Free interpreting services for NGOs now available in Nelson Tasman

The funding is available to eligible organisations across the whole of Te Tau Ihu/Top of the South.
NGOs and service providers will also be encouraged to join a short workshop on ‘How to work with Interpreters’ to ensure best practice and an effective use of the service.

In 2018, a need for interpreters for NGOs was identified out of the research “Meeting the Needs of Newcomers” (former Refugees, Pasifika, and Migrants) and added to the Cross-Sector Action Plan (2019), under the category of well-being. Recently, Multicultural Nelson Tasman and Interpreting New Zealand have worked together to successfully acquire funding from DIA that will now enable non-profit organisations to access free interpreters over the next year, as part of a pilot.

Whilst all government agencies and services have easy and fully-funded access to interpreters – this is not always the case for NGOs, who either often go without or are forced to resort to other less-desirable measures – including using family and friends to interpret.

The funding is available to eligible organisations across the whole of Te Tau Ihu/Top of the South.  To register your organisation for this service, please fill in this form

NGOs and service providers will also be encouraged to join a short workshop on ‘How to work with Interpreters’ to ensure best practice and an effective use of the service.

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