Strategic Goals
Allocations and Strategic Relationships
Funding goal
To help make our communities better places for everyone to live by supporting social change. The Trust will seek to balance support between social and economic needs with broader recreational, cultural and environmental requirements.
Strategies for programme funding areas
To support creative projects and organisations that aim to foster access to, engagement with and experience in the arts.
- To support capital building projects where there is strong community involvement or where the project has regional significance.
Community Wellbeing- To support organisations that respond to the needs identified by our communities, with a focus on innovative programmes that address the underlying causes of social problems.
- To support projects that facilitate improved educational outcomes for people in our region by adding value to the sector, with a focus on innovative projects and lifelong learning.
- To support projects and organisations that protect and enhance the environment in which we live.
- To support and strengthen community organisations that improve health outcomes for the people in our region by focusing on health promotion and preventative projects.
- To support projects and organisations that preserve and promote the physical and cultural heritage of our region.
- We recognise the special role of the marae to the communities in our region and we will consider funding towards building upgrades and extensions.
- To support organisations that focus on community participation and engagement in recreation.Targeted support will be provided for those organisations that are aiming to increase participation of younger and older people.
- To provide strategic support at a regional level for rescue services in our region.
Working with Maori, Pasifika, and Refugee and Migrant Communities
Strategic objectives
- To develop and implement an Education Initiative to raise educational outcomes for Maori and Pasifika Communities.
- To enhance equity for Maori through the development of a Maori Strategy to ensure that the Trust’s programmes and policies are accessible for these communities.
- To enhance equity for Pasifika Communities and Refugee and Migrant Communities through the development of strategies to ensure that the Trust’s programmes are accessible for these communities.
Collaboration objectives
- To collaborate with other funders on projects of mutual interest to leverage support and funding.
- To develop strategic relationships with local, regional and central government.
Supporting the Voluntary and Philanthropic Sectors
- To support initiatives that strengthen the voluntary and philanthropic sectors.
Finance goal
- To adopt investment and finance strategies to maximise the funding available to support our mission, maintaining a balance between the long term and short term, and providing flexibility to respond to new opportunities.
Organisational support goal
- To achieve our aims we are committed to improving our organisation and operations. We will strive to become more flexible, responsive, outward looking and open in our ways of working, building on our progress in these areas in recent years.
Video interview
Watch a video interview in which Community Research and Policy Advisor Chloe Harwood talks about the Trust's strategic plan for 2008-12.