Eastern & Central Community Trust (ECCT) makes funding donations to community organisations in Poverty Bay, Hawke's Bay, Tararua, Wairarapa, Manawatu & Horowhenua.
Manawatu
Media Release
Major donation for St Michael's Church
A major donation from the Eastern and Central Community Trust is kick-starting fundraising for a million dollar upgrade at St Michael's Church in Palmerston North.
The church complex, part of the Rangitikei Manawatu Maori Pastorate, provides a vital base for a range of user groups, including schools, education, health, sporting and services groups. The Pastorate is planning a new kitchen and dining block to replace a building which was moved onto the site in 1967 and is 50 years old.
The $70,000 donation is a significant boost for the project and gives the Pastorate a solid base from which to apply for other funding.
The Community Trust is also making a donation of $25,000 to the Manawatu In Line Hockey Association towards the cost of installing a safe, multi-purpose sports floor at its new base in the Leisureplex Complex.
The skaters have struggled to maintain interest in the sport after shifting from the Manawatu Arena but the club is now established in new premises and membership is again increasing. The club is planning to install a multi sport court flooring to make the facility appealing to other codes and to meet similar standards of other in-line hockey rinks around New Zealand.
The Community Trust has announced special donations, totalling $230,000, to Manawatu community groups this month, with more than $100,000 to the Manawatu Sports Foundation. General donations of another $53,000 have also been made.
For more information contact
John McKenzie, Trust Manager
Tel: 06 878 7200, www.ecct.org.nz
Note: The Eastern and Central Community Trust is an independent, charitable trust. It distributes donations for the benefit of communities throughout Hawke's Bay, Manawatu, Poverty Bay, Tararua, Wairarapa and Horowhenua.