As we eagerly await the announcement of the winners of Fund for Good, we are excited to share some of the inspirational milestones that Manawanui Fund for Good previous recipient Emma is achieving. Emma is an extremely hard worker who loves to be outdoors enjoying life with her sisters and was a Fund for Good winner back in 2021. Supported by parents Cindy and Nathan and sisters Lily-Anne and Chloe, Emma has been working tirelessly on her daily therapy programme to improve he

Get choice, flexibility and control over how you use your funding and who provides your support to live the life you want. Long time Manawanui customer, Jaden Movold has done exactly this, and blown us away with his achievements. Find out more about Individualised Funding» Jaden is an ambassador, athlete, paralympian, leader, advocate and fundraiser. He encompasses a positive can-do spirit despite facing disability challenges every day. Living with Spina Bifida and a rare con

As we eagerly await the announcement of the winners of Fund for Good, we are excited to share some of the incredible things that Manawanui Fund for Good previous recipients Bradley is doing. Bradley is a Southland Entrepreneur who received a Manawanui Fund for Good grant back in 2020. He loves to bake and launched his business Bradley’s K9 Munchies where he sells homemade dog treats online, across the country and locally in Invercargill. This business is important to Bradley

As we eagerly await the announcement of the winners of Fund for Good, we are excited to share some of the incredible things that previous Manawanui Fund for Good recipient Connor is doing. Connor is a motoring enthusiast who loves trucks and heavy vehicles. He received a Fund for Good grant in 2018 which helped him get his class-4 truck license. Growing up while being on the Autism Spectrum, Connor struggled to complete qualifications at school and felt let down by the educ

Manawanui wanted to understand the myriad impacts Individualised Funding (IF) has on the user, their family/whanau and wider community. So, we commissioned Impact Lab - leaders in measuring the social value of organisations through a data driven ‘Good Measure’ calculation - to identify and calculate the social benefit or value of IF. This in-depth process measured the often hard to quantify benefits Individualised Funding has on the physical and mental wellbeing of participan

The New Zealand Initiative, an independent Thinktank, recently undertook a deep study into Individualised Funding (IF) - and we thought you’d find their results interesting. Combining previously published research from around the world and in New Zealand, coupled with interviews with IF clients and providers (including Manawanui staff and clients), The New Zealand Initiative concluded IF provides a very positive experience – for the client, their family and their support work