It is tough for many community groups in the current funding climate and we are no exception. The Community Environment Funds sudden closure in 2024 affected our major operational funding we had benefited from since 2002. Demand for our projects and services is even more needed now so we are grateful for donations to keep us viable and active.
Times have changed and all our projects and services are in high demand from Southlanders, New Zealanders, travelers and the world.
We need to move up from a small business model with 40 paid hours and 70 voluntary hours a week which is no longer enough to do our projects justice.
We have been achieving highly with National recognition for many years, but now we are in danger of volunteer and staff burnout as our workload has tripled in the last three years.
We are busy applying for local and national funds for our projects but have limited success due to our small rural population base,and, even though our projects are saving biodiversity, education and heritage plants and skills, they aren't seen as a neat match with present grant requirements.
See: http://www.sces.org.nz/about/donate for more details on what you donation can support.
