Effie Redwood Endowment Fund - Closed

This grant is available to Registered or Enrolled Nurses, Student Nurses and Caregivers studying or working in the private Aged Care sector. Applicants must reside within the boundaries of Warkworth in the North and Rotorua in the South.

Note: Applications closed at 4pm on 10 February 2024.

About Effie Redwood

Mrs Euphemia Rennie Forsyth Redwood, known as Effie Redwood, established the Endowment in 1972. It was set up to assist nursing personnel employed within the boundaries of Warkworth in the north, to Rotorua in the South, with further education to enhance the skill of nurses in the practice of their profession.

Mrs Redwood was not directly involved in nursing however her husband John A Redwood OBE, was a founder and Chairman of The Northern Masonic Association Trust Board. The Northern Board was set up to administer the aged care and retirement villages of Roskill Masonic Village, Auckland, and the John A Redwood Masonic Home in Rotorua.

Her admiration of the nursing staff and their care of the elderly in the two homes was her prime motivation for setting up the Endowment in 1972. Mrs Redwood’s daughter, Mrs Heather Robson, has been a trustee of the Endowment since 1980.

Please note

• Individual applicants will only be eligible for one NERF grant per calendar year (with the exception of the Emergency Grant)
• Priority will be given to applicants who:
  • have not received a grant in the previous two years from any source
  • are not eligible for, or have been turned down for, Health Workforce New Zealand funding
  • and/or are not receiving any support from their employer.
• Applications are judged based on the merit of the application and grants are awarded at the discretion of the assessment panel
• All decisions are final and no discussion will be entered into.

NERF Grant Assessment Committee

Please note that the NERF Grant Assessment Committee requires you to answer all questions in full, to help them fairly distribute the monies available.

Applications are reviewed by three members of the NERF Board of Trustees, two of whom are NZNO representatives, with the third being a Māori nurse nominated by Te Rūnanga. The NZNO Nursing Policy Adviser/Researcher also sits on the committee as a non-voting member. Where further methodological or content expertise is required, the Assessment Committee may appoint an appropriately experienced person to advise the Committee.

You will be notified of the outcome the week following the NERF Assessment Committee meetings. If you are successful, you will be asked to supply your bank account number. The decision of the Committee is final and no correspondence will be entered into.