Wellington Community Trust is delighted to welcome our new CE Linn Araboglos. The board and staff team welcomed Linn officially with a virtual mihi whakatau on April 6 – after several days of Linn ‘unofficially’ leading the charge in forming the Trust’s COVID-19 response. Linn’s experience has already proved invaluable in managing this unprecedented period… Read more »
In response to the challenges communities are facing due to the COVID-19 virus, we have simplified our usual funding process for the next 6 months. Our key focus is to enable those communities most impacted to get funding more quickly and easily. This unprecedented situation is resulting in different and immediate needs for communities in… Read more »
Kia ora tātou, In this difficult time, we stand together with our Wellington region communities and the organisations and people who serve them. As we face the challenges of the COVID-19 virus together, we are looking at how best to support our communities currently. Below are our commitments to you and some of the answers to key questions you may have right… Read more »
We stand together with our Wellington region communities and the organisations and people who serve them. As we face the challenges of the Covid-19 virus together, here are our commitments to you: We will not be reducing our grant budget for the 2020 – 2021 financial year, despite a challenging investment environment. We understand that… Read more »
We are very pleased to announced that Linn Araboglos has been appointed as the new CEO of Wellington Community Trust. Some of you may know Linn already. She comes to us from her work in the youth sector, as Director of the Ministry of Youth Development, and more recently as the Foundation Manager at the Vodafone Foundation. … Read more »
WCT is delighted to offer the Boost Fund for the first time. Boost is a fund of $150,000 available to eligible organisations in the Wellington region. Boost is a one-off cash injection to literally boost your organisation’s capacity or activities for the year. WCT is calling for expressions of interest for the fund. If you… Read more »
Wellington Community Trust has partnered with a number of Trusts and Foundations, Social Service Providers Aotearoa and a number of social services to produce an important report that seeks to quantify the funding gap community services face through the Governments contributory funding model. The report, produced by MartinJenkins, reveals the funding gap to be $630m… Read more »
Please join WCT Trustees and staff at our Annual Public Meeting to hear about the great community work we’ve supported over the last 12 months. Paul Ward, project lead for Capital Kiwi will be our guest speaker, talking about Capital Kiwi’s ambitious plan to reintroduce Kiwi in the south west region of Wellington. The meeting… Read more »
Our Annual Report 2018-19 is now online. Read about our funding strategy, key facts & figures and all grants made in the financial year 2018/19 Read it on ISSUU or download the PDF
Nau mai, haere mai to our four impressive new Trustees. We are delighted to welcome Diane Tunoho, Horiana Irwin-Easthope, Ming-chun Wu and Simone Workman. Each of our new Trustees brings an impressive list of achievements and community involvement with them. They hail from across our region from the Hutt Valley, Porirua, Wellington city and Ōtaki. … Read more »