Financial Boost for Wairoa Literary Service
A grant of $3,000 from Hawke’s Bay Foundation to the Wairoa Financial Literacy Service has provided a welcome boost to the organisation’s Financial Mentoring Programme The programme sees individuals or whanau working one-on-one with a financial mentor for three half-day sessions. Service Manager Ngaio Bell says participants are supported to shop, identify specials, plan menus […]
Unison Dividend Cheques Benefit Community
A recent campaign by Hawke’s Bay Foundation encouraged those who could afford it, to donate their Unison dividend to the community Every year, around $300,000 worth of power dividend cheques are never even banked, so Hawke’s Bay Foundation has set up a special fund enabling people to donate some or all of their $220 rebate. […]
Welcome to Amy
We’re thrilled to welcome Amy Bowkett to the role of Client Relations Coordinator Amy recently returned to Hawke’s Bay after eight years in Tauranga, where she was Administrator for the Acorn Foundation. Born and bred in Napier, she is excited to be working within the charitable sector again in her favourite part of the world. […]
New Year Resolutions
New Year Resolutions Happy New Year from the HBF team – we hope all of our supporters and recipients had a fantastic festive season and managed to enjoy some of this sensational Hawke’s Bay weather! With a new year comes new beginnings, and for many of us this means making New Year’s resolutions. New Year’s […]
New fund kick-starts school orchard
An unexpected phone call from Hawke’s Bay Foundation to Sherwood School has kick-started an exciting new project at the Central Hawke’s Bay school. In early August, Linda Calder, Development Manager at Hawke’s Bay Foundation contacted the school to pass on the good news that they were the recipients of a donation from the Barry Family […]
September is Wills Month
We’re excited to be partnering with ten local law firms to promote ‘Wills Month’ this September. Wills Month is a fantastic initiative that has been run successfully in other regions of New Zealand. It gives existing clients of participating law firms the opportunity to update their wills and include a gift to the HB Foundation […]
What is the biggest challenge you are facing today?
We recently caught up with all of the organisations that we supported in 2017 at our round table reporting session. We took the opportunity to chat with a few of them who are on the ground doing the hard work in our community. Here is a short video clip from Margot at Heretaunga Women’s Centre […]
Leaving a gift in your will
We’re excited to be partnering with ten local law firms to promote ‘Wills Month’ this September. Wills Month is a fantastic initiative that has been run successfully in other regions of New Zealand. It gives existing clients of participating law firms the opportunity to update their wills and include a gift to the HB Foundation […]
Great advice leads to a marriage proposal!
Last year we were very grateful to receive funding from Hawke’s Bay Foundation which enabled us to help empower our clients to manage their financial situations and plan for their future. Recently a bank referred a gentleman to our service as he was facing a mortgagee sale. He had received a letter five weeks previously […]
The Tindall Foundation
As regional funding managers for The Tindall Foundation, we have the responsibility of managing TTF’s annual charitable distributions to the local community. It’s a responsibility we take very seriously and we feel privileged to partner with Tindall to help build a stronger, more sustainable Hawke’s Bay. Tindall’s work is driven by a belief that all […]
