by Dave Murray | Oct 3, 2023 | community-news
Our October grant funding round is open WBS turned 150 this year. As part of the WBS Charitable Trust’s celebration of this milestone, the Trust committed an investment of $150,000, to be shared through four grant funding rounds across this year and next. Our October...
by Dave Murray | Sep 20, 2023 | community-news
Community benefits from April grant funding round success The April community funding round saw a large number of diverse applications from across Wairarapa. We are thrilled to share some more worthy local recipients of that round. Our second (and last) community...
by Dave Murray | Sep 13, 2023 | community-news
WBS grants continue to help community groups to prosper WBS is very proud to support local initiatives, fulfilling our purpose in ‘Helping our community prosper’. This month we continue to showcase some fabulous local organisations who were successful in their...
by Dave Murray | Sep 6, 2023 | community-news
Spotlight on community groups from April grant funding round Rather than our profits heading offshore, at WBS, any profits we distribute go back into our local community through grants and sponsorship. Last financial year, we supported a total of 58 local...
by Dave Murray | Jul 24, 2023 | community-news
Tirama Matariki Light Glow We’re super proud to be supporting the 2023 Tīrama Matariki Light Glow at Masterton’s Queen Elizabeth Park this weekend, Friday 28 and Saturday 29 July. Tīrama Matariki means ‘the sparkling Matariki’ and it’s our region’s most...
by Dave Murray | Jun 20, 2023 | community-news
Community funding success for organisations across Wairarapa Wairarapa is special place. We know this, but were reminded again by the healthy number of applications received in the latest WBS community funding round, which closed on 30 April 2023. We are now humbled...
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