Community Groups Receive $2.5 Million Funding From the Southern Trust in First Quarter of 2018
Monday 23 April 2018
Community groups from Northland to Southland - and places in between - received $2,574,485 from The Southern Trust to
support their programmes in the first quarter of 2018.
The Southern Trust – one of the country’s leading gaming trusts – released figures today showing 333 community groups
received grants between 1 January 2018 and 31 March 2018.
The grant allocation by region in the first quarter of the year was:
Whangarei District $114,820
Auckland City $161,147
Waikato District $135,800
Hamilton City $ 80,525
South Waikato $ 39,500
Taupo District $ 15,947
Tauranga City $ 71,670
Rotorua District $308,910
Whakatane District $130,900
Opotiki District $ 81,900
New Plymouth District $179,115
Startford District $ 3,915
Tararua District $ 6,145
Horowhenua District $ 50,545
Kaikoura District $ 22,747
Waimkariri District $ 79,500
Christchurch City $ 538,552
Timaru District $ 68,837
Waitaki District $ 3,000
Central Otago District $ 1,000
Queenstown Lakes District $ 55,500
Dunedin City $ 89,007
Southland District $ 33,000
Invercargill City $ 170,237
National grants $132,265
The Southern Trust aims to support community groups working in health, sports, arts, community and education and its
allocations by sector were:
Community $1,199,020
Sport $ 779,100
Education $ 295,970
Arts $ 141,780
Health $ 158,615
The Southern Trust CEO and Trustee Karen Shea said “We are pleased that our partnerships with venues across New Zealand
provide funds to assist community organisations the length and breadth of the country.”
Community organisations throughout the New Zealand can apply for funding from The Southern Trust. The Trust continually
reviews applications with most processed within 20 working days. Requests larger than $30,000 are reviewed at the
monthly Board of Trustees meetings.
Ms Shea says community organisations considering applying for funding should firstly call The Southern Trust funding
team on 0800 4 CHARITY (0800 42 42 74). “Our team can easily advise on application criteria, which can save
organisations a lot of time.”
ENDS.