the magic happens here
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- One day I was scrolling through Facebook and saw that Manawanui Support were looking for ‘Fund for Good’ moderation panel members. The only requirements were that you were not a client of theirs but had a knowledge of both individualised funding and the disability sector, had community knowledge so I figured I;d give it a go. I actually already knew the Community Engagement Coordinator who was managing the team. Next thing I knew, I had been accepted for a two year role. We met twice a year for an entire day to moderate the funding applications but there was probably a week on and off before that of pre work where we individually decided on our point of view on the application before coming together knowing full well we had a limited pot of fundng and that we coudn’t say yes to everyone. It was definitely eye opening some of the things people wanted funding for that were well outside the Ministry of Health Individualised Funding policy.....family holidays, fancy computer equipment, funding for things that they had already purchased and expected that we would reimburse them for it.....needless to say they all got declined! But equally it was interesting in what people wanted funding for.....equipment that would change a child or adult with a disabilities life that may not be available in NZ, funding to help start a small business to enable the client to come off the benefit and participate in society, funding to attend conferences overseas to present valuable research. When we met up there were often times where Chris, Jonathon, Kramer & Jade might say yes but I would say “hang on, why are we funding all of ...... or we funded the other business idea fully, this one sounds just as viable, why don;t we do partial funding for both rather than have one miss out. I also wasn’t afraid to be the odd one out and go against a decision especially if I could see other ways of funding the application as we were meant to be a last resort funder not a first one.
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