The WEL Energy Trust was the foundational funder of the Waikato Wellbeing Project through a 5-year Partnership and Funding Agreement with the Waikato Regional Council. We are now approaching the fifth year of funding under this agreement from the WEL Trust.

Each year the Trust prepares an Annual Plan, which is open for public comment before making a final budget decision on 25 March. The draft 2025/26 Annual Plan can be viewed here (Draft-Annual-Plan.pdf).  You can make submission on the plan until 5pm Wednesday 19 March.

The draft annual plan makes provision for the WWP as per the Partnership and Funding Agreement, contingent on the findings of the WWP review (above) and funding discussions with WRC. The WWP welcomes this and will be submitting in support of the draft Annual Plan while we continue to work in partnership with the WEL Energy Trust and WRC on next steps for the project.