Te Puke and Districts Youth and Community Sense of Place

Stephen from Te Puke

We need a hand up. After being forced to move out of a building due to sale (we had use of free of charge) we have taken on the former RSA building to secure a multi-purpose building for the Te Puke Community. It is a substantial lease (45k including) which we will be able to sustain but timing as seen us struggle with the forced move in December. Sponsorship has been difficult over holiday period due to holiday pay and businesses pockets being empty. The AMI Community Grants fund would enable us to carry over for two months whilst we get back in full swing. We have other funding applications in with Baytrust, Lions and are beginning a membership program and brick fundraiser.

This Grant would be critical in enabling us to provide Te Puke and districts with a sense of place. It would help wonderully with operational expenses.

Vector Group Charitable Trust www.vectorgroup.org.nz... is a youth and community led non profit based in Western Bay of Plenty. Our overarching purpose is to create a sense of place, and encourage a feeling of belonging. VGCT provides opportunity for community members (specifically youth but not limited to), to come together on creative and collaboratively inclusive projects, support and events; learning, fun, the arts, politics, strategy, entrepreneurial and creative brainstorming.

We provide a youth/community centre (with wheel chair access) at 16 Oxford Street in Te Puke for residents and surrounding districts.

We provide:
•A multipurpose venue for Te Puke and surrounding areas. (holds 250 people)
• Learning opportunities; film, web, tourism, social events, variety of workshops accessible to the wider community ie business and trade expos.
• Local Magazine TEPUKEMAG www.vectorgroup.org.nz.../tepukemag
• Te Puke’s web portal - www.tepukedirectory.co.nz...
• Te Puke Film, competitions, business/tourism film projects. HP48 Hour Film Competition Winners
• Photography workshops
• Social Table tennis club with aim to incorporate pro comps and create an iconic social centre.
• DJ, sound equipment and dance floor launching Te Puke’s creative dance scene. In collaboration with My Dance Co and Rush Wipeha a world travelled breaker. CEROC and other dance forms.
• Te Puke Choir
• Web infrastructure in collaboration with Te Puke EDG.
• Coding, specialist IT workshops. Powering-On
• Facilitating Te Puke Business Awards 2018.
• Boutique op-shop.
• Pop-up ball shop for TPHs
•Annual community ball.
• Co-working space, hireable venue, conference room with wheelchair access.
• Night markets

Our venue and outside collaboration:
• Collab-Tauranga Youth Development, Night Owl and their 100% Summer project.
• Collab-Mahi Performance, 13-week workshops based around holistic fitness.
• Martial arts, Pilates, indoor bowls. Muay Thai event planned at VGCT
• Social Link, BOP Film, the Sing, Sing, Sing Project
• Kiribati Community
• Tai Chi
• People First Learning Disability Self Advocacy
• Arohanui Trust - Disability - table tennis, pool table, music

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