The Wellington Community Trust is seeking a Community Engagement and Funding Manager. Are you passionate about the not for profit sector? Do you care about resourcing and supporting community initiatives? Are you an excellent networker with good analytical skills and sound judgement? Do you want to make a difference in the Wellington region through funding… Read more »
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Farewell to Trustees Dawn & Jan
Next month we say farewell and a huge thank you to Dawn Sanders ONZM, QSM, and Jan Dowland who have both served the WCT board for 9 years. We asked them to talk about some of the projects and organisations they’ve been most excited to support: Jan: “It is difficult to… Read more »
Our Vision and Granting Framework
The Wellington Community Trust has launched a new vision and granting framework. This is the culmination of months of work by the Board and staff as we make the shift towards a more strategic approach to our grant making. We commissioned a piece of work from the Centre for Social Impact to help us better understand… Read more »
Join Us to Celebrate!
It’s our favourite time of the year – when we get together to celebrate our incredible community groups and share exciting news and updates from the trust! We warmly invite you to join us for this occasion. Wellington Community Trust – Annual Public Meeting 2016/17 Wednesday 2 August, 5.15-7.00pm Wellington Indian Association, 48 Kemp Street,… Read more »
Welcome Georgie Ferrari – Our CE
We’re pleased to announce the appointment of Georgie Ferrari to the role of CE, Wellington Community Trust. Georgie brings more than 25 years’ experience in the not-for-profit sector, working in the areas of youth, health, housing, disability, education and violence prevention in New Zealand, New South Wales and Victoria. Along with a masters degree in policy… Read more »
Farewell To Mark
A big thank you to Mark Cassidy for all his contributions to the Wellington community in his role as CE of the Wellington Community Trust... Read more »
Celebrating our 2015/16 year
On 6 July over 100 people gathered at the Circus Hub in Newtown to celebrate the successes of the past year and hear about Wellington Community Trust's (WCT) future plans... Read more »
A new Chair to lead Wellington Community Trust
Jan Dowland, who has led Wellington Community Trust (WCT) since 2012 is handing over to fellow trustee, Gerardine Clifford-Lidstone... Read more »
MY Children: our new funding programme
From today, organisations can apply for our new MY (multi-year) funding programme. Our first multi-year funding programme, MY Children, will have two focus areas: nurturing families and healthy homes... Read more »
New Zealand Festival agreement confirms special relationship
The New Zealand Festival and WCT have signed a 3-year agreement recognising their special relationship and shared vision for Wellington... Read more »