Otago Community Trust - September eNewsletter 2022

Trustees and staff of Otago Community Trust warmly invite you to attend the 34th Annual Public Meeting of Otago Community Trust. This will be held on Tuesday 27 September, starting 4.00pm at The Cellar Door, 143A Centennial Avenue, Alexandra. All members of the community welcome.

Reminder: Otago Community Trust has two capability funds closing at the end of the month. Our Social Service capability funding is available to social service agencies and our new Tamariki & Rangatahi Sector capability funding is available to not-for-profit organisations who provide services for the benefit of tamariki and rangatahi.

The 12th Dunedin Arts Festival will be a programme to delight, amuse and challenge. There is something for everybody!

Match | Te Puna Taurite is an online service for philanthropists and grantmakers (funders) to connect with community and charitable groups working in areas they want to support. Match | Te Puna Taurite is now live and you can find out more about Match | Te Puna Taurite, the team, story and supporters behind it below.

Our intrepid Central Otago based trustees Andy Kilsby and Raewyn van Gool were delighted to attend the official opening of the Snow Farm’s Musterers Hut in late July. They joined dozens that hiked and skied 4.7km to the new 36-bed hut in Tranquility Basin.

Otago Community Trust was privileged to receive the Priory Vote of Thanks (PVOT) at a special certificate ceremony held in St John Dunedin last week. PVOT is one of the organisation’s highest honours awarded to trusts, foundations, institutions, businesses, or individuals for their long-standing relationship and exceptional support to the work of Hato Hone St John.

Construction is well underway in Mosgiel as the community’s new aquatic centre at Memorial Park takes shape.

It is with pleasure that we present Otago Community Trust’s Annual Report for the 2022 financial year. As we reflect on the past year, we acknowledge the significant challenges, constant change, and the increasing need for our communities to be adaptable. We applaud our community groups for their ongoing flexibility and unwavering commitment.