Page Trust 2026

This round will open at 9:00AM 1 June 2026 (NZST) for submissions.

Page Charitable Trust

2026 Grant Round

IMPORTANT: Please read the information below to assist you in completing your application online. Applicants should carefully consider the criteria, which may be varied from time to time.

The Page Trust was established in 1970 by Palmerston North dairy farmers Frederick and Eileen Bridget Page. The Page Trust distributes its income to charities and schools operating in Hamilton and Palmerston North.

The Page Trust is a Registered Charity under the Charities Act 2005, Registration No. CC24217.

Applications are open at 9am on 1 June 2026 until closing time of 5pm on 3 July 2026.

Who is eligible? Applications are open to organisations registered with Charities Services and schools that are based in or supporting people within the two funding regions (Hamilton funding area) or (Palmerston North funding area). If applicable, your organisation can apply for funding covering both regions in one application. 

Individuals, sports organisations and service clubs are not eligible to apply to the Trust and the Trust does not fund overseas projects.

How much funding is available? The minimum grant awarded will be $3,000 and the maximum grant will be $10,000.

2026 Trust Objectives

After considering the current economic climate and the pressures facing charities, the Trustee will prioritise applications that directly support disadvantaged communities within the region. Only applications for social services will be considered, with preference given to those focused on the relief of poverty, including the following:

  • Access to food - Direct provision of food, such as food banks, food rescue, and food distribution services. This may include community gardens where the primary purpose is to provide a food source for the community.
  • Access to shelter
  • Budgeting advice, and financial mentoring or management.
  • Other basic necessities - Support for essential needs, including (but not limited to) clothing, laundry, showers, hygiene services
  • Access to safety - Intervention and prevention of interpersonal violence and abuse
  • Navigation of services - Assistance to access essential services such as healthcare, Work and Income, legal services, and refugee and migrant settlement services.
  • Work readiness support - Programs that provide pathways to employment, career readiness programs
  • Mental health support - Community-based counselling and/or psychotherapy, peer support (provided by a peer-support-specific service). This does not include social, sport, or art-based activities or services that promote mental health.
  • Youth work - Individual or group mentoring and support from qualified youth workers

What is funded?

  • Assistance with operating expenses, assistance with salaries, support for continuation of services
  • Projects, programs and/or dedicated services
  • Others (newsletters, repairs, furniture and information resources)
  • Capital expenses (although preference for funding will be given to applications within the above groups)

What is not funded?

  • Commercial ventures
  • Funding to a capital fund e.g. ‘Foundation’, Endowments etc.
  • Research
  • Overseas travel
  • Earthquake/asbestos repairs  

How are decisions made? All grant applications are considered by the Trustee, whose decision is final. While individualised feedback is not provided by default, applicants may contact the Trustee for further information if desired.

A grant may be approved subject to certain conditions. In such circumstances the funds will normally be held by the Trustee until the conditions have been met. It is important that all details on the application form are concise and easy to read. Decisions relating to grant applications are made on the information provided in the application and other general enquiries. 

In what circumstances will an application not be considered?

  • Incomplete or late applications
  • Retrospective funding
  • Accountability requirements from 2025 - any applicant who received funding in 2025 that has not uploaded a receipt for the grant to the 'SmartyGrants' database will not be considered in the 2026 grant round. (Or who has not made alternative arrangements with the Trustee in this respect.)
  • Applications from individuals, sports organisations and service clubs
  • Applications requesting funding for overseas projects
  • Applicants are not based in or supporting people within the Trust funding regions (Hamilton funding area) or (Palmerston North funding area)

Important dates:

  • Applications are open from 9am on 1 June 2026 to closing 5pm on 3 July 2026.
  • Applicants will be advised of the outcome by 31 August 2026.

Late applications will not be accepted.

Contact us: Any questions should be addressed to Public Trust Charities Team by email to funding@publictrust.co.nz

How to apply

Step 1: Determine eligibility

  • Please ensure you have read the Trust’s funding eligibility criteria
  • Enquiries regarding the Trust’s funding eligibility criteria or the suitability of your funding request should be addressed to Public Trust Charities Team by email: funding@publictrust.co.nz

Step 2: Register or login to apply online

First time users will need to register.

Hint: you will need an email address to register.  If your organisation has a ‘generic’ email (e.g. info@organisation.org) using this may allow other staff members to use the same login in future (as long as they know the password).

Your login can be used for any trust managed by Public Trust granting via SmartyGrants and can be used in future grant rounds.

Note: Please store your login details in a safe place for future reference.

Once registered, you can login to the system and start your application.

Step 3: Complete your application

The application is best viewed/completed on a non-mobile device.

Complete all of the required questions – mandatory questions are marked with an*

Attach all required supporting documents

Note: Our preferred format for attachments is PDF, Excel, Word or JPG.  Supporting materials cannot exceed 25MB in size, as files exceeding this will not upload.

Hint: Save your work regularly so it is not lost if you time out or lose your connection.

You can save your application at any stage and return to it later.

Make sure the spell checker is switched on in your browser to prevent spelling errors.

Step 4: Review and submit your application

When you are satisfied with your application press the review button to ensure that all required sections of the application have been completed (you must do this before the submit button is enabled).

Submit your application.

Note: Once you have submitted your application no further editing or uploading of supporting documents is possible.

Step 5: What happens next?

You will receive an automated email confirming your submission with a copy of your application attached and information about how/when your application will be assessed.  This will be sent to the email you used to register.

If you do not receive a confirmation email then your application has not been successfully submitted (remember to check your spam email folder when looking for the email).

We will contact you if we require any further information to consider your application.

We will contact you after consideration of all the applications.

If you need more help using this form, download the help guide for applicants or check out applicant frequently asked questions (FAQ's)

If you have any technical difficulties using the online SmartyGrants portal email service@smartygrants.com.au