I would like to say thank you for awarding me with this scholarship. The financial support it will provide to me will be a great help and it is much appreciated. I also am thankful for the opportunity I had to attend the function in Cromwell as this inspired me greatly seeing so many like-minded people.

I have finished my schooling now thanks to the COYAP program and I just wanted to tell you how much it helped me because at the start of the year I was ready to leave with no second thought with no NCEA levels or anything. Lea decided COYAP would be a good option for me and it was the first time where I got the help I needed in school and actually enjoyed myself while being at school. Thanks to them I finished the year and now can leave school knowing that I achieved something. I hope that it can stay so kids like me can have the same support I did.

As a parent I wanted to say a massive “thank you” and appreciate so much our son being a recipient of one of your scholarships !! He has been taken on by local plumbers Hardy’s to commence his plumbing scholarship at the beginning of 2023. He is already eyeing up which tools will start him on his journey.

The ceremony which we attended was also really amazing and thank you for having us as parents attend. Really well done and insightful. What an amazing resource the area has.

Thank you so much for the support of our exhibition ‘Ko Muruhiku Tōku whaea - Southern Mother’ at Te Atamira. We felt very fortunate to be in the region and install the show and deliver an artists talk - which would not have been possible without your funding support. Thank you for your generosity. We were very impresses by the vitality surrounding Te Atamira and felt so supported by our community.

Thank you for confirming a grant towards the operational costs of our Family Works Buddy Programme and Enliven SupportLink service in Wakatipu. We are delighted you have been able to support us so generously, particularly when the continued delivery of our services and programmes in the Wakatipu area has been negatively impacted by COVID-19.

At Moray we work to provide interest-free loans to people in Otago who need help escaping from unsustainable debt. Your generous contribution to administration costs in Central Otago helps to ensure the ongoing monitoring of the repayments, liaison with the Financial Mentors as needed, and accurate reporting to the Board. In this way we are better able to contribute to creating a Central Otago community without unsustainable debt.

Thank you so much for your kind gift of $15000.00. We are already putting it to good use, providing essential practical and emotional support to New Zealanders who are blind or have low vision.

Losing your sight can turn your life upside down and it’s thanks to the caring support of people like you that we can help Kiwis adapt to life without sight. Whether it’s providing counselling, learning to get around or relearning daily tasks like cooking dinner; your support helps ensure someone who has lost their sight doesn’t lose their independence.

As our work is only partially government funded, we are very grateful for your generous commitment to Anglican Family Care, ensuring we can continue offering our services free to the most vulnerable families in Otago. Thank you.

The relationship between us is one we value very much, and we look forward to continuing that through the next three years and beyond.

Thank you so much. CLASS funding has lifted the performance of the arts sector across the region to levels previously never even dreamt of. Our Community Arts Council members appreciate the significance of this grant and will be absolutely delighted.

This was a major project for us to undertake and we would not have been able to do it without the support of grants such as the Central Lakes Trust. St Enoch's is a significant feature of Alexandra and now, with the work carried out on it, will be for many years to come, not just a church but as a meeting place for the community.

Losing your sight can turn your life upside down and it’s thanks to the caring support of people like you that we can help Kiwis adapt to life without sight. Whether it’s providing counselling, learning to get around or relearning daily tasks like cooking dinner; your support helps ensure someone who has lost their sight doesn’t lose their independence.

Guide dogs, Talking Books, support with technology, education and employment –and ultimately, independence, confidence and freedom. It’s all possible thanks to the generous support of people like you.

I would like to thank you on behalf of the Alpine Community Development Trust for your very generous grant of $90,000 to be used to support the operation of LINK Upper Clutha and Community Networks Wanaka. Our vision that “Upper Clutha people are able to thrive, not just survive,” is still paramount and your support greatly assists given that the Covid 19 pandemic affects on our community are ongoing.

Thanks to the generosity of trusts such as yourselves, Community Networks/LINK will be able to offer the community practical help and assistance which will ensure our community will recover from this difficult time.

I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank Central Lakes Trust for all your support of ACO. Please pass on my heartfelt thanks to all involved including Trustees. We simply would not be able to achieve our mission in Central Otago without CLT.

We would like to extend our thanks to you as one of the key venues supporting this grant. The support we receive from you and the Trust is a crucial part of our fundraising mix, and we are so very grateful for this assistance.

We simply couldn’t do what we do without your help – thank you.

Thank you so very much for your financial support for our very successful and well received musical. Your grant funding allowed us to ensure our tech was of great quality which we and our 1222+ audience members appreciated

I wanted to reiterate how privileged we feel to have been able to partner with Central Lakes Trust for the past three years on our Cromwell Ambulance Hub project. With the project completed and our new station operational we hope that you also share with the us the same sense of pride.

We are very grateful to the Trust for their generous support for Blind Low Vision NZ. Our specialised services help clients come to terms with vision loss, develop key skills and learn to use assistive tools and technology so they can face their future with confidence. On behalf of the many clients that will benefit as a result of the Trust’s kind support, accept our sincere thanks for this funding.

Thanks very much for hosting last night’s social hour. It was worth the drive ½ way over the Crown Range, back, and through Cromwell! Calum MacLeod convulsed me with laughter when he recounted his bike trips with John Hogg.

A great evening. Again, thank you

Last Wednesday 30th June I received a game changing call from Martin Smith at Central Lakes Trust to say that we had been successful in our application for Operational Funding. I'm not going to lie I cried and so did Bex in the carpark at New World. It just means so much to know that groups such as CLT acknowledge the job we do spreading the Love through Food to those that need us in the community, to have their support going forward means we can continue our good work and retain Bex as our wonderful Coordinator. Without her I don't know where we would be.

On behalf of all at Ranui – residents and staff alike – we would like to thank Central Lakes Trust for continuing to sponsor aquaria in rest homes. Our residents get a lot of pleasure from the aquaria being in our lounges.