Waikanae Surf Life Saving Club has been granted $70,000 in the latest New Zealand Community Trust funding round.
Water sports organisations are the big winners in the latest round of grants from the New Zealand Community Trust in the Gisborne district.
A total of $198,300 is shared among seven organisations.
The biggest grant, $70,000, goes to Waikanae Surf Life Saving Club for costs associated with a head
coach, five lifeguard instructors and a club manager.
Horouta Waka Hoe Club receives $45,000 for waka and accommodation; Swim for Life Tairāwhiti, $37,100 to go towards swimming lessons and the contract fee for the trust manager; Tairāwhiti Voyaging Trust, $20,000 for two waka taurua, a custom trailer and cover; and Toitu Ngāti Porou Trustee Ltd, $20,000 for event costs.
Bowls Gisborne-East Coast receives $5000 for the costs of a contractor, and CCS Disability Action Tairāwhiti Hawke’s Bay receives $1200 for information technology equipment.
