Robert Dickson Education Trust Fund

Financial assistance for single parents in the Manawatū rating district, to support their children's education, development and opportunities, where the other parent's support is no longer available.

Closes

Open until funding is expended for the year

Who can apply

Read on the council's page, quoted verbatim: provides "financial assistance to single parents living in the Manawatū rating district where the support and guidance of their children's mother and father is no longer available," for costs supporting "children's education, development, and opportunities in life."

Amount

Not published on the funder page — open until funding is expended

Funding route

Grant

Applicants

Individuals & whānau

Before you apply

Continues the objectives of the former Feilding Birthright Society. Applications go through the SmartyGrants portal.

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Checked 16 September 2026

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