$1.1M granted in Trust’s final round for 2020
14 Dec 2020
Otago Community Trust have funded over $1.1M in support of a diverse range of community causes in what was the Trusts final funding round for 2020.
Diccon Sim, Otago Community Trust chair said the December funding round supported nearly 70 community organisations from Tahakopa in the south to Otematata in the north of Otago.
“In terms of the number of community organisations funded, this is the largest funding round the Trust has had for quite some time.”
“Our consistent message throughout 2020 has been that the Trust has a good level of accumulated-income reserves in place to support Otago. As trustees our responsibility is to wisely manage our investment portfolio thereby ensuring our general community-based granting can continue to support the needs and aspirations of the region.”
It is encouraging to see so many community groups regather from the disruption of Covid-19 and begin planning and accessing funding for a variety of projects, programmes, and events in 2021, Sim said.
School capital projects were a driver in several of the applications for funding in December.
Otago Community Trust chief executive, Barbara Bridger said that in December 2019 the government announced a School Investment Package designed to provide one off funding to most state schools to accelerate upgrade work. Schools have been directed to focus on projects that can be delivered by December 2021.
“As a consequence of this our December funding round had a number of applications from schools to support some very significant and large-scale projects to be completed over the next 12 months,” Bridger said.
Taieri College was awarded a grant totalling $250,000 to support the replacement of their artificial turf. Tahuna Normal Intermediate School also secured a $142,000 grant to assist with the cost of installing a covered multi-sport turf and upgrade the school’s current courts.
Taieri College principal David Hunter said the funding from the government alongside securing the large grant from Otago Community Trust has put the school years ahead of where it would have been in terms of fundraising for the replacement turf.
“We were just over the moon to hear the news. Our turf area has deteriorated significantly over the last few years and this grant now means we can “press go” with the replacement project in 2021. It is great news for not only the school but the wider Taieri community who regularly use this facility.”
Additional grants included the Connections Education and Development Trust who received a $14,500 grant to embark on an exciting new project to support disabled people to create their own learning tool around disability rights. In collaboration with Dunedin Friend-link which supports disabled people in the community, artists will be working together to create a fantasy, task-based computer game based on the UN convention on rights for disabled people to educate both disabled people and the wider general community about disability rights.
Middlemarch Swimming Club Soc Inc were awarded a $10,000 grant to assist with the cost of heating the Middlemarch Swimming Pool and Bike Wanaka Inc also received $10,000 grant to support the development of the Kirimoko community bike park adjacent to Sticky Forest in Wanaka.
A total of $1,184,747 to 69 organisations was approved in December 2020.
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Otago Community Trust Grants, December 2020 |
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Alexandra |
Sticks 'n Stones Inc |
$45,000 |
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Alexandra Primary School Charitable Trust (COEC Ltd) |
$15,000 |
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Central Otago Ecological Trust |
$3,000 |
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Dunstan Arm Rowing Club Inc |
$6,500 |
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Alexandra Petanque Club Inc |
$4,000 |
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Central Otago Victim Support Local Group Committee |
$1,500 |
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Balclutha |
Kaitangata Primary School |
$1,490 |
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Blessed Box Charitable Trust |
$8,000 |
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Our Hut Heritage Hub |
$1,247 |
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Cromwell |
Cromwell Youth Trust |
$25,000 |
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Dunedin |
Dunedin Senior Chinese Assn |
$2,000 |
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Brighton Gala Day |
$1,000 |
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Dunedin City Jazz Orchestra Inc |
$1,500 |
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Cancer Society of NZ Otago & Southland |
$25,000 |
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Swimming New Zealand |
$20,000 |
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Dunedin Fringe Arts Trust |
$78,000 |
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Servants Health Centre Trust |
$5,000 |
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Dunedin Symphony Orchestra |
$80,000 |
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Ravensbourne Primary School |
$8,500 |
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Saddleview Pony Club |
$2,250 |
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Columba College |
$31,400 |
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Dunedin Youth Orchestra Inc |
$10,000 |
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International Festival Environment Science Technology Dun NZ Inc |
$65,000 |
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St Kilda Brass Band Inc |
$3,000 |
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Otago Polytechnic - College of Community Development and Personal Wellbeing, English Language Centre |
$28,000 |
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The Connections Education and Development Trust |
$14,500 |
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Saddle Hill Foundation Trust |
$35,000 |
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St Brigids School |
$6,000 |
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Tahuna Normal Intermediate School |
$142,000 |
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South Dunedin Community Network Inc |
$1,992 |
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Royal NZ Pipe Band Assn - Otago Centre |
$2,000 |
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CCS Disability Action Otago Inc |
$15,000 |
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Punga Croquet Club Inc |
$700 |
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Milton |
Toko Golf Club |
$5,000 |
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Mosgiel |
Taieri College |
$250,000 |
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Middlemarch Swimming Club Soc Inc |
$10,000 |
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Oamaru |
North Otago Sports Bodies Association Incorporated |
$1,500 |
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Janet Frame Eden Street Trust |
$3,000 |
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CCS Disability Action Waitaki Inc |
$7,500 |
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Harbour Street Jazz Incorporated |
$7,800 |
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St Kevins College |
$9,600 |
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Otematata Residents Assoc Inc |
$12,000 |
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'Our Hub' Oamaru Creative Arts Space |
$980 |
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Cycling Waitaki Inc |
$1,867 |
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Otago |
Royal New Zealand Ballet |
$7,000 |
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Blue Light Ventures Incorporated |
$4,557 |
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Skeggs Foundation |
$16,400 |
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Otago Chamber of Commerce |
$45,500 |
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Kiwi Family Trust |
$2,500 |
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New Edinburgh Folk Club Inc |
$6,000 |
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Crohn's & Colitis New Zealand Charitable Trust |
$5,000 |
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Perinatal Mental Health New Zealand |
$1,188 |
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Ranfurly |
St Bathans Area Community Association Inc |
$3,000 |
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Roxburgh |
Millers Flat School |
$5,000 |
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Wanaka |
Bike Wanaka Inc |
$10,000 |
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Wanaka Preschool Early Childhood Centre |
$3,904 |
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Challenge Wanaka Sports Trust |
$11,750 |
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Wheels to Dunstan Charitable Trust |
$10,000 |
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Wanaka Primary School |
$10,000 |
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QLDC - New Year's Eve Celebration (ex Summerdaze) |
$5,000 |
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Otago Community Trust Social Services Capability Grants, December 2020 |
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Able - Southern Families Support |
$5,000 |
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Dunedin Community House Trust Inc |
$4,892 |
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Ōtepoti Collective Against Sexual Abuse |
$3,944 |
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Youthline Otago Inc |
$5,000 |
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Prisoner Aid and Rehabilitation Society - Otago (PARS) |
$5,000 |
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The Work Opportunities Trust |
$5,000 |
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Life Matters Suicide Prevention Trust |
$5,000 |
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Disability Information Service Inc |
$4,900 |
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The Otago Multiple Sclerosis Society Inc |
$1,386 |