Perry Foundation announces the recepients

Perry Foundation announces the recipients of its 2009 Key Funding round

More than 1 million people throughout New Zealand will benefit from Perry Foundation’s 2009 key funding round.

Perry Foundation’s 2009 Conference kicked off on Sunday night with the announcement of the recipients of the Foundation’s 2009 key funding round, and a celebration of the “good” of New Zealand’s charity gaming model.

“It was a fabulous occasion” said Trust Chairman Simon Perry. “To have a room full of people passionate about the community and totally supportive of the valuable part that charity gaming plays in its success was a great experience”.

In addition to its bi-monthly funding rounds, the Perry Foundation provides significant funding to a number of key organisations through a ‘Key Grants Funding Round’. “This has become an annual process” said Trust Chief Executive Grant Paterson. “Towards the end of each year, we call for applications from community groups operating throughout New Zealand who are looking for significant funds to support their charitable organisation. By considering all of the major requests at one time, the Board can make informed, balanced decisions and assist organisations with their planning.

Recipients this year included Auckland’s Play It Strange Trust and the John Walker “Find Your Field of Dreams” Foundation.

Play It Strange Trust CEO, Mike Chunn, understands how valuable this charity gaming funding stream is to his organisation. “Perry Foundation has been a significant funder of Play It Strange since our inception in 2004. Since then, we have been able to establish three major programmes - the secondary schools songwriting competition, the Band of Strangers concerts and more than 100 ukulele orchestras in primary and intermediate schools. Together, these programmes give young New Zealanders the opportunity to meet, develop and share their musical pursuits with students from all over New Zealand.

The John Walker ‘Find Your Field of Dreams’ Foundation was launched in May 2008, and is driven by Sir John Walker’s dream for Manukau to be a city of healthy, active young people who want to achieve.

Three dynamic program streams have been developed and currently engage over 4,000 Manukau youth each month in sport and physical recreation.

With the support of the Perry Foundation, Find Your Field of Dreams is about to announce its next major initiative – a pilot programme for Primary Schools which will provide in-school coaching support and skills training, after school programmes and facilitation of inter school competition.

Sir John Walker is convinced that the success of this new initiative in Manukau primary schools is critical to the John Walker ‘Find Your Field of Dreams’ Foundation achieving its key objectives. “We want our young people to experience the joy of sport early in their lives, and to enjoy the benefits of better health and the satisfaction that can be achieved by goal setting in the pursuit of a dream. The Perry Foundation support for this pilot will be invaluable in enabling the Foundation to pursue our goal of a fitter, healthier and more caring Manukau”.

“Perry Foundation first began funding our KiwiBaby™, KiwiToddler™ and KiwiPreschooler™ programme in 2001,” Sport Waikato Chief Executive Mathew Cooper said.
“Since then, over 30,000 babies and children are estimated to have received these books which are designed to ensure appropriate child movement is a priority for parents and caregivers from birth.”

“With the ongoing help of the Perry Foundation, we’ve been able to continue delivering KiwiBaby ™ absolutely free of charge to families of children aged under five. The grant is vital to our ability to continue this programme, that’s unique to the Waikato region” said Mathew.

Another unique feature of the KiwiBaby programme is that it can be distributed through a wide network of under fives providers, like midwives and Plunket. That means that it really does reach most under fives in the region.

“Another strength of the KiwiBaby(TM) programme is that we’ve been able to keep it wholly non-commercial over the years because of the Perry Foundation funding – it doesn’t feature any advertising, which makes it appropriate to distribute through health settings, and makes it appropriate to use in all situations.“
Perry Foundation continues to make a significant contribution to the Bay of Plenty, with more than $1.8 million returned to local Bay communities so far this year. The most recent contribution is a substantial donation towards the proposed $41 million Tauranga Indoor Sport and Exhibition Centre (TISEC). The new facility, situated next to Baypark Stadium at Mount Maunganui, will provide a home for community sport for the Western Bay of Plenty sub-region for the foreseeable future. It is also expected to cater for existing, and attract new events and exhibitions.

Tauranga Mayor Stuart Crosby said the support from Perry Foundation was a critical factor in gaining approval to build the new centre.

"It was never going to be possible to achieve our goal by relying solely on ratepayer contributions. We needed to partner with organisations who share our vision for the future of the sub-region and who are willing to make a long term commitment to this community. The Perry Foundation contribution towards TISEC was a key factor in the project's success. The outcome will be that people of all ages will have opportunities to recreate, or experience exciting events, that were not previously possible in Tauranga because of a lack of suitable facilities."

Perry Foundation have also invested in the Baywave aquatic centre and the Mount Surf Reef projects.

“ Since 1962 when the Outward Bound was established at Anakiwa in the Marlborough Sounds, over 47,000 New Zealanders have taken up the challenge of an Outward Bound course” said Outward Bound Chief Executive Trevor Taylor. “It is the goal of the Outward Bound Trust to have students representing a cross section of New Zealand society, both cultural and economic, on each course. It’s also important that individual financial circumstances are not a barrier to someone taking up the Outward Bound challenge. The support that we have received from Perry Foundation since 2005 has enabled us to assist more than 300 students to really understand what they are truly capable of” said Trevor. “Thank you Perry Foundation for making the dreams and aspirations of so many New Zealanders become a reality.”

PERRY FOUNDATION KEY GRANTS

2009 / 2010

Netball Waikato Region $150,000.00
Perrin Park $50,000.00
Sport Waikato $150,000.00
Waikato Golf Assn $50,000.00
Waikato Rugby Union $400,000.00
Waipa District Council $333,333.00
Athletics NZ $75,000.00
Bike NZ $100,000.00
Gymsports NZ $20,000.00
NZ Cricket $100,000.00
NZ Football $250,000.00
NZ Hockey $52,000.00
NZ Netball $500,000.00
NZ Olympic Committee $300,000.00
NZ Rowing $200,000.00
NZ Swimming $68,000.00
NZ Tennis $150,000.00
NZ Touch $200,000.00
NZ Triathlon $75,000.00
Order of St Johns National (Youth) $300,000.00
Outward Bound $75,000.00
Alan Duff Charitable Foundation $100,000.00
Auckland Cricket Assn $125,000.00
Eden Park Trust Board $125,000.00
John Walker, Field of Dreams $150,000.00
Midlands Hockey $50,000.00
North Harbour Rugby Union $463,640.00
Play it Strange $225,000.00
Surf Life Saving Northern $100,000.00
Urban Ecoliving Trust $59,396.00
Wanganui Collegiate School $100,000.00
BOP Cricket $200,000.00
BOP Rugby $200,000.00
Magic Netball $350,000.00
Netball BOP $150,000.00
Northern District Cricket $250,000.00
Tauranga City Council $250,000.00
Art & Industry Biennial Trust $50,000.00
Burwood Academy $60,000.00

TOTAL $6,606,369.00

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