The UMMA Trust was established in 2003 to provide social and community services for former refugee and migrant communities with a specific focus on the wellbeing of Muslim women, children and families…

Te Ohu Whakawhanaunga is a community alliance rising to the challenge of growing voice and power in Aotearoa NZ. Funded for three years by the Peter McKenzie Project…

ActionStation is an independent, crowdfunded, community campaigning organisation. Its missions is “to tautoko (support) and whakamana (uplift) everyday New Zealanders…

JustSpeak, ‘a youth-led movement for transformative change in criminal justice towards a fair, just and compassionate Aotearoa’, has a very important kaupapa…

I attended the Philanthropy Australia Conference in early September, along with around 700 other delegates. The theme for this year was “Purpose – is it enough?” and the conference offered an excellent array of topics which addressed this question. With a mix of large plenary sessions and smaller break-out panel discussions available, the two stand-out speakers for me were Fred Blackwell (CEO, San Francisco Community Foundation) and Jeremy Heimans (Co-Founder and CEO, Purpose).

COMET Auckland is the Community Education Trust Te Hononga Akoranga, an independent charitable trust and Council Controlled Organisation (CCO) of Auckland City Council, founded with the mission to drive systems change to make education and skills more effective and equitable in Auckland.

The statistics are sobering. Many lower deciles schools have only an 80% pass rate in NCEA Level 1; 12% unemployment for 15–24 year olds; only 85% of 18 year olds have NCEA Level 2…

Today marks 125 years since New Zealand women won the right to vote. On 19 September 1893, after the suffragists submitted a petition with nearly 32,000 signatures New Zealand became the first country in which women could vote. Three years later in 1896 Kate Sheppard founded the National Council of Women.

The Lifewise Merge Community Team continues to flourish, particularly as the team’s skills and capabilities grow through training and practice. The team are soon to recruit new volunteers to the team from the wider homeless community.

Established in 2011, Innovate Change uses creative and participatory approaches to build social connectedness that enables youth development, whānau well-being and positive ageing. Working closely with communities and organisations to design and deliver services, policies, and programmes that meet people’s needs, Innovate Change places these needs at the heart of all its activities…

J R McKenzie Trust’s quartely e-newsletter is out now!

The Peter McKenzie Project (PMP) is very pleased to make its first grant totalling $1.37m over five years. In partnership with Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, PMP is supporting a new social innovation hub, Tokona te Raki: Māori Futures Collective, which is designed to increase Māori participation, success, and progression in education and employment in the Ngāi Tahu region…

The Free Store is somewhat unique in its approach to supporting its community, but it has a commonly-held purpose: helping those in need in the most respectful way possible.

The Moko Foundation is on a mission to make the world a better place, starting with young Māori in the Far North town of Kaitaia.

The team at J R McKenzie Trust was honoured to be invited to attend the recent Justice Committee sitting at Parliament by Shakti Youth which was making its submission to the “Marriage (Court Consent to Marriage of Minors) Amendment Bill”.

In 2015, St John of God Hauora Trust (SJGHT) launched a new project called HOPE, or Housing Opportunities for Parental Enhancement, in Christchurch. Designed to support young whānau who are homeless or highly vulnerable, it was supported through a philanthropic collaboration between The Todd Foundation, The Vodafone Foundation and the J R McKenzie Trust.

Momentum is growing within the Peter McKenzie Project (PMP). As you may be aware, PMP has the privilege and responsibility of maximising the funds held in the Jayar Charitable Trust, which was brought into being and nurtured by Peter until his untimely death. He suggested that the funds be spent on one specific focus to make as much difference as possible, over a period of up to 20 years.

The team at J R McKenzie Trust was pleased to have the opportunity to attend the Philanthropy New Zealand Network Symposium which took place in Auckland on 11 and 12 April.

The May 2018 edition of J R McKenzie Trust’s quarterly e-newsletter, He Pito Mata, is out now.

The DIGMYIDEA Māori Innovation Challenge is reaching out to up and coming Māori digital entrepreneurs across Aotearoa. Now in its third year, it aims to inspire more Māori to engage in the digital economy by helping emerging Māori innovators turn their creative ideas into reality.

Ara Taiohi’s Youth Week is taking place from 19 to 27 May and the theme this year is “Ahakoa te aha, kei a koe te tikanga: Be who you want to be.” Youth Week is focused on celebrating rangatahi, the contribution they make to Aotearoa New Zealand, and the people who support them.