Emergency/Hardship

Closing Dates: Ongoing

Approx  Amount Available: $300

Eligibility: RN, RM, EN/NA or Student Nurses/Midwives

Criteria/Comments:

• Small amounts of money available quickly for specific one off expenses essential to support study or practice.
• Clearly exceptional and unexpected circumstances.
• Supporting letter required

Forms:

• Emergency grants (Word)

Closing Dates: Ongoing

Approx Amount Available: $500

Eligibility: RN, RM, EN/NA

Criteria/Comments:

• Controlled by Trust Deed
• For benefit of nurses and their families in times of stress from major illness or death where other methods of financial assistance are not available
• Applications reviewed by NZNO President, CEO and Business Manager

Forms:

• Debi Brook Fund application (Word)

Closing Dates: Ongoing

Approx Amount Available:  Maximum of $250 for members of NZNO for less than two years otherwise up to a maximum of $500

Eligibility: RN, RM, EN/NA, Caregiver, Healthcare Assistant

Criteria/Comments:

• Funds amalgamated from relief fund, hardship fund and investment trusts.
• Unexpected financial hardship (does not cover strike action) not covered by support or welfare agencies.
• Applications reviewed by NZNO President and CEO.

Forms:

Member Relief Fund application (Word)

Available: Annually

Available to: Greater Auckland Region

Closing Dates: 30 September

Applications available from: 
The Regional Administrator
NZNO Auckland Office
PO Box 8921
Symonds Street, Auckland
Ph: (09) 360 0956 x 9272
Email: daisyg@nzno.org.nz

Available to: NZ Nationwide

Details:

• For the financial relief of nurses in distress occasioned by sickness, old age, accident or other misfortune.
• Not available for educational purposes.

Applications available from: 

PO Box 5363
Moray Place
Dunedin 9054

About the fund:

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation has allocated $10,000 to support members suffering stress as a result of the recent Canterbury earthquakes. The fund will assist with payments for up to three counselling, professional supervision or psychotherapy sessions to a maximum cost of $375 (incl GST) per applicant. The fund shall remain open until all funds have been allocated or until 30 November 2011 whichever shall occur first.

Eligibility:

Members must be resident and working in the wider Christchurch area (60 Km radius). They must have been resident and working in the area defined during the major earthquake period of September 2010 to the present. Applicants shall have been financial members of NZNO since 1 September 2010.

Criteria:

The counsellor, professional supervisor or psychotherapist must have a recognised professional qualification. Travel costs to attend the sessions shall not be paid.

Process:

Applications must be presented on the appropriate application form, be legible and contain all requested information.
Applications may be received by post or email.

• Applications will be processed within 10 working days of receipt.
• The decision will be conveyed to the applicant by letter.
• There are two methods of payment for successful application;on submission of receipts (clearly identifying the provider) for the sessions the applicant shall paid or the provider may submit invoices directly to NZNO for payment

• Administration for the earthquake relief fund shall be managed by the Christchurch administration team. Email: chch@nzno.org.nz or telephone 366 0186. All correspondence should include Administrator: earthquake relief fund in the subject line or heading of letters.

All applications shall be in confidence.

Application form:

Application form (word)