Central Lakes Trust provides funding to charitable causes within the Central Lakes and Central Otago region.

Central Lakes Trust (CLT) is a charitable trust committed to helping our community by offering funds for various charitable causes throughout the Central Lakes and Central Otago district.

Our funding focuses on the following sectors:

• Lifelong Learning​
• Community Wellbeing
• Community Recreation
• Arts & Culture
• Environment & Heritage

The type of grants we provide are:

Project Grants

Projects are time bound, one-off activities that have a specific budget.

Programme Grants

Programme grants help kickstart a new service or series of events that are part of the bigger picture of what the organisation does.

Operational Grants

Operational grants usually go to organisations that deliver social services directly to the community and whose social outcomes are measurable.

Central Lakes Art Support Scheme (CLASS)

These grants are administered by the four Community Arts Councils in the Central Lakes Trust region to increase, at a local level, both participation in the arts and the diversity of arts available to the community.

Central Lakes Trust Scholarship Fund

Since 2007, Central Lakes Trust (CLT) has awarded Tertiary Education Scholarships annually to partner schools in our region.

Emergency Preparedness Kit Fund

Central Lakes Trust supports the installation of emergency preparedness kits in our local communities.

For more information and resources to help with your application process visit our website.