Applications are open to community organisations and groups working in the Family / Whanau focus area in the Rotorua and Taupo communities for funding from The Tindall Foundation (TTF).
Chair of the Geyser Community Foundation’s Distribution Advisory Committee, Ann Nicholas said Geyser is the Local Donation Manager for TTF, a philanthropic family foundation working throughout Aotearoa to support families, community and the environment.
“As a Local Donation Manager, we are tasked with identifying and allocating grants on behalf of TTF to projects that support TTF’s Family / Whanau focus area.” Apply here.
Eleven local charities and community organisations shared gifts totalling $62,169 last year. These organisations included Older Persons Community Centre Trust (Parksyde), Graeme Dingle Foundation, Age Concern Taupo, Empowering Families for Effective Communities amongst others.
Previous gift recipients
Geyser Community Foundation was proud to support the SPACE Programme last year. “The SPACE programme supports research stating that the first 1000 days of life are vital for the healthy development of children, and for forming strong parent-child relationships. The programme supports parents at this vulnerable time and provides important learning opportunities to ensure the best health of the child. New parenthood can be a lonely time; having a friendly place to is a vitally important thing for many.”
We also received feedback from Sheila and Mavis who partake in a range of activities at Parksyde Activity Centre, supported by Geyser Community Foundation in last year’s TTF funding round.
SHEILA: “Putting the world to right” is one of the things Sheila Ray enjoys on her visits to Parksyde Activity Centre. Widowed six years ago, the energetic and vivacious 88-year old attends four different activities at Parksyde, including Tai Chi, Zumba, Travel Club and Probus. “Parksyde allows me to keep active and stimulated. It’s a place I feel I belong.” She notes it is where she first came as a stranger and now comes to “meet friends who used to be strangers.”
MAVIS: Five years ago, Mavis noticed a slight tremor and was shocked when a neurologist told her she had Parkinsons. What she didn’t want was sympathy, nor did she want to be labelled. Mavis decided she was going to “fight back”. She joined Counterpunch at Parksyde; the programme specifically developed for people with Parkinsons and delivered by a team of volunteers supported by the Charity Books Before Boxing.
“Being able to punch a bag is wonderful therapy. It is not only left/right brain therapy but also lets out a lot of frustration, and we have a lot of fun.” Mavis attends the programme at Parksyde Centre once a week. She says her friends have noticed a huge difference, telling her they had found her very grumpy after the diagnosis, but now find her quite a changed woman. Mavis reports that she is even “planking”.
Apply now
Applications for the 2023 TTF funding round are availble online here.
Applications close at midnight on 30 April 2023.
