October 2024 Recipients
BirdCare Aotearoa

BirdCare Aotearoa will use this funding for volunteer personal protection clothing, handheld lamps, and general equipment to assist in the bird hospital and rehabilitation center.

Grant received = $2,975

October 2024 Recipients
Cambridge Disability Enterprise Incorporated

Cambridge Disability Enterprise operates Achievement House, offering disabled people employment options and making and maintaining social connections. They will use the funding for outdoor lighting and solving safety and security issues in the evening.

Grant received = $1,978

October 2024 Recipients
Christopher Mayo

Christopher Mayo's Grant will enable the purchase of a specialised buggy so that Lucas can participate in outdoor activities. He loves the outdoors, and this all-terrain buggy will enable him to access places that his standard wheelchair can't.

Grant received = $5,000

October 2024 Recipients
Invercargill Toy And Puzzle Library Incorporated

The Invercargill Toy and Puzzle Library will use this funding to gradually replace disposable batteries with rechargeable ones and therefore reducing the number of batteries going into landfills.

Grant received = $500

October 2024 Recipients
Kirsten Hulme-Moir

Kirsten's grant will help fund a safe play outdoors for Monica. Monica is 6 years old with severe autism. As Monica eats inanimate objects, such as rubble, installing artificial matting and creating a safe place, will be transformative for the family.

Grant received = $2,600

October 2024 Recipients
Marlborough Four Paws

Malborough Four Paws will use the funding to install monitored smoke alarms for a site-wide fire safety system that will alert our core volunteer team should an incident occur at Marlborough Four Paws.

Grant received = $1,839

October 2024 Recipients
Oke Charity

Oke Charity works with schools to help establish their own sustainable gardens. This funding will allow another school to learn and benefit from its own school garden.

Grant received = $5,500

October 2024 Recipients
Project Jonah New Zealand Incorporated

Project Jonah will use this funding to improve public response to marine mammal strandings, by acquiring an inflatable training whale. The whale will be used in educational workshops to teach effective first aid techniques to community members.

Grant received = $5,475

October 2024 Recipients
Rebecca Poad

Rebecca Poad's Grant will enable the purchase of 2 Vimo All Terrain Power- chairs, one each for her twin sons. The power chairs will enable them to access and experience landscapes that they cannot access with their normal power chairs.

Grant received = $5,000

October 2024 Recipients
Restore Rodney East Incorporated

This funding is to create branding, including a logo for Pest Free Mahurangi East. This branding will provide a clear, recognisable identity, ensuring community engagement and support.

Grant received = $1,000

October 2024 Recipients
Sailability Wellington Trust Incorporated

Sailability Wellington Trust provides sailing for people with disabilities. The funding will be used to replace three sails to enable a safer experience for everyone involved.

Grant received = $3,630

October 2024 Recipients
Shannon Black

This funding will be used to purchase an educational box containing tools to help underprivileged children in the Solomon Islands. Students and teachers from Bethlehem College will travel to the Solomon Islands and provide the teachers with professional development to ensure they can use the readers and other resources appropriately.

Grant received = $625

October 2024 Recipients
SnapBACK Gym 'Toe a'e se tofa' Gym Trust

SnapBACK gym will use this funding to purchase an AED for health and safety within its community space.

Grant received = $3,013

October 2024 Recipients
South Canterbury Hospice Incorporated

This funding will be used to purchase a new Kitchen Steriliser, protecting the health of their patients and families.

Grant received = $6,556

October 2024 Recipients
Tōtara Hospice

Totara Hospice will use this funding to purchase new linen for their Inpatient Unit. The linen replacement is essential to maintaining the comfort, hygiene, and overall well-being of their patients.

Grant received = $1,386

October 2024 Recipients
Waiheke Musical Museum Charitable Trust

Waiheke Musical Museum will use this funding to purchase a selection of instruments that can be used by anyone attending the museum, including group activities, such as community concerts for people with health issues.

Grant received = $1,446

October 2024 Recipients
WanderSearch Auckland Charitable Trust

WanderSearch will use this funding to purchase 10 tracking devices. The devices are used for people with developmental delays or cognitive impairment and assist in locating them should they wander off.

Grant received = $2,300

March 2024 Recipients
Kelly Burgess

Kelly Burgess received $2,000 to purchase a Melrose Beach Wheelchair for her son Nicholas who has Cerebral Palsy. This chair will enable Nicholas's family to simply navigate the beach with ease, as currently they lift him everywhere.

Grant received = $2,000

March 2024 Recipients
The Feilding and District Art Society Incorporated

The Feilding and District Art Society Incororted, received $2000 towards funding the Youth Prize for there 2024 Art awards. The prize money will be put towards the winners creative practises.

Grant received = $2,000

March 2024 Recipients
Richmond Community Garden/ Riverlution Eco Hub

This funding was used to purchase and install a grow tunnel, dedicated to their compost and propagation area. This will be an important addition to creating a resilient and self-sufficient communtity.

Grant received = $2,999

March 2024 Recipients
Restore Rodney East Incorporated

Restore Rodney East Incorporated will use this funding to purchase 10 AT220 self-resetting, self-re-baiting spring traps to help control pest numbers. They will be retained and used at various other sites to help increase pest control.

Grant received = $2,440

March 2024 Recipients
Young Engineers Club Rotorua Primary

This funding will be used to purchase VexIQ educational kits so students can design, build and program their robot to participate in the Robcup Jr competition.

Grant received = $2,000

March 2024 Recipients
Marlborough Girls' College

Malborough Girls College will use this funding to purchase equipment for their Arts and Drama department to enable them to continue with extracurricular art programs.

Grant received = $3,391

March 2024 Recipients
Ellerslie Toy Library Incorporated

Ellerslie Toy Library received funding to purchase 4 sensory tents and a set of large light pebbles. Sensory tents are effective for kids with sensory issues to calm them down and have a safe space. The colour-changing pebbles are proven to help calm and regulate breathing.

Grant received = $679

March 2024 Recipients
The Dust Palace Charitable Trust

The Dust Palace Charitable Trust will use this funding to help cover the costs for classes at the Te Kura Maninirau circus school. Classes area available to Ranatahi and Tamariki Maori ages 7-14 years.

Grant received = $4,825

March 2024 Recipients
Tasman Bay Guardians Trust

Purchasing an additional SHMAK, (Stream Health Monitoring and Assessment Kit), will allow Tasman Bay Guardians to continue to work with communities, teaching them the importance of looking after our rivers, streams, lake and wetlands.

Grant received = $3,900