Authorised Purpose

We Care Community Trust Limited may make grants for any charitable purpose and any non-commercial purpose that is beneficial to the whole or a section of the community. Priority funding will be given to amateur sport, supporting youth, supporting the elderly members of our community, public health, and non-profit community cultural and arts festivals.

The above authorised purpose includes (but is not limited to) providing grants for:

• The promotion of health via participation in amateur sport, including cricket and kabaddi;
• Amateur teams’ training costs;
• Amateur players’ reasonable and necessary travel expenses, including accommodation and insurance costs associated with the travel;
• Developing the character of young people;
• Welfare assistance for people in need, e.g., assistance with funeral expenses, hospitalisation, convalescence, health aids, and the like;
• Hospital visits for the elderly;
• Public health services including education and counselling services;
• Wages and salaries where the employing body has an entirely non-commercial community or charitable purpose and provided that the payment is necessary to achieve the authorised purpose;
• The promotion, planning, organising and running of non-profit events that celebrate or involve different cultures, such as community cultural and arts festivals including cultural music festivals;
• Relieving poverty through access to advice, support and assistance for recent immigrants to New Zealand, including, without limitation:
• Counselling services;
• Health information;
• Mediation for family conflicts;
• Visitation;
• Creating social networks; and
• Providing assistance and support for other family members who provide care for such persons.
• Celebrating religious services in public;
• Providing or maintaining grounds and buildings to be used by churches, temples or other religious organisations; and
• Provision for other not-for-profit organisations that promote community cultural education and cohesion.