Vector Group Charitable Trust

Our kaupapa:

Mō te oranga o ngā taiohi me ngā kaitiaki e mahi ana mō rātou.
For the wellbeing of taiohi and the people who support them.

Our values:

• Kaitautoko kaiārahi/support and lead at the same time
• Inclusive/embracing diversity
• Responsive/evolving with the sector

Vector Group Charitable Trust supports Taiohi and Community led engagement and development. Our work is guided by our kaupapa and principles.

Creatives

Creativity is at the heart of everything we do, we love doing different, and we love doing it well.

Youth

Right from our inception we have been and remained Taiohi led and engaged. We love our youth!

Community

Engagement is our forte and aside from what we do, we love to collaborate with others in our community.

Ethnic Diverse, Intergenerational

Vector Group Trustees

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Charity Details

Vector Group Charitable Trust (Envisioning Sustainable Communities Creatively):

What it signifies

Our Branding

A vector is an angle starting from one point and reaching outwards indefinitely. Like vision, a vector begins at one point and moves beyond the peripheral. A vector is not stagnant but signifies motion.

A quantity having direction as well as magnitude, especially as determining the position of one point in space relative to another.

NAME CONCEPT
Various logo designs were put forward, Steve the founder of Vector Group designed a futuristic logo.

It has a modern feel and was decided upon by Te Puke youth. It contains sharp angled letters V and G that resemble vectors which is enclosed by a hexagonal circle of community.

LOGO CONCEPT
Meaning of 6; (as a numerological aspect of the hexagon) include: Communication, Interfacing, Balance, Sincerity, Truth,  Harmony, Equality, Perfection, Integration, Conjoining, Reliability, Dependability.

The hexagon is one of the geometric shapes that occurs in nature.

MEANING OF HEXAGON
what drives us

Our why?

Envisioning Sustainable Communities Creatively

Vision

A community where diversity is celebrated, and every person feels included.

Mission:

To create opportunities for healthy connections and self-expression.
To support people who work with young people, and thereby enhance youth engagement and development and creatives so that young people thrive.

Strategic Programmes and Services:

1. Youth Development and Engagement
2. Community Activities and Engagement
3. Information Sharing
4. Supporting “Shared-Identity” Communities
5. Creative Projects that Enable Self-Expression