The Canterbury Community Trust

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The Canterbury Community Trust helped the Charteris Bay Yacht Club purchase 6 plastimist boats for their junior members 'Learn to Sail' programmes.

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Kaikoura - Barnardos Early Learning Centre

Children at Barnardos Early Learning Centre are surprising their teachers by displaying a wealth of creative talent in their new carpentry play area funded by The Canterbury Community Trust. Photo: Thanks to Marlborough Express

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Nelson City Brass

Nelson City Brass - with the majority of the instruments shown purchased from funds gratefully received from the Canterbury Community Trust.

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Diwali Festival

The Canterbury Community Trust donated $10,000 toward the staging of the 2012 Diwali Festival, organised by the Indian Social and Cultural Club Inc.

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Where We Fund

About Us

The Canterbury Community Trust The purpose of the Trust, which was established in 1988, is to distribute funds for charitable, cultural, philanthropic and recreational benefits in our four regions (Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough and the Chatham Islands) - all of which benefit our quality of life. Our donations in turn, assist thousands of people working in numerous voluntary organisations, to create their own social and cultural dividends thereby rewarding their communities.

Marlborough Civic Theatre Trust

New Theatre Project

History

In 1970, Blenheim's theatre, the privately owned His Majesty's, was condemned as an earthquake risk, and demolished. In 1974 the Marlborough Civic Theatre Trust was formed. Over the next 11 years it:

The Champion Centre

September 2011 - The Spirit of Champions

The Canterbury Community Trust (TCCT) trustees visited the Champion Centre on 26th September 2011. In recent years TCCT has made annual donations to the Christchurch Early Intervention Trust which operates out of the Champion Centre. These funds help and contribute to the excellent work carried out at the Champion Centre.

The Christchurch City Mission

September 2011

The Christchurch City Mission has been servicing the Canterbury Community for the past 100 years. They started as a “meal room” at St Lukes Church providing meals for the poor of the city. The City Mission now provide a full range of social services to those in need.