Charlotte received a grant of $3,189 to purchase a trike for her impaired child, Oscar. This trike will not only allow Oscar to improve his fitness through outdoor biking activities, but it will allow Oscar to achieve more independence and enable him to participate in outdoor activities with his family.

Cheviot Home and School Association provide the link between staff, students and parents. Its main role is fundraising to help provide extra funds for their school to purchase equipment and resources that is not within the school’s budget. The Association was granted $2,100 to purchase an incubator to enable Junior and NCEA level students to study microorganisms.

Creative Kids Trust uses creative arts to provide pathways for young people and their wider whanau and community. Through engaging creatively in art, theatre, music and movement, the activities help individuals explore things that are often difficult to articulate in words. The trust received a grant of $4,700 to assist in purchasing musical materials and resources for its programmes.

The Graeme Dingle Foundation Wellington is a proud grassroots community focused Trust. It works to transform young lives through its free in-school child and youth development programs. The Foundation was granted $613.04 to assist with training frontline staff in first aid to enable them to deliver their programs in a safe manner.

Josie Ward received a grant of $3,960 to purchase a Dexcom G6 Constant Glucose Sensor, Transmitter, and Pump for her son Vinnie. Eleven year old Vinnie is on the Autism Spectrum and has severe Type 1 Diabetes. The specialist equipment will help Vinnie to ensure better glucose management, improving his physical health and overall quality of life.

Katikati Community Toy Library Incorporated offers more than 600 toys that are guaranteed to delight and entertain young children of all ages. The family-focused community organisation believes early play forms a key part of children’s educational journey by teaching them a range of cognitive and physical development skills. Katikati Community Toy Library received a grant of $1,130.71 to assist in purchasing new outdoor tractors to replace their 15 year old ones.

Lower Hutt Playcentre is a not-for-profit Early Childhood Education Service (ECE) run by voluntary parents that provide high quality education for children in mixed-age groups. Lower Hutt Playcentre received a grant of $806.83 to assist in purchasing some new, safer bicycles and scooters for their centre.

The Manawahe Eco Trust (MET) was created to manage and enhance the native biodiversity of the Manawahe Ecological Corridor, which is the only forested ecological corridor that exists between the Rotorua lakes and the sea. MET’s focus is on protecting the native biodiversity of the Manawahe Ecological Corridor through predator control and education. The Trust received a grant of $2,650 to assist in purchasing trap monitors, which are a huge asset for the overall predator control work undertaken by MET.

Ngakuru Playcentre is a community ECE facility. They are the only ECE facility within their community, and they believe in giving all children the ability to learn in all areas of life. The Playcentre received a grant of $1,960 to assist in purchasing two sets of BeeBots to help children learn about progamming and coding.

MEIT is a registered charitable trust set up by the landowners, local iwi, and residents to help manage the ecological restoration of Maungatautari. Their mission is to protect and enhance the Mauri of Maungatautari. The trust received a grant of $5,000 to purchase trail cameras which will help save staff and contractors valuable time as they will no longer have to physically check water gates daily.