The Community Foundation Hawkes Bay

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PEOPLE WE'VE HELPED

BACK-UP FOR THE DISABLED

Chairman Dunkerley presents $5,000 in Napier to Debra MacConnell of Back-Up NZ. This is a Hawke's Bay-based group which provides outdoor adventure activities for rehabilitation and personal development for people with disabilities. Mr Dunkerley thanked the Kingdom Foundation for making the grant possible.

under5small Programme for under fives
Obesity levels in Hawke's Bay children have tripled, a survey shows. Thus the Community Foundation (HB) has been working with the Sport and Recreation Council of New Zealand and the Heart Foundation to enable two Sport Hawke’s Bay staff to improve the physical activity and nutrition for under fives in the region. It’s a $55,000 programme.

Rehabilitation gardens
Two varied garden projects provide a positive environment for patients in the Assessment, Treatment and Rehabilitation area of the Hawke’s Bay Hospital. Total community funding came close to $100,000.

Treadmill and parachute system
A treadmill and counterweighted harness is being used in the rehabilitation area at Hawke’s Bay Hospital to get patients walking again, with improved style. Patients benefiting would have had a stroke, head injury or a neurological disorder. Nearly $12,000-worth of giving.

Thomas life support pack
A sophisticated pack designed in the United States was donated to the Special Care Baby Unit at the Hawke’s Bay Hospital. It is used when premature babies are transported from Wairoa or to Wellington.

Waiting list reduction
The foundation provided five months’ funding for a gastroenterologist specialist at the Hawke’s Bay Hospital. The funding helped reduce the waiting list by 200 people. They had been waiting to see a specialist for stomach or bowel troubles.

Help with patient transport
The project covers a co-ordinator who arranges transport for outpatients and the elderly and infirm. It pays a mileage allowance to drivers selected to provide transport for the patients to attend specialists and clinics at Hawke’s Bay Hospital. On average there are four such trips a week from Central Hawke’s Bay.

Assistance for breastfeeding mothers
The Community Foundation HB (previously Transfusion) worked with the Tindall Foundation to provide three years’ funding to Hastings Parent Centre. This enabled a part-time co-ordinator to help young mothers with breastfeeding of new-born babies.

Allocations on behalf of The Tindall Foundation
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