Robert Dickson Education Trust

The purpose of the Robert Dickson Education Trust is to make available financial assistance to single parents who reside within the boundaries of the Manawatū rating district where the support and guidance of their children’s mother and father is no longer available.

Funding awarded is to assist in matters relating to the education, development and advancement in life of their children, consistent with the general objectives of the defunct Feilding Birthright Society.

To be eligible for funding, applicants must:
• Reside within the Manawatū rating district. Please click here for a map defining these boundaries. MDC Boundary Map
• Be able to demonstrate that their child or children no longer have available the support and guidance of either a mother or a father.
• Have their application endorsed by a social services organisation or other similar organisation that can verify that the support of a father or mother is currently not available.
• Provide quotations for costs applied for.

The amount available for distribution each financial year is limited to:
• Interest and income generated from the matured capital of the Robert Dickson Education Trust; and
• Any unallocated funds carried forward from previous years.

The capital of the Trust will be preserved in accordance with trust requirements.
Grants will be paid directly to the organisation for which written quotations or invoices have been provided and will not be paid directly to the applicant.

Information contained in this application will only be reviewed by select Council Officers involved in reviewing applications to the Trust. 

Personal details will not become part of any public documentation.