A.The ANZ Fiji Staff Foundation is an entity run by staff, utilising contributions from Staff to fund charity work in our Fiji communities.
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A.The ANZ Staff Foundation has been established in 2006 to help meet the real and emerging needs of local communities. Jointly funded by staff contributions and by ANZ it provides opportunities for all kinds of staff involvement - be it encouraging and helping an organisation apply for funding or simply assisting a funded project come to life through volunteer efforts.
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A.The objective of the ANZ Staff Foundation is to fund small projects in the following areas:
- Skills and independence: give people the skills to manage their lives and provide them with independence
- Environment: assist communities to conserve resources and protect the environment
- Local initiatives: innovative projects from local community organisations
- Capacity building: to assist organisations to build their capacity (especially in rural areas)
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A.Regular fortnightly contributions (entirely voluntary) from staff can be made by fortnightly pay deduction and be for as little as $2 per pay. General Manager Fiji, John Velegrinis has confirmed that donations from staff would be matched dollar for dollar up to a maximum of FJD$10,000- per annum.
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A.The Trustees comprises staff from various Business Units with both management and staff representatives and the objective of the Foundation is to have Trustees from across all of Fiji, to encourage local staff presenting ideas on worthwhile community projects that might require funding.
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A.The inaugural Trustees serve a term of 2 years to establish the Foundation. Thereafter 50% of the Trustees must vacate their position to ensure that opportunities exist for new staff to take on the role of Trustee for the Foundation. Therefore after 3 years a completely new group of Trustees should be running the Foundation.
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A.A ballot is to be called for each year (after the initial 2 year period) seeking nominations for new Trustees. Successful Trustees will be those who receive the most votes during the voting period.
The only exception to this rule is to occur if insufficient nominations are received to fill the Boards 10 positions, in which case a trustee may continue for a further 12 months.
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A.The ANZ Staff Foundation Trustees will consider applications initially from staff members seeking funding for projects on a quarterly basis.
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A.Their recommendations are then reviewed by all of the Trustees and given final approval with preference given to organisations and projects that:
- Create opportunities for ANZ staff to participate as volunteers
- Are already supported by ANZ staff
- Are initiated by ANZ staff in association with community organisations in which they are already actively involved
Applications should also include details on how ANZ staff can help.
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A.The ANZ Staff Foundation will not consider requests from:
- Individual applicants
- Political organisations
- Religious or sectarian organisations involved in purely religious/sectarian activities (with the exception of projects which benefit the wider community)
- Foundations that are themselves grant-making bodies
- Mainstream schools
- Hospitals, medical centres or medical research institutes
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A.Additionally, the Foundation does not make grants for:
- Endowments
- Fundraising events/campaigns
- Equipment (including computers), unless it is an integral part of an otherwise eligible project
- Capital investment (eg. building)
- Normal operating costs, administration, etc
- Debt retirement, budget deficits
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