About Us
Who are we?
Formed by Central Otago locals, the Central Otago Resilience Trust seeks funding from Central Otago locals and businesses for the benefit of Central Otago locals.
Our Why
Hardship has a way of hiding behind closed doors. Even in Central Otago the harsh reality is our communities include individuals and families struggling as result of medical misfortunes.
Most display a remarkable degree of resilience, so much so their neighbours and even workmates have no idea how tough they’re doing it. Publicly funded health care, ACC payments and other welfare assistance do much to help, but it is unforeseen costs resulting from those medical misfortunes that can leave people wondering how they will fund bare necessities let alone those unforeseen medical costs.
The Central Otago Resilience Trust has been established to do just that. Quickly and efficiently verify the need and then provide assistance to those suffering financial hardship as a result of a medical condition, illness or disease in the Central Otago region.
Interested in applying for support or making a donation to help support our community? get in touch with us today.
Our Trustees
Formed by Central Otago locals, the Central Otago Resilience Trust seeks funding from Central Otago locals and businesses for the benefit of Central Otago locals.
The founding Trustees, Glen Christiansen, Derek Craig, Becky Ensor and John Cooper are
all community focused, selfless people always keen to pay it forward; a strong motivator for forming the Trust.
Becky Ensor
Chairperson
Glen Christiansen
Spokesperson
Derek Craig
Trustee
John Cooper
Trustee
Our Grants Approval Team
Meet our Grants Approval Team members who looks over all our funding applications we receive.
Jackie Hamilton
Becky Slade
Jan Bean
Katrina Mitchell
Our Vision
Aspirational Vision Statement
In three years, the Trust will be self-funding through routine business donations, grants, private and estate support and an annual fundraising event in one or more of our primary regional bases.
The Trust will continue to support all travel, food and accommodation funding for people living in CODC and having to travel outside of the region. The trust will be in a position to support contributions towards medical treatments as well as a result of the significant increase in funding.
The organisation will have developed and become more structured with ongoing rotational changes to the Trustees and GAT team. We will have regionally based advocates to support the Trust’s activities and endeavours and have additional resources working for the Trust in a fundraising capacity .