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Apply For A Grant From Sunrise Now
Wednesday, 26 May 2021, 9:30 am | Sunrise Foundation
The Sunrise Foundation’s (Sunrise) annual funding round is now open to apply for grants. Sunrise supports charities and community organisations that have a charitable purpose in Tairawhiti-Gisborne (the area covered by Gisborne District Council). ... More >>
Ritchie Civil Launches Suicide Prevention Fund
Monday, 8 March 2021, 2:21 pm | Sunrise Foundation
Derek and Rebecca Watson of Ritchie Civil Engineering have established a Suicide Prevention fund at Sunrise. It was the loss to suicide of their friend and work colleague, that prompted the couple to act. Derek says “I can still remember to this day when ... More >>
Social Enterprise Helps Establish Wainui Beach School Fun
Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 10:47 am | Sunrise Foundation
What started as a chance meeting by Wainui Beach School (WBS) ex-Board of Trustees Chair Ailsa Cuthbert in Vietnam has led to the establishment of the WBS endowment fund at Sunrise. Ailsa, who travels to Vietnam regularly for work, met Hien Nguyen ... More >>
Sporting Folk Raise More Money For Local Charities
Wednesday, 24 February 2021, 3:02 pm | Sunrise Foundation
Isaac Hughes’s Charity Mercantile Multi Sports competition raised $1000 for Stroke Tairawhiti's endowment fund at The Sunrise Foundation (Sunrise). Held at the end of last year, it was the second charity sports competition Isaac has organised. The ... More >>
Museum Establishes New Fund To Help Grow Collection
Wednesday, 21 October 2020, 1:34 pm | Sunrise Foundation
The Tairawhiti Museum Endowment Fund at Sunrise was established with a donation from Michael and Anne Muir. Michael, who is Chair of the museum trust, says it was critical to get a fund set up for the museum. “When I saw a list of the organisations ... More >>
Eastwoodhill’s Collection More Vital Than Ever
Tuesday, 11 February 2020, 1:23 pm | Sunrise Foundation
Although it is revered as the National Arboretum of New Zealand, Eastwoodhill doesn’t receive any government funding and is reliant on donations and grants to survive. In an immense show of support JN Williams Memorial Trust (the Trust) has promised ... More >>
Sunrise cracks $5 million mark
Thursday, 6 February 2020, 1:16 pm | Sunrise Foundation
The Sunrise Foundation’s (Sunrise) endowments have grown to $5.2 million in the five years since the fledgling charity was established. More >>
New fund to help support Gisborne volunteers
Thursday, 30 January 2020, 2:23 pm | Sunrise Foundation
Gisborne Volunteer Centre (GVC) recruits, trains and finds suitable roles for hundreds of volunteers every year. More >>
Sunrise celebrates 5th anniversary milestones
Thursday, 31 October 2019, 9:04 am | Sunrise Foundation
Sir Stephen Tindall came to Gisborne to officially launch The Sunrise Foundation (Sunrise) in October 2014. Sir Stephen, and the Tindall Foundation, are strong supporters of the community foundation model and have assisted with the establishment of 18 ... More >>
Friendly yellow vans plan for the future
Tuesday, 6 August 2019, 3:31 pm | Sunrise Foundation
Sunshine Service transports the elderly and disabled to medical and dental appointments, recreational and social activities. It is a lifeline to the people that use it, many of whom would be housebound without the friendly door-to-door service. More >>
Technology museum looks to the future
Wednesday, 15 May 2019, 10:13 am | Sunrise Foundation
Over its 50-year lifespan the East Coast Museum of Technology (ECMoT) has created a collection to rival that of its bigger and more well-known relative in Auckland with some unique exhibits that MOTAT doesn’t have. More >>
New fund to help dialysis patients
Thursday, 14 February 2019, 1:42 pm | Sunrise Foundation
An endowment fund has been established at The Sunrise Foundation to help with the future care of dialysis patients in Tairāwhiti-Gisborne. More >>
Local nest egg for community law centre
Thursday, 31 January 2019, 5:42 pm | Sunrise Foundation
Tairawhiti Community Law Centre (TCLC) has been providing access to justice for people who cannot afford it since 2000. Community law centres are funded by the Ministry of Justice to provide access to justice and free community legal services. For nine ... More >>
Sunrise hearing assistance grants now available
Tuesday, 13 November 2018, 4:45 pm | Sunrise Foundation
When the Gisborne Hearing Association closed in 2016 they established the Hearing Assistance Fund at Sunrise to ensure those with hearing impairments in Tairawhiti-Gisborne will be supported forever. More >>
Turanga Health giving together for the community
Thursday, 1 November 2018, 11:17 am | Sunrise Foundation
The team at Turanga Health have donated over $13,000 to The Sunrise Foundation (Sunrise) since they started Sunrise Workplace Giving in July 2015. Turanga Health introduced the workplace giving scheme to allow staff the opportunity, if they would like to, ... More >>
Donors drive establishment of fund for local SPCA
Monday, 29 October 2018, 1:31 pm | Sunrise Foundation
Donor demand has seen the establishment of an endowment fund at The Sunrise Foundation for SPCA in Gisborne. Sunrise has a number of special interest endowment funds that have been set up at the request of donors or by the organisations themselves. Glenda ... More >>
Generous bequest grows Sunrise Foundation endowments
Tuesday, 23 October 2018, 5:34 pm | Sunrise Foundation
A donation of $1.38 million from the estate of Bob and Aileen Harris has been gifted to The Sunrise Foundation, in what is the fledgling organisations largest bequest since it was established four years ago. Bob and Aileen’s son Mike Harris says ... More >>
Sunrise Foundation awards grants to 35 local causes
Monday, 15 October 2018, 12:46 pm | Sunrise Foundation
The Sunrise Foundation board has approved $79,310 of grants to arts, education, environment, health, social services and sports causes throughout the Tairawhiti-Gisborne District. More >>
Workplace giving a breeze for Coates
Wednesday, 15 August 2018, 12:19 pm | Sunrise Foundation
The team at Coates Associates have donated nearly $5000 since joining The Sunrise Foundation Workplace Giving in February 2017. More >>
John Larsen lends his weight to sustainable giving
Wednesday, 8 August 2018, 3:54 pm | Sunrise Foundation
Local business man John Larsen is well known for his sense of humour and generous nature, but what may not be so well known is that the much-loved local identity was born in Dannevirke, only coming to Gisborne as a young man in 1972. More >>
