Manurewa Local Board wants to support older residents continuing their learning journeys.
The board's Lifelong Learning Fund offers grants of up to $2000 to anyone aged 55 or over who lives in the board area and wants to continue to learn in 2022.
Funding can be used to participate in a local study programme, course, training, or wānanga. New Zealand conferences and events can also be considered.
“Learning isn’t restricted to the young. It’s something anyone is capable of, and we want to help people stay on a learning path where they can acquire new skills that might well open new doors for them,” board chair Joseph Allan says.
He says the board remains committed to helping shape an age-friendly city and the Lifelong Learning Fund supports older people being able to participate in activities they enjoy.
In 2020 more than a dozen residents received grants totalling just short of $20,000, enabling study in areas as diverse as computers and information technology, religious studies, conversational te reo, korowai-making and pastoral counselling.
Last year the funding round was curtailed by the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“But with restrictions lifting, we are very keen to provide the opportunity for some of our older residents to acquire new skills,” Allan says.
You can get a form from the Manurewa of Clendon libraries, or at Nathan Homestead, and return it via email to kaiya.irvine@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz, or by dropping it at the libraries or the homestead.
Applications close on 5 May.
