Welcome to The Depot Nelson Trust

Thank you for taking the time to visit us online. On this website you will find information about our various initiatives, services and programmes as well as information about the Trust, who we are and what we have to offer the community of Nelson, New Zealand. Please follow the links in the main menu or see our latest news below. As a registered Charitable Trust we are always seeking ways to raise enough funds to fully support the work that we do. After reading through our website and finding out more about the initiatives, services and programmes that we have to offer, you might like to be more involved in what we are doing for the community. One of the ways you can do this is to consider becoming a financial supporter of the trust. We can provide fully tax deductable receipts for any donation that you generously choose to give. To become a financial supporter of the Trust please contact us.

2010 Chairmans Message
Friday, 24 December 2010
ImageOn behalf of The Depot Nelson Trust I want to say 'Thank you' to all those who made 2010 the full and exciting year that it was.
 
With the 'Bliss - teenage girl mentoring programme' in full swing and seeing so many teenage girls blossoming because of their involvement in the programme. As a parent of teens myself through 2010, it thrills my heart to see this age group assisted and helped so positively.
 
Also Te Ora Ake had another great year, growing from strength to strength, with the numbers up around fifty plus children on the Teina [Junior] and Tukana [Senior] after school and holiday programmes. A huge thanks goes to Kerri Bowman, who has done a great job growing the programmes to this level. Toward the end of the year Kerri has moved from being programme coordinator to becoming supervisor of the Tukana programmes.
 
To all our staff, a huge thank you for working so tirelessly and fruitfully, inputting into the lives of so many in the community of Nelson.
 
Kind regards,
 
Martin Daly
Trust Chairman
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 18 January 2011 )
 
Bliss Girls Group
Wednesday, 08 April 2009

Image The Depot Trust has just launched a new development programme named "Bliss" for girls aged 13 to 25 years. Bliss is run by one of our volunteer youth workers, Jamie Myers, who is supported and supervised by our senior youth worker, Jodee Millman. Jamie has been doing a fantastic job at organising events, securing event funding, and in facilitating the group for the girls involved. At this stage the group is running with about 15 girls, whom have been a good number to launch the new programme. We have already witnessed strong interest from several new girls (in the early stages of formulating the group) with the excitement of conducting our first Bliss event. 

Bliss is focusing on the need to provide positive role models for young ladies in the Nelson area. And seeks to facilitate this through dynamic events, including fashion evenings, seminars on beauty treatments and by building positive friendships and encouraging positive peer pressure, through positive role modelling.

With some shocking statistics of teenage pregnancy, delinquency and crime amongst girls in this age group, we see Bliss as a needed push in the right direction. We are excited to see this programme develop and we look with expectation to see many young ladies lives benefited through involvement with the Bliss programme.

At this stage Bliss will be running on a monthly basis with one fundraising event and one activity event run each month. Please click here to read more about what Bliss is doing for Nelson's young people.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 February 2010 )
 
Pacifica Cup Touch Tournament
Thursday, 05 February 2009
The Depot Trust would like to extend our support of the following local community event...
 
ImageThe annual Pacifica Cup Touch Tournament is an event that is aimed to gather our Pacifica people and other cultures for an awesome and exciting time together. The tournament will be an amazing time for families to enjoy food, fun, building friendships and fitness. It will be great time to build bridges and relationships with our Pacifica brothers and sisters and other cultures in the community.
 
This tournament will assist to motivate and encourage the community to have fun together, working together to create a healthier and safer community. Kids will enjoy their time on bouncy castles and other events introduced on the day. So come along and join us for a day full of fun, food and of course some beneficial physical activity.
 
The tournament is scheduled to run on the second Saturday of February each year with this first event being run on the 14th of Feb 2009 from 11am.
 
ImageFor more info contact...
 
Seta Sauira
 
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Phone: 027 637 4886
Work : (03) 547 8916
Last Updated ( Friday, 06 February 2009 )