Press Release – Sunrise Foundation The Sunrise Foundations (Sunrise) annual funding round is now open to apply for grants. Sunrise supports charities and community organisations that have a charitable purpose in Tairawhiti-Gisborne (the area covered by Gisborne District Council). …
The Sunrise Foundation’s (Sunrise) annual funding round is now open to apply for grants.
Sunrise supports charities and community organisations that have a charitable purpose in Tairawhiti-Gisborne (the area covered by Gisborne District Council).
As a community endowment foundation Sunrise invests all donations and bequests in endowment funds in perpetuity (forever), protecting and growing the capital for future generations. We use the income from our investments to make grants to charitable causes in Tairawhiti -Gisborne every year, forever. All the money raised here, stays here.
Wednesday, 26 May 2021, 9:30 am
The Sunrise Foundation’s (Sunrise) annual funding round
is now open to apply for grants.
Sunrise supports
charities and community organisations that have a charitable
purpose in Tairawhiti-Gisborne (the area covered by
Gisborne District Council).
As a community endowment
foundation Sunrise invests all donations and bequests in
endowment funds in perpetuity (forever), protecting and
growing the capital for future generations. We use the
income from our investments to make grants to charitable
causes in Tairawhiti -Gisborne every year, forever. All
the money raised here, stays here.
John Clarke,
Sunrise chair, says “donations from local donors has seen
Monday, 8 March 2021, 2:21 pm
Derek and Rebecca Watson of Ritchie Civil Engineering
have established a Suicide Prevention fund at
Sunrise.
It was the loss to suicide of their friend
and work colleague, that prompted the couple to
act.
Derek says “I can still remember to this day
when I got the phone call. The father works next door to us,
and we know his brother, we’re all so
connected”.
“I will never ever forget that Sunday
afternoon when he rang me, it blew me away. It knocked me
off my feet, that’s a moment you don’t
forget.”
Rebecca Watson says “the loss has had a
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