enable us to support so many worthy projects.
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