Supporting St John in Southern Communities

In August 2023, we expanded our sponsorship to include the following:

• Increasing our Principal sponsorship of the St John Weaving Wellbeing Programme. These courses are rolling out to year Y7 & 8 students. The 10-week programme focuses on building resilience and coping skills for students

• Continuation with our Principal sponsor of the St John Mental Health First Aid Training course. This course gives the attendees skills on how to learn to support working colleagues, friends and family members experiencing mental distress as well as signs of mental health issues

• Ongoing sponsorship of the Four EV charging stations around Southland for the St John EV health shuttles.

PowerNet offers electrical engineering scholarships to students studying towards an Electrical and Electronic Engineering degree and are in their first professional year.

The three-year scholarship covers course fees and provides vacation employment that satisfies the practical requirements of the degree course. Preference is given to applicants who spent much of their youth in Southland or Otago.

Applications come via direct notification to engineering students at the University of Canterbury.