Employers embrace youth for work scheme
An initiative focused on helping young people become work-ready and gain employ-ment is gaining traction among local businesses.
Easy to use defibrillators a life saver
With art, culture and sport considered the usual beneficiaries of Trust House donations, community health and wellbeing is also getting a healthy slice of the pie.
Since 2009 the Trust House Foundation has provided around $175,000 of funding for automatic external defibrillators (AEDs).
Summer Concert act crowned No.1
Momentum is building for February’s Summer Concert in Masterton with one of the headline acts winning big at the recent New Zealand Music awards.
Trust House Supports Barista Training Initiative
Upper Hutt Community Youth Trust is a charitable trust working with young people to help them realise hope for a better future. We run a youth centre, barista training course, recording studio, wellbeing courses and leadership training with young people, as well as a number of other youth programmes and mentoring.
Hastings Group Riding for the Disabled
Hastings group, riding for the disabled provides therapeutic riding for clients from all areas of Hawke’s Bay, who have a variety of physical, intellectual and emotional and behavioral disabilities.
D.R.E.A.M. Holiday Programmes
D.R.E.A.M. Holiday Programmes have been wowing parents between New Zealand and Sydney’s Northern Beaches since its official launch in 2009. 2,565 children have experienced the wonder of these creative arts workshops. Click read more to watch a video about the Flaxmere initiative.
How Trust House has made a difference to swimming in Wellington
The Swimming Trust of Wellington approached Trust House back in 2016 to assist with costs in redeveloping an old dilapidated swimming pool at the local Girls College (see photo).
Full steam ahead for miniature train
An old favourite is set to return to the miniature train track in Masterton’s Queen Elizabeth Park.
Free transport service in good health
A free service ferrying Wairarapa people to and from appointments is potentially saving the health system tens of thousands of dollars a year.
Funding boost for new dementia facility
A Carterton aged-care provider is a step closer to building a dedicated dementia facility capable of servicing southern Wairarapa.
Barnardos Child’s Safety Programme
Sara is Barnardos Children’s Safety Programme Coordinator for family violence services across Wellington. With 25 years of experience in this field, Sara is a true asset to Barnardos and the Programme. The grant helped us fund Sara’s salary so she can keep helping vulnerable children.
Sweet Louise
When you are diagnosed with incurable breast cancer, life as you know it changes.