Tēnā koutou Otago - Welcome to our Christmas eNewsletter and final sign off for 2021. Inside you will find information on:
Funding opportunities to make a note of for early 2022;
As always, we encourage community organisations to contact the trust if they have any questions around funding support.
While we will take a short break over Christmas we are back on deck from the 10th of January 2022.
After a year of change and challenges for everyone, we hope you’re looking forward to using this festive period to connect with friends and whānau. This is our last eNewsletter for the year before we take time to switch off, recharge our batteries and enjoy a well-deserved break with friends and family.
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The Otago Community Trust office will be closed from 4pm on Wednesday 22 December 2021 and will reopen to the public on Monday 10 January 2021. Otago Community Trust wishes to remind all applicants that the Trust does not meet to approve grants in January.
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Otago Community Trust works closely with a number of funding bodies across Otago and we endeavour to hold funding clinics in a wide variety of locations around Otago throughout the year. We are pleased to report that the 2022 calendar has now been set with 15 funding clinics scheduled for 2022.
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Otago Community Trust is pleased to be supporting the Otago Southland branch of the Institute of Directors deliver a second Not for Profit Governance Essentials course to help build not-for-profit board capability.
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Below is a quick summary of our recent grant approvals for our final round in December 2021.
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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.
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Otago Community Trust is proud to announce that it is a signatory of the newly created Climate Action Aotearoa - the Funders Commitment on Climate Action.
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The new online home of Community Governance has been launched! The launch of this website is the beginning for a programme of work dedicated to supporting good community governance.
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Otago Science Into Action is inviting applications for the 2022 Otago Participatory Science Platform (PSP) funding round.
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The Arts and Culture Event Support Scheme is a fund of up to $22.5 million to help provide confidence for the arts and culture events sector to continue organising their events in the coming summer months.
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It was with great sadness that Otago Community Trust learnt former long standing trustee and chair Ross McRobie passed away in late November after a brief illness.
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