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.

Welcome to our June eNewsletter. We hope this finds you all safe and well in what has been an extraordinary couple of months.

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

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

Charities Services and Hāpai Hapori Community Operations are holding online one-on-one clinics for charities every Thursday.

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

Otago Community Trust has had a steady flow of applications to its dedicated COVID-19 Response Fund with nearly $600,000 of grants awarded to date.

Did you know Otago Community Trust has been a long term funding partner to the Warmer Kiwi Homes programme in Otago?

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.

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.

Volunteer South is the volunteer centre for the Dunedin, Waitaki, Clutha, Central Otago, Queenstown Lakes and Invercargill areas.

Otago Community Trust will hold its Annual Public Meeting in North Otago this year.

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.

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.

Community Research have a new webinar on Monday 13th July, “Implementing Mahi a Atua as a service response”

In May 2020, Philanthropy New Zealand (“PNZ”) surveyed 120 of its philanthropic and grantmaker member organisations (“funders”) to gain a snapshot in time of the impacts of COVID-19 on their funding and approaches.

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

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.