Trustees and staff took time to visit several community projects in North Otago in early December before our final board meeting completing granting activities for 2021.

In a typical year we would endeavour to complete regional visits every quarter, however the ongoing impact of Covid-19 has made this very difficult over the last two years. 

It goes without saying that it was relief that our scheduled visits for December continued as planned and we enjoyed the visits we could complete in Oamaru.

An important part of our work at the Trust is to connect with our communities, understand the impact of our funding and see first-hand the developments occurring in the community and listen to the vision our community groups have for the future.

We would like to extend a big ‘Thank You’ to Sophia Leon de la Barra and her hard-working team at the Waitaki Community Gardens, the delightful Harry Andrew at the Oamaru Steam and Rail and the passionate and knowledgeable Chloe Searle from the Waitaki Museum & Archive and Forrester Gallery.