Grants and Donations

We welcome applications from individuals and organisations who meet our general criteria, but also welcome new ideas, proposals, and exciting avenues of funding that we may not have previously thought about. Think big, talk to us, and let's see what we can achieve!

Individual Grants

Our Grants Committee considers applications from individuals and organisations. These grants are usually for things such as equipment for the home, work, for play or learning; lessons; tuition fees; technology devices; travel costs; prosthetic attachments and much more.

The list of things that we fund does not have an end. Please contact us if you unsure whether what you wish to apply for is something we are likely to support.

Currently each application can be for up to $3,500, with a lifetime limit per applicant of $7,500.

Our Grants Committee meets four times a year to consider these grants.

Projects, Initiatives, Big Ideas

The Trust welcomes new ideas and proposals that we could commit significant funding to over several years, has a high probability of benefitting a large number of physically disabled people and their families, and in turn will help the recipients of the funding contribute to their wider personal and professional environments.

We don't set a dollar limit on the applications, rather invite conversations to explore what level of funding might be required, over what time period, and how far-reaching our financial assistance could be.

Examples might be a training programme for a group of people, the provision of equipment or resources to a group or groups of school children, programmes assisting physically disabled young people transition into a working environment.

Partnering with schools and organisations to help a broad group of the physically disabled community, now and in the future, is a particular aim of the Trust right now.

We encourage big ideas and a big budget to help get projects or ideas off the ground that could benefit physically disabled people across New Zealand.

We invite applications of between $10,000 and $100,000, and welcome an initial conversation to explore your ideas and to work out how best to put a proposal together.

These applications are considered by the full Trustee Board as and when required.

Research

We are very proud to have provided funding to various important studies at the world class Liggins Institute over the past 20 years. We have recently recommitted to some exciting multi-year research there, backing a team of exceptional clinicians and researchers.

We have also just concluded the funding of a research study undertaken by the Donald Beasley Institute.

We invite approaches for research projects of a very high standard (we like to say 'world class') that have a significant chance of making a difference to the physically disabled community across the globe.

This may be through early detection of a disability, clinical treatments or intervention, increasing the awareness of the social implications of physical disability in the World, or any number of things that resonate with our Trust's purpose, our Trustees' upholding of the original intent of the Trust's founder, and the landscape of the 21st century.

Research grants are typically mutli-year commitments from us, and range from around $60,000 to $150,000 per annum.

All such applications are considered by the full Trustee Board as required, and dependent on our commitments to ongoing research programmes.

Scholarships

Each year we invite applications for 3rd/final year tertiary scholarships.

We encourage physically disabled tertiary students approaching their final year of study to apply for one of our $10,000 scholarships, and also invite applications for contributions to first and second year tertiary fees.

We invite applications annually with a close off date of 15 January.

These applications are considered by the Grants Committee in February each year.

Grant & Donation Enquiries

Please have a look at our application information page for the relevant contact details.