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Welcome to our first eNewsletter for 2020. We hope that you all had an enjoyable Easter break and are adjusting to the "new norm" of staying inside your homes and keeping safe in your bubbles.
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Our staff and trustees are now all happily working from home, our grants portal remains open for grant applications and we are committed to being flexible with our granting process.
Welcome to our first eNewsletter for 2020. We hope that you all had an enjoyable Easter break and are adjusting to the "new norm" of staying inside your homes and keeping safe in your bubbles.
Visit this articleNZIWR have great resources that will support you and those you care for during this period. They also post regular support information on their website: nziwr.co.nz
Visit this articleThe Otago Chamber of Commerce is continuing to offer training, development programmes and workshops to assist businesses and organisations to cope through the COVID-19 crisis.
Visit this articleAre you interested in running webinars for your community or workplace?
Visit this articleThe team at Vodafone NZ Foundation have created a toolkit to help organisations enable remote working and grow their online collaboration skills, wherever they are in their digital journey.
Visit this articleWhile our office maybe currently closed, our staff and trustees are now all happily working from home, our grants portal remains open for grant applications and we are committed to being flexible with our granting process. Below is a quick summary of our recent grant approvals.
Visit this articleOtago Community Trust was pleased to announce in late February that it had approved a $500,000 grant to support the Big River Cluster of schools across South Otago over the next three years.
Visit this articleAs we enter week four in lockdown, spend a leisurely hour with Central to the Soul and reflect on what a wonderful region we live in.
Visit this articleIn early March ONENews Goodsorts visited the Urban Farm at Kaikorai Valley College. The short video produced gives a great sneak peek of the work of a science teacher Dr Simon McMillan who saw potential in some surplus land at the College.
Visit this articleWe love how innovative and supportive our grantee community has been during this challenging and difficult time. This article profiles just a few great ideas from our community groups for keeping you and your whānau happy and healthy during lock down.
Visit this articleOn the 30th of March 2020, Otago Community Trust earmarked a separate $2 million dollar response fund outside of our regular granting budget to support community organisations and not for profit bodies within our funding area through the current COVID-19 crisis. This Response Fund is Now Open.
Visit this articleHere is some important information about a new MSD fund which is available now - The COVID-19 Community Awareness and Preparedness Grant Fund.
Visit this articleCreative New Zealand is actively monitoring how they can support the arts sector through COVID-19. They have just released further information on their $16M Emergency Response Package.
Visit this articleThe Community Organisation Grants Scheme or COGS provides grants to non-profit organisations delivering community-based social services that contribute to achieving locally-determined outcomes.
Visit this articleRegional Sport funding is considered by the Trust annually in a single round, closing 31 March with outcomes announced at the end of June.
Visit this articleOtago Community Trust’s $ for $ Fund has been extended to 30 June 2020, therefore we are taking the opportunity to encourage those schools who have not picked up their school’s entitlement to do so. Over $400k is still available to be picked up.
Visit this articleThe Otago Community Trust established the Learning Impact Fund in 2017 to provide a dedicated fund to support projects which would make a real difference to student achievement, but which are unable to be funded through traditional funding channels. Since launching the Learning Impact Fund three years ago, Otago Community Trust has approved just over $2 million to eight separate Learning Impact Fund projects.
Visit this articleVolunteering Otago and Volunteering Central (with support from Volunteering NZ) are currently collecting information from organisations that involve volunteers.
Visit this articleBusiness giving is up, funding to the environment is low, fewer people are donating but they are giving larger amounts, and a small proportion of charities are getting the lion’s share of the money, a new report shows.
Visit this articleTrustee Pip Laufiso has shared a very useful link to the #ProtectOurWhakapapa website which has some resources that have been specifically developed for Māori. These are very clear, simple to understand messages that can also be used by a wide range of community groups to support those in need.
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