1,177,000
Given back to our community in 2025
Keeping it local
From Huia to Whenuapai and everywhere in between, The Trusts are all about keeping things local in our communities.
Thatâs why our surplus profits go right back into local schools, community groups, businesses, and people who are dedicated to helping our place thrive.
Owned by the community. Run by the community. For the community.
Our Funds
There are five avenues for support from The Trusts.
Our Support and Innovation Funds help local community organisations handle major projects, cover operational costs and foster new initiatives.
For a little extra helping hand throughout the year our smaller Supporter’s Club and Community Donations provide a boost to local projects while our Sponsorships bring extra funds to businesses working to enhance The West.
If you need help to bring about positive change in our community find out how we can support you or get in touch!
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Find out how we help communities in The West thrive.
Glass Ceiling’s Beauty and the Beast Junior brings communities together
Glass Ceiling’s Beauty and the Beast Junior brings communities together
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May donations across The West
May donations across The West
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Plant The Future at Triangle Park
Plant The Future at Triangle Park
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Liquorland Maki Centre – Grand Opening
Liquorland Maki Centre – Grand Opening
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Your support keeps our communities thriving. The money we distribute comes from surplus profits at our retail and hospitality businesses.
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Glass Ceiling Arts Collective delivers inclusive performing arts classes for people from marginalised communities, particularly young people with disabilities. Their weekly classes in Massey (theatre), New Lynn (singing) and Kelston (dance) bring together participants with and without disabilities, alongside siblings and peers, to create together.
Through the 2026 Your West Support Fund round, Glass Ceiling received $20,000 to help deliver these classes across the region. That work culminates each year in a full public production, and this year the cast of 26 performers aged 12 to 31 is preparing to stage Beauty and the Beast Junior at Glen Eden Playhouse Theatre from 3 to 5 September.
'The whole cast is super-excited and busy learning lines and songs,' says Production Manager Briar Elliott.
Can't wait to see this one.
Read the full article here: thetrusts.co.nz/blog/2026/07/13/glass-ceilings-beauty-and-the-beast-junior-brings-communities-tog...
#KeepingItLocal #TheTrusts #WestAuckland #GlenEden #Massey #NewLynn #Kelston #InclusiveArts #CommunityTheatre #BeautyAndTheBeastJr #YourWestSupportFund
For many talented rangatahi in The West, university can feel out of reach. Financial pressure, limited family experience with tertiary study, and a lack of professional networks all get in the way of potential.
First Foundation has spent 27 years changing that. Their four-year programme wraps mentoring, workplace exposure, professional networks and pastoral care around students who are often the first in their family to attend university.. More than 100 young West Aucklanders from schools including Kelston Boys' High School, Kelston Girls' College, Green Bay High School , Lynfield College and Massey High School have been supported to date.
As a community-owned trust, we reinvest our surplus back into The West. We're proud to see $20,000 from the Your West Support Fund backing local students to succeed.
When one young person succeeds, an entire whÄnau can change direction.
See the full article on out website: thetrusts.co.nz/blog/2026/07/07/first-foundation-is-helping-west-auckland-rangatahi-build-brighte...
#CommunityOwned #WestAuckland #Education #Rangatahi #KeepingItLocal
Starting TODAY, Visionwest Community Trust are hosting Matariki for The West with the help of $20,000 in funding from The Trusts! đ
Three days of reflection, connection, and looking ahead with hope, grounded in te ao MÄori.
⨠#CommunitySupport #thewest #Matariki
Whau Pasifika are bringing Pasifika culture to the Whau with the help of $20,000 in funding from The Trusts! đş
Whau Pasifika Festival 2026 â 'Dream. Weave. Navigate.' â is on now until 11 July with eight events celebrating Pacific creativity and connection. đ
#CommunitySupport #TheWest #WhauPasifika
