More than 30 of the grants in the first meeting of the year were associated with social service provision and reflected the very important role that these services provide in and around our community.
One of those was Whānau Āwhina Plunket which was awarded a three-year grant of $75,000 each year to continue the provision of community services across the region.
Trust chief executive Barbara Bridger said the trust was pleased to offer support to continue the much needed services for our region’s young families.
Whānau Āwhina Plunket southern regional operations manager Maria Van Der Plas said the charity was truly grateful for the ongoing support from the Central Lakes Trust, especially in the present environment.
"The grant will go towards coffee groups, playgrounds and injury prevention education sessions and the like, which are so important to keep our families with pēpi and tamariki under-5 connected and supported in those crucial early years, setting them up for healthy futures."
Whānau Āwhina Plunket offers clinics across Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes districts.
Support was also given to Hato Hone St John for a new ambulance in Alexandra to replace one of its ageing fleet. The trust’s grant of $100,000 will ensure an ambulance is available for the community by August this year.
Over an average 12-month period in Alexandra and the Central Otago Region, an individual transporting ambulance responds to more than 1500 incidents with nearly a third of them triaged as life-threatening or time critical.
"The trust started granting on a multi-year basis several years ago to make it less onerous for groups applying for funding and provide security of income. For those we have a strong working relationship with and who operate in the social service sector, we can fund for successive years," grants manager Mat Begg said.
More than $2.6 million was approved for the first meeting of the trust’s financial year — about 28% of the trust’s grants budget of $9.45 million.
Of this total $1.57 million in multi-year grants were approved.
Grants approved — May 2023
Central Lakes Trust Grants
AWE Festival $40,000
Central Otago Regional Choir concert series $7,933
Queenstown Trails Trust Queenstown trail realignment $187,884
Rock Quest Charitable Trust Smokefreerockquest $4838
Roxburgh Entertainment Centre sound system replacement $21,774
St John Ambulance for Alexandra $100,980
WoolOn Creative and Fashion Society WoolOn $14,000
Operational Grants
Able Charitable Trust $60,000
Age Concern Southland Inc $47,344
Alexandra Community Advice Ntwk $10,000
Baskets of Blessing $113,828
Birthright Central Otago $4830
Central Lakes Family Services $85,000
CCS Disability Action Sthld $8500
Central Otago Victim Support $7500
CO Compassionate Friends $10,345
Community Care Trust $40,000
Epilepsy Association of NZ $5000
Happiness House Trust $70,000
Parkinson’s New Zealand $10,000
Royal New Zealand Plunket Trust $75,000
Snow Sports NZ Charitable Trust $17,500
Sport Otago Operational Grant $60,000
The Moray Foundation Trust $2600
WAI Wanaka$85,000
CLT Initiatives
Presbyterian Support Otago emergency heating fund $30,000
Multi-year Grants
Alexandra Community Arts Class Arts Support $32,149
Alexandra Senior Citizens Centre $16,000
Anglican Family Care Centre Inc $26,800
Arts Central Class $21,538
Cancer Society of NZ, Otago/Sthld $70,000
Central Otago Budgeting Services $79,765
Central Otago REAP Counsellor in Schools $30,000
Central Otago Victim Support emergency fund $10,000
Citizens Advice Bureau Qtown $51,654
CLT Scholarships $125,000
Community Law Otago $27,872
Creative Queenstown Class $69,521
Cromwell College referral programme $20,504
Cromwell Community Welfare trust $5279
Cromwell Youth Trust $208,868
Dunstan High School referral programme $19,879
Charitable Trust Journeys $22,512
Luma $30,000
M!NT $45,290
Mount Aspiring College referral programme $45,648
Otago Community Hospice Trust $107,200
Presbyterian Support Otago $85,760
Roxburgh Area School referral programme $5485
Southern Lakes Arts Festival Trust $20,000
Southern Lakes Sanctuary Trust predator trapping $185,000
Southland Multiple Sclerosis $1703
Teviot Valley Rest Home $18,432
The Stroke Foundation of NZ $10,720
Upper Clutha Community Arts $35,157
Upper Clutha Presbyterian Church $13,000
Volunteer South $75,040
Wakatipu High School referral programme $44,764
