Rural communities welcome funding support 6 Dec 2018
Otago Community Trust have funded over $600,000 in support of a wide range of community causes in their final funding round for 2018.
Otago Community Trust have funded over $600,000 in support of a wide range of community causes in their final funding round for 2018.
A $20,000 grant was awarded to support the development of a sealed cycle track adjacent to the existing skate park in Palmerston.
Our latest round of grants can be viewed here
Otago Community Trust has reflected on another positive year at its 30th Annual Public Meeting held in Dunedin last week.
The Archibald Baxter Memorial Trust has received a significant boost from the latest round of grants.
Otago Community Trust approved over $960,000 to Otago regional sporting bodies at its recent board meeting held in Balclutha last Tuesday.
Trust announces one of the largest funding rounds of recent times.
$66,500 grant secured for Roys Peak communication facility
The First Church has received a funding boost of $125,000 from the Otago Community Trust. The donation will assist with the major restoration project currently being undertaken on the church spire. First Church announced last week that it would start a public appeal to fund the $600,000 refurbishment of the towering 56.4m spire after much more restoration work was found to be required due to the Church’s Category 1 Heritage New Zealand classification.
Otago Community Trust has wrapped up its funding for 2017 with over $2.6 million in donations approved for Otago community groups.
The Upper Clutha Tracks Trust (UCTT) has received a funding boost from the latest round of donations from the Otago Community Trust. A $30,000 donation was awarded to the UCTT to support the development of the Hawea Flat Link Track. UCTT treasurer John Wellington said it has long been the desire of the Hawea Flat Community to be able to get to Albert Town more directly along the route of the closed Newcastle Road.