Wellington Methodist Charitable and Educational Endowments Trust Grants

The Wellington Methodist Charitable and Educational Endowments Trust offers grants to support child and youth development projects in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. The Trust's objective is to help maintain, educate, support and develop children and young people, with a particular focus on Maori and Pasifika cultures, and children permanently resident in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Trust is particularly interested in supporting projects directly benefiting children and young people that are innovative, creative, and that help to address issues of justice and societal inequities. The Trust makes grants totaling approximately $240,000 each year to fund youth and child related initiatives undertaken by the Methodist Church and affiliated groups, grants to selected community partner organizations, and grants to mainstream and Māori language total immersion education providers including early childhood education, schools, kohanga reo, kura kaupapa, and other education-related organizations in the greater Wellington region. The Trust is committed to supporting initiatives that reflect a te ao Māori approach/focus, most specifically projects that foster and promote aspects of tikanga Māori including the pou of the Tapawha model of well-being: tinana (physical), hinengaro (mental), wairua (spiritual), and whanau (family).