Page Trust 2026

Your organisation must be:

• An organisation registered with Charities Services or;
• A registered incorporated society or;
• A school registered with the Ministry of Education

AND

• Operating or providing a service within the Trust Funding Regions (Hamilton funding area or/and Palmerston North funding area).

Any applications with the following circumstances will not be considered

• Incomplete or late applications
• Applications for 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, or who has not made alternate arrangements with the Trustee, will not be considered
• Applications from individuals, sports organisations and service clubs
• Applications requesting funding for overseas projects
• Applicants are not based in or supporting people within the specified Hamilton or Palmerston North funding regions
• Applications submitted requesting under $3,000 or over $10,000

PLEASE NOTE:

• The Page Trust will offer grants at the minimum value of $3,000 to a maximum of $10,000 per grant. All funding is GST exclusive.

• In 2026, 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

If your application is not requesting funding for one of the above services, your application is not eligible.