If you have an innovative idea or know of a community project that could build our Pasifika communities to prevent suicide, applications are still open to apply for funding with the Le Va Pasifika Suicide Prevention Community Fund. Applications close on Tuesday next week on 30 June, so don’t delay if you’d like to apply.

The purpose of the Community Fund is to build the capacity of Pasifika families and communities to develop solutions to prevent suicide within communities and to respond effectively if and when sadly a suicide occurs. Applicants may apply for funding for amounts between $10,000 and $300,000.

In collaboration with our friends at Le Va, PBT has created an instructional video to help navigate the application form and we also have prepared some smart tips to strengthen your application.

https://player.vimeo.com/video/431618331

Who can apply?

The applying organisation or initiative must

• be Pasifika-led

• address unmet needs of priority groups

• contribute to the objectives and outcomes of Every Life Matters – He Tapu te Oranga o ia Tangata

• aim to enhance protective factors for suicide prevention and postvention

• ensure collaboration and coordination

• be innovative with a new initiative that is currently not funded for

• be sustainable once the funding has stopped

• demonstrate access to the capacity, capability and systems required to manage and report.

For more details on the fund and to access the application form please visit: https://www.leva.co.nz/suicide-prevention-fund