Are you a member of Whakatū Nelson’s vibrant former refugee or migrant community?

Do you have a great idea for an arts, cultural, or heritage activity or event for your community?

It could be:

  • A cultural celebration

  • An arts project

  • A craft project

  • A language or literary event

  • A cultural musical event


The options are unlimited.

We can help with:

  • Planning your project

  • Finding a venue

  • Cutting through the paperwork, licenses,
    health & safety, funding applications etc

  • Connecting you to opportunities

  • Marketing & promotion of your project

  • General support

Large or small / within your community,
or shared with the wider community / one-off or regular

We are excited to be able to assist you with your project!

How it works

The Cultural Navigator can work with you to create and deliver your project, activity or event. Help may include;

  • planning your event

  • accessing venues

  • funding support – advice for accessing funding streams

  • community connections

  • event management

  • mentoring

The Shared Communities Advisory Board and the Shared Communities Consortium will work with the Cultural Navigator to assist with supporting the delivery of projects.

The process

1) You identify a project/event/festival or activity in your community that you would like to organise

2) Let us know about your project by filling out our easy Project Registration Form

3) Our Cultural Navigator will get in touch with you to discuss your project

4) If support is agreed you go ahead with planning and delivering your project/event/festival or activity

5) After your project is complete, you let us know how it went by completing this Project Report Form

Guidelines

  • We support projects that increase access and participation in arts, culture and heritage for Nelson’s former refugee and migrant communities

  • To be eligible for this support you must belong to a former refugee or migrant community

  • You need to live in Whakatū Nelson

  • Your event/festival/activity must be held in the Whakatū Nelson region

  • If receiving support from the Shared Communities your event/festival/activity must be held within 6 months

  • Your event/festival/activity must have the kaupapa of increasing participation in your own cultural activities

  • A project report must be completed at the end of the project and would include a community impact statement, images and/or video clips and cost breakdown, we can help with this

The Shared Communities Engagement Document will be at the centre of decision-making, and the decision making will be guided by the voices of the Whakatū Nelson former refugee and migrant communities.

Register Your Interest with the Cultural Navigator

Please share information about your project by filling out the Project Registration Form or you can download it, and deliver it to the Cultural Navigator in person.

If you would prefer, you can also send us a voice message or a video.