Grants Round - March & April 2021
Below is a quick summary of our recent grant approvals for March and April 2021.
March Grants Summary:
Otago Community Trust have funded over $880,000 in support of a wide range of community projects in their March funding round.
Aroha Ki Te Tamariki| Mirror Services received the largest grant with $205,000 awarded to assist the child & youth focused organisation take a national pilot programme called ‘Tūturu’ into a greater number of Otago secondary schools.
Other organisations benefiting from grants in March included the Owaka Swimming Baths Committee who received a $116,850 grant to assist with the cost of upgrading the Owaka Swimming Pool facility.
A $63,495 grant was also awarded to Fairfield School which will help with the cost of upgrading the school and community hall. The waterplay space project at the Oamaru Public Garden also received funding support with a $56,000 grant.
The full Media Release for March can be viewed below:
https://www.oct.org.nz/news/funding-awarded-to-help-otago-schools-improve-student-wellbeing
April Grants Summry
Otago Community Trust’s April grants round saw the Trust approve its regular annual grants to the social service and welfare sector. Over $350,000 was approved to six Otago social service and welfare agencies - Catholic Social Services, The Malcam Trust, Able Southern Family Support, Salvation Army New Zealand, Age Concern & Aroha Ki Te Tamariki.
Other grants across the Otago region included $3,865 to Diving Otakou; $15,000 to Wanaka Search and Rescue (COSAR); $5,000 to the Oamaru Performing Arts Society Inc.
The full Media Release for April can be viewed below:
Here to Help
As always, we encourage community organisations to contact the trust if they have any questions around funding support, we are always happy to help.
We rolled into a new financial year from 1 April 2021 so all organisations / community groups who received funded over the last 12 months are eligible to re-apply.
Phone: 0800 10 12 40
Email: info@oct.org.nz
Past Grants
The full list of grants can always be found on the Otago Community Trust website.