Support us
Only with the generous support of our donors is the MHT Diabetes Trust able to help people with diabetes live their best lives. As a Charitable Trust, we rely on community support and grants to help supplement our funding from Health NZ – MidCentral District.
Where it goes
What your support pays for
We are contracted by Health New Zealand for the education itself. Everything around it — the travel, the kai, the camps, the printing — is what community giving makes possible.
Getting to the room
Our nurses and dietitians drive to Levin, Foxton, Dannevirke, Ōtaki, Pahiatua, Eketāhuna and Whanganui so that people do not have to come to Palmerston North. Four districts is a lot of road.
Cooking Series kai
Every ingredient demonstrated in a Cooking Series session is bought, cooked and shared on the day. Tasting the food is what turns a nutrition talk into something people cook at home on Tuesday.
Camps and family days
Youth camps, family days and the coffee catch-ups for 18 to 24 year olds run on grants and gifts. For a lot of our rangatahi it is the first time they have been in a room where diabetes is the majority.
Booklets people keep
Recipe booklets and course handouts go home in a bag and end up on the fridge. Print is not glamorous and it is the thing people still have three years later.
Giving with confidence
The MHT Diabetes Trust is a registered charitable trust, number CC38060, and our accounts are filed each year with Charities Services. We will send a receipt for any gift — email admin@diabetestrust.org.nz with your name and the date you gave. We do not sell, share or swap donor details with anyone, and we will not put you on a mailing list you did not ask for.
Donate by bank transfer
You can make a single, monthly or annual donation from your bank account by online transfer or internet banking. Please contact admin@diabetestrust.org.nz or call 06 357 5992 for the banking details.
If you would like to receive a receipt for your donation, please email admin@diabetestrust.org.nz with your name and the date of donation and we will send you a receipt.
Thank you for your support
Our work is made possible by these funders and partners.
And the organisations we work alongside
Endorsed by Diabetes and Endocrinology Service, Hōhipera o Papaioea Palmerston North Hospital.
Other ways to help
If you would like to talk about grants, partnerships or leaving a bequest, we would love to hear from you.