IN OUR COMMUNITY
As a family and business, we actively support a range of initiatives that have a lasting positive impact on the community.
Our support of these exceptional community causes comes in the form of our time and expertise, our resources and our national network reach. We believe this aligns well with our commitment to investing in long-standing legacy projects.
OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORT PILLARS
The areas in which we offer our continued community support cover:
EDUCATION | HEALTH | YOUTH | SPORT | ENVIRONMENT
Gibbons have a Sponsorship Committee to review and assess sponsorship applications that we receive from the community. If you have a cause that's close to your heart, we welcome you to complete our Sponsorship Application Form for consideration.
EDUCATION
Nelson College
Gibbons Trade Education Centre
For more than a decade, Gibbons have worked with Nelson College to develop and deliver alternative education programmes that provide tangible education pathways into trade, for young men that were not wanting to head off to university. These pathways cover Construction, Automotive and Light Engineering.
As foundation Platinum Sponsor, Gibbons not only designed and built the Trade Centre facility, but also helped to develop the carpentry curriculum. Now, over 10 years later, and after more than 500 students have graduated through the Trade Education Centre, Gibbons is again working closely with Nelson College to review and update the carpentry curriculum to meet the current needs and requirements of the industry.
HEALTH
UCOL Te Pūkenga
Te Whaioranga Health & Wellness Education Centre
Gibbons is proud to have recently completed the adaptive re-use redevelopment of Te Whaioranga, a new state-of-the-art health and wellness education centre at UCOL Te Pūkenga (Palmerston North). Gibbons owns the building and has entered into a long-term lease-back agreement with Te Pūkenga.
This facility is the only one of its kind in the Manawatū region, and will provide the perfect home for the next generation of healthcare heroes to hone their skills. Gibbons is delighted to have added this nationally significant legacy development into its investment portfolio, given the importance of the healthcare sector to the wider community.
YOUTH
Victory Boxing Gym
Victory Boxing was established with the aim of having a positive impact on at-risk youth in the Nelson community, teaching them life skills, honesty, respect, determination, and caring. In its first year, the programme had 20 children involved. In 2013, Victory moved to its current premises at 98 Vanguard Street, Nelson, and due to the popularity and success of the programme, now has over 400 children registered.
As cornerstone sponsor of Victory Boxing, Gibbons has provided its unconditional support since its opening through the use of its Vanguard Street premises as a home for the gym.
SPORT
Nelson College
Rugby Way Programme
At Gibbons we are proud to be a third-generation family business, with a rich connection to our local community. One of our most valued partnerships is with Nelson College, having had three generations both attend the school, and play for the for the 1XV Rugby team.
We jumped at the opportunity to work closely with the school’s leaders, and coaching legend Jono Phillips, to develop the Nelson College Rugby Way programme as a rich pathway for talented boys to develop their skills and follow their dreams.
SPORT
Nelson College
Playing Field Redevelopment
In 2022 Gibbons once again worked with Nelson College, this time to comprehensively redevelop the college's main playing field. The field had long suffered from poor drainage and were a far cry from the flagship grounds a proud rugby college deserves (Nelson College played in the first game of Rugby in New Zealand back in 1870).
Gibbons underwrote the project to ensure it could commence and then worked with the college to successfully fundraise the entire (significant) cost of the redevelopment. Gibbons leveraged its extensive local and national networks, and in doing so, helped to bring Nelson College a raft of new corporate sponsors.
WHO CAN WE HELP?
Gibbons have a Sponsorship Committee to review and assess sponsorship applications that we receive from the community. If you have a cause that's close to your heart, we welcome you to complete our Sponsorship Application Form for consideration.