Sixth Local Legends Grant Winner

Congratulations to Community Support & Crafting Collective Bop for being awarded the sixth Local Legends $5,000 Grant!

Lisa, the founder of this amazing organisation was overwhelmed and “buzzing” when she received the phone call. This community group works alongside local charities to support members of the community in need by identifying and then supplying what hand-crafted items they need most. This can be from new-born babies to adults.

When asking what this grant meant to her, the crafty volunteers and those they will be able to help, the response was beautiful.

“We are so very grateful to Tauranga Crossing and everyone who voted for us for the Local Legends Grant. We have approximately 90 crafters who regularly make items to be donated and we support around 30 local charities, donating over 6000 items so far this year. As a Trust, we provide a lot of the materials that are needed, and having funding means we can purchase machine washable 100% wool for items for small babies, and the appropriate materials for other projects, to continue to support our community.  We are excited about being able to continue to grow what we do in the community, thank you for supporting us with this.”

Have you got a community group in mind that could do with a little help? Nominations are now open for the next $5,000 Local Legends Grant. The Seventh winner will be announced in March 2022. Click here to nominate!