Giving Options – Community Impact Fund
Established in 2012, the Community Impact Fund is our central fund. As the name suggests, monies distributed from this fund are used to make a lasting and meaningful impact in our community, forever. The Community Impact Fund is ideal for those wanting to make a one-off or regular donation of any amount, without having to […]
Round table reporting
We love hearing about the incredible work our charity partners are doing in the community. Each year, we run a series of Round Table Reporting sessions, where grant recipients are invited to share their successes and challenges over the past 12 months. In early May, we held 5 sessions with 44 participants who received funding […]
Driver licences open doors for students
Connecting for Youth Employment (CYE) began in 2013 as a response to the Mayors Taskforce for Jobs initiative that all young people should have opportunity in their own community. Kelly Annand, General Manager of CYE says a full drivers licence opens doors to work, training and social opportunities. “In a rural community like ours without […]
February 2019 Newsletter
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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 […]
