Helen Graham Charitable Trust
The Helen Graham Charitable Trust supports a variety of charitable purposes within the area bordered by Horowhenua District Council boundaries to the north, east and west, and by the Otaki River to the south, including...
- education
- medical research
- persons or organisations involved in research or therapy for the physically disabled
- charitable purposes beneficial to the community.
Applications are not accepted from organisations based outside the specified area, schools, individuals, sports organisations and service clubs.
How to apply
To obtain an application form, get in touch online, or call us on 0800 371 471.
Applications close on 31 August each year.
History
Helen Margaret Robertson was born in 1930 in South Canterbury. She trained as a teacher in Christchurch, eventually becoming a school inspector specialising in science. She married Graham Robertson in the mid 1980s and moved to Levin to retire. By this time Mrs Robertson had developed multiple sclerosis. In 1992 Mrs Robertson established the Helen Graham Charitable Trust, the name being a combination of her own and her husband's first names. Mrs Robertson died in 1998.
The Helen Graham trust helps fund charitable projects in the Horowhenua region. Over the last 15 years, the trust has distributed $230,000 in grants and scholarship funding in the region.