East Coast Community Development Trust

A Charitable Trust dedicated to economic and social development on the east coast of New Zealand.

Pull out the centre of the flax
Where is the bellbird, the song?
You ask me
What are the important things of the world?
I reply forcefully
It is people, it is people, it is people.

-A Maori Proverb

Hutia te rito o te harakeke.
Kei hea te komako, e koe e ko?
Ki mai koe ki ahau
He aha te mea nui o te ao?
Maki e ki atu
He tangata, he tangata, he tangata

The East Coast Community Development Trust is based in Hawke's Bay - New Zealand.
The Trust is seeking sponsorship for this website.

Current Sponsors

Wine Country Credit Union
For savings and loans.
http://www.wccu.org.nz

If you would like to join these sponsors and assist with this website email

Survey for Not for Profits

We've had 124 responses to the mail out to 1330 not for profits in the Hawkes Bay region. Of these 14 are in our sample or 10% of the original group. These remaining groups are currently being contacted and referred to the website. If you need to access the survey then please go here

News

The Trust is becoming known for its interest in...

The Trust has completed a Pilot for C.I.T.Y and also trialled it through other organisations in Hawkes Bay:
Please check out Community Improvement Through Youth (C.I.T.Y.).

Major Sponsors for C.I.T.Y.

Future Projects

Also under development are:

10 Green Technologies that could change your life - what if we did this in HB?
Levels of family indebtedness - do you know how to draw up a budget?
A Community Digital Network - filling the pipe
An Environmental Project - how green is green?
a Microenterprise Network - income generating activities
a Community Health Project - how obese do we have to become before we say enough?

The East Coast Community Development Trust is concerned with building social capital in the community.

Email with your comments on what you would like to see here.