Preliminary applications for the 2012 funding round are open now. Please complete the application form here and submit. Once preliminary applications have been processed we will invite qualifying applicants to complete a full application. Please refer to the Grants to Community page for our funding criteria information.
Katikati Community Patrol
For some of Katikati’s senior residents who live on their own, knowing that the Community Patrol is on their streets at night gives them peace of mind that allows them to sleep.
Katikati Community Patrol was set up in 1999 to help make the community in the Katikati township and surrounding areas a safer place. Since then, they have worked tirelessly to establish good communication and relationships with the police, and now have 45 local people volunteering their time to assist with the night patrols every week. They provide the police with vital support in reducing the incidence of crime, reducing the fear of crime, apprehending offenders and making the community a safer place in which to live.
Their easily identified marked patrol cars provide an effective deterrent to would-be offenders, and peace of mind to local residents.
The Acorn Foundation granted Katikati Community Patrol $3000 this year to help with the costs of running their vehicles.