About the Trust
The Trust was set up by the Wellington Paraplegic and Physically Disabled Association in 1973 with the express aim of making finance available to the physically disabled community, offering meaningful assistance that uplifts, empowers, and strengthens wherever we can.
This assistance takes the forms of targeted grants. It is a requirement that applicants be New Zealand citizens permanently resident in New Zealand. It is also a requirement that applicants be physically disabled, or that the funding be for the direct benefit of a physically disabled person or persons.
The amounts available for each grant are determined at meetings of the Trust.
For further details, including closing dates, click below.
Trust objectives
The objectives of the Trust are to make provision for:
The welfare and rehabilitation of physically disabled persons,
Research relating to the same.
Buildings, equipment and facilities relating to the same.
Re-establishment or integration of physically disabled persons into the life and work of the community.
The mental and physical needs of physically disabled persons.
The training of persons to carry out any of the foregoing.
Trustees
Craig Smith, Kapiti (Chair)
John Emmerson, Paremata
Elaine Bishop, Palmerston North
Chris Curry, Upper Hutt
Anita Verry, Paremata
Solicitors
Gillespie Young Watson, Lower Hutt
