Otago Community Trust - June Newsletter

Our Funding Clinics are now back up and running. The first will be held in Wanaka on the 30th of July.

Below is a quick summary of our recent grant approvals over the last two months.

It was great to regular in a recent accountability report on how one of our annual small grants to this rural community is helping connect and assist senior citizens across the district.

There is $4.2 million a year available through the Ethnic Communities Development Fund. The fund is available for projects that support ethnic communities to grow their skills, celebrate their culture and take part in society.

Help celebrate the New Zealand women who are helping the next generation positively shape their future with the Women of Influence Awards.

The Otago Chamber of Commerce is continuing to offer training, development programmes and workshops to assist you to be the best you can be.

Otago Community Trust has appointed John Wilson as its new chair. John took over the Trust’s chair role from Ross McRobie effective from 1 June 2020.

The New Zealand International Science Festival is back and brings an exciting Nano Edition to Dunedin in the first week of the July school holidays.

Lottery Community grants are available for not-for-profit organisations with a community or social service focus for ongoing operating costs or projects which help improve the quality of people’s lives in their communities.

Barnardos has created 'Dreams for the Decade' so our youth have a platform to share their hopes and dreams for the new decade with the rest of Aotearoa, because their moemoeā matter.