Trust Horizon Updates

Completion of a new Opotiki Baptist Church hall is a step closer, following a grant of just over $52,000 from the Eastern Bay Energy Trust.

A Whakatane sports club, which has recently celebrated its 50-year anniversary, is welcoming a $60,000 grant, which will help secure the code’s future sustainability.

The purchase of floodlighting equipment for every fire appliance in the Eastern Bay of Plenty is being hailed as a huge safety improvement for fire-fighters and members of the public at emergency s

The demands of a punishing rehearsal schedule means a 60-year-old Commerce Street building is almost a second home to the 40-plus members of the EBOP Brass Band.

Public safety was a feature of two grants announced this month for the first round of applications from the Eastern Bay Energy Trust’s Community Amenities Fund.

The Manawahe Eco Trust’s aim, to repurpose the area’s school into a well-resourced Ecological Centre, took a significant leap forward this week, after receiving a grant from the Eastern Bay Energy

It used to be a mad after-work dash for parents to get their JAB players to Edgecumbe Domain to make the most of the remaining light of the day.

The Eastern Bay Energy Trust’s newly approved distribution budget will see $2.2 million pumped into the local community over the next 12 months.

Eastern Bay people gave a resounding ‘thumbs up’ this month to the Eastern Bay Energy Trust’s purchase of all Horizon Energy shares.

Gaining funding for large community projects is much like setting up a domino stack, according to Peter McKenzie, project manager for Whakatane Theatre’s new Gateway Drive facility.