Community projects we’ve supported

Match Fund medium grant recipients (up to $10,000)

• BOP Chinese Culture Society – Tauranga Chinese Lantern Festival
• Gate Pa School – permanent display of the Battle of Gate Pa exhibition
• NZ Russian Speaking Community Trust BOP – Russian Cultural Festival
• NZ Sikh Community Tauranga Trust – Turban Up (Turban Day)
• Safe Surfer – “Don’t Lie to Me” youth project
• Shore Voices – keyboard for community performances
• The Boy’s Brigade – education trailer for a boys mentoring programme
• The Incubator Creative Hub – support a community music programme at the Jam Factory
• Good Neighbour Aotearoa Trust – creation of a central city community garden ‘Our Place’
• Arataki Community Bicycle Hub project – creation of a community focused bicycle hub in Arataki, using a re-purposed shipping container
• Curate Church – a community partnership project to provide grocery gifts to those less fortunate or in difficult circumstances at Christmas time
• Tauranga Community Foodbank Trust – a project to provide families with the core ingredients and the knowledge to be able to cook their own healthy, home-cooked meals
• Sydenham Botanic Park Funding Trust – creation of a community pergola and stage area to be enjoyed by the community and available to support small community events

Match Fund small grants (up to $1,000)

• Aspergers Connections Tauranga – supporting parents and carers of children and teens with Asperger's Syndrome/Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Arthouse Revolution – pop-up community art gallery project
• Tauranga Writers – community poetry evening to celebrate National Poetry Day 2017
• Tuvalu Community Group (Tauranga) – cultural community celebration of 29th independence day
• Mount Maunganui Tongan Methodist Church – cultural uniforms for community performances
• Noelle and Jen Tito – a ‘Friendship Festival’ for the Pyes Pa community

Match Fund medium grant recipients (up to $10,000)

• Community Education BOP (Let’s learn) – free community course taster evening
• Ngati Ranginui Iwi Society Inc. – Matariki cultural event
• Sailability Tauranga Charitable Trust – purpose-built pontoon for disability access to water vessels
• Safesurfer – children’s publication re online safety
• The Incubator Growing Art & Culture – community gallery project
• Papamoa Family Services – family violence support programme for women
• Haeata Charitable Trust – community food caravan and the establishment of community gardens
• Good Neighbour Trust – chipper to help dispose of garden waste for community projects
• Coast Gardens in Schools Collective ­– Sustainable Gardens in Schools project
• The Incubator Growing Arts & Culture – exhibition series and gallery project
• Greerton Village Community Association Inc. – vintage and retro fair

Match Fund small grant recipients (grants up to $1,000)

• Safesurfer – practical pilot evening aimed at educating parents of the issues of online pornography and technology safety
• Manaaki te Awanui Charitable Trust – cultural knowledge archiving project
• Under the Stars – project to help feed those in need
• Monowai Village – communal outdoor seating space for residents and visitors to gather
• Boomerang Bags – initiative aimed at reducing the use of plastic bags, and bringing people together to create and distribute recycled bags
• BOP Samoa Rugby Assoc. – Bay Pacifika 10s event: sporting, dance and music event for the Pacifika community
• St Peters in the City Presbyterian Church – Christmas dinner for the vulnerable in the community
• Journey Vineyard Church – Christmas dinner for the vulnerable in the community
• Tauranga Bird Club – community bird show
• Tauranga Writers Inc. – three free community arcade events
• Kai Western Bay – community workshop re-establishing a Food Policy Council for Tauranga
• Brave Hearts NZ – ‘P: An Awareness Seminar’ informing and supporting families dealing with this growing issue
• Mount Made Charitable Trust – free creative workshops for youth
• Tauranga Society of Artists – community exhibition ‘Sow & Tell’

Match Fund medium grant recipients (up to $10,000)

• The Incubator Growing Arts & Culture – arts education classes
• Brookfield School – community fitness trail
• Gate Pa School – community cycle way and walkway
• Tauranga Girls’ College – environmentally sustainable classroom project
• Welcome Bay Community Centre – public WiFi project
• WBOP Disabled Persons Assembly – inclusive employment video project

Match Fund small grant recipients (up to $1,000)

• Te Tawharau o te Ora – addressing homelessness
• Kids need Dads – family fun day
• WBOP Disabled Persons Assembly – employment summit
• Papamoa Family Support Services – Hartford Ave family wellness day
• Journey Restorative Trust – neighbours’ day
• WBOP Disability Support Trust – disability networking for inclusion seminar
• Te Runanga o Ngai Te Rangi Iwi Trust – science wananga

Match Fund medium grant recipients (up to $10,000)

• Good Neighbour Trust – community support programmes
• Merivale Community Centre – volunteer and centre systems development
• Welcome Bay Community Centre – Tye Park family fun day
• The Rock Trust – Hartford Avenue community garden development
• Merivale Community Garden Incorporated Society – community garden and workshops
• Tauranga Elders Forum – elders outdoor gym
• Arataki Primary School – school and community scooter track

Match Fund small grant recipients (up to $1,000)

• Tauranga Girls’ College students – young enterprise team
• Sonya Korohina – public art talks
• Mauao Area Wildlife Frust – summer wildlife ambassadors
• Parent to Parent BOP – empowered women’s group, wellbeing activities
• Welcome Bay Community Centre – neighbours’ day
• Disabled Persons Association – disability workshop
• Huria Trust – Anzac Day celebrations
• Residents Associations – neighbours’ day events
• Te Ao Hau Trust – Maori youth suicide conference
• Welcome Bay Community Centre – child/youth movie nights