Spectrum Foundation

Spectrum Foundation Led by and for disabled people, we fund projects that empower disabled communities across Aotearoa.

Spectrum Foundation was established in 2021 to help give disabled people and their whānau the same opportunities and independence most people take for granted. Our vision is an Aotearoa in which all disabled people have equal opportunity to live good lives. We focus on fourive key priorities: empowering disabled people to access health and wellbeing, housing, education, and employment. To make this happen, we partner with organisations ‘on the ground’ – people doing the mahi in their communities. With financial support from like-minded individuals and partners, we fund groups and initiatives that uplift disabled people.

Auckland friends, this one’s for you. ❤️Next Friday, Touch Compass takes the stage at Q for WHITE NOISE + ORO, part of T...
05/10/2026

Auckland friends, this one’s for you. ❤️

Next Friday, Touch Compass takes the stage at Q for WHITE NOISE + ORO, part of Tempo Dance Festival NZ.

The evening brings together WHITE NOISE, Alisha McLennan Marler’s solo work, with excerpts from ORO:RESONANCE, Touch Compass’ rangatahi arts development programme.

In ORO:RESONANCE, Touch Compass artists perform alongside the next generation of disabled dancers and sound designers, with audio created by young disabled sound designers drawing on their own lived experience. We’re so proud to support this kaupapa.

We also love how much thought has gone into making the performance accessible, with wheelchair user spaces, NZ Sign Language interpretation, Audio Description and a pre-show Touch Tour available.

📍 Q Theatre, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
📅 Friday 16 October
🕗 8pm

Find out more and book:
https://www.tempodancefestival.co.nz/events-2026/white-noise-oro

$486,000 invested. 21 initiatives funded. 🤎A good life looks different for everyone.It might mean finding meaningful wor...
29/09/2026

$486,000 invested. 21 initiatives funded. 🤎

A good life looks different for everyone.

It might mean finding meaningful work. Connecting with culture. Building confidence through sport. Expressing yourself creatively. Or having more of a say in your community.

Our latest funding round backs 21 initiatives creating more choice and opportunity for disabled people across Aotearoa.

Disabled people are also part of deciding where the funding goes, through our lived experience funding panel.

Arohanui to everyone who applied. It’s a privilege to be trusted with your ideas and aspirations.

Take a look at the initiatives we’re supporting this round. 👇

The head office is feeling a little crowded after our fresh delivery from EUGY by dodoland. 🦄These new recruits won’t be...
23/09/2026

The head office is feeling a little crowded after our fresh delivery from EUGY by dodoland. 🦄

These new recruits won’t be with us for long. They're heading out to our services, like our school holiday programmes, to be enjoyed by the people we support.

EUGY's pack a surprise, puzzle and keepsake in every box.

There's plenty to collect! We even have our very own Unicorn Sky EUGY, with 10% of its profits going to Spectrum Foundation to support opportunities for disabled people and their whānau.

Check it out and all the many others here: https://eugy.com/products/069-unicorn-sky?srsltid=AU7gw4VnmgXdplHzQTGpJoGQzBo88kMl-7AabqNWu_q9fU2JGzuy-z2h

A big thank you to Dodoland for sharing this joy with us and for the ongoing support. 🎁💫

Fancy getting creative before the year is over? 🎨🎵Māpura Studios has enrolments open for accessible art, music and movem...
15/09/2026

Fancy getting creative before the year is over? 🎨🎵

Māpura Studios has enrolments open for accessible art, music and movement programmes for disabled people and people with diverse support needs.

With programmes in Morningside, Ōtara, Ōrewa, Māngere, Penrose, Mt Albert and Manurewa, there are plenty of ways to try something new, build on something you already enjoy, or create alongside other people.

We’re proud to have supported Māpura Studios and the creative opportunities they make possible.

Interested? 💚 Contact [email protected] or 09 845 5361 to find out what programmes have space this term.

Decisions about disability support, funding, rights and services have landed directly in people’s lives.With the 2026 Ge...
15/09/2026

Decisions about disability support, funding, rights and services have landed directly in people’s lives.

With the 2026 General Election coming up, this is a chance to help decide what happens next.

But first, make sure you can vote.

There’s one really important change this election: you need to be enrolled by midnight Sunday 25 October. You won’t be able to enrol or update your details when you go to vote this time.

The Electoral Commission NZ has also released Access 2026, setting out the support available to help Deaf and disabled people, tāngata Turi, tāngata whaikaha Māori, and their whānau and communities take part in the election: https://elections.nz/access2026

Information is available in Easy Read, NZSL, audio, Braille and large print, alongside accessible enrolment and voting options. There will also be Deaf-enabled voting places and, for the first time, select quiet voting places designed to better support neurodivergent voters.

Whatever matters to you this election, don’t let an enrolment deadline make the decision for you.

Get enrolled. Know your options. Use your vote. 🗳️

Election day is Saturday 7 November 2026.

Disabled students are making their voices heard. 📣The National Disabled Students' Association - NDSA connects disabled ā...
09/09/2026

Disabled students are making their voices heard. 📣

The National Disabled Students' Association - NDSA connects disabled ākonga across Aotearoa and supports them to advocate for more accessible and inclusive tertiary education.

This year, more than 30 disabled students and speakers came together for NDSA’s three-day Learner Training Hui.

They shared experiences, built connections and developed the skills to advocate for change, whether that’s speaking with decision-makers, representing other disabled students or building a disabled students’ network on their own campus.

And those connections have carried on beyond the hui, with NDSA seeing more students take part in its national member forums afterwards.

We’re proud to have supported this year’s hui and the momentum it’s created.

👉 Find out more about NDSA: https://ndsa.org.nz/

Greater independence, with Sammy by her side. 🐾Sammy is a golden retriever with a pretty important job.He was trained by...
31/08/2026

Greater independence, with Sammy by her side. 🐾

Sammy is a golden retriever with a pretty important job.

He was trained by Pawsible Service Dogs to support a young wahine with a disability.

Having Sammy alongside her can mean feeling safer when she’s out and about, growing in confidence and having more freedom to take part in everyday life.

That individual approach is at the heart of Pawsible’s mahi. Each service dog partnership is shaped around the person, with dogs trained for the particular tasks that will make a meaningful difference in their lives.

We’re really proud to support Pawsible and partnerships like this one. ❤️

👉 Find out more: https://pawsibledogs.co.nz/

Disabled stories are taking centre stage. 🎭Based in Wellington, Silver Noodle Soup brings young disabled artists togethe...
26/08/2026

Disabled stories are taking centre stage. 🎭

Based in Wellington, Silver Noodle Soup brings young disabled artists together to develop their craft, build confidence and create theatre and film shaped by their own stories and perspectives.

This year was a big one. The company took The Old Cold Hearts Club to the Hannah Playhouse for its first six-night season, with the cast returning to the stage night after night to perform work they had created together.

Two of the show’s stars even found themselves in the Wairarapa Times-Age, taking their stories beyond the stage.

We’re really proud to support Silver Noodle Soup and the space they’re creating.

👉 Check them out here: https://www.silvernoodlesoup.com/

There’s a lot that goes into putting your kaupapa forward for funding.The hours spent shaping an idea. Finding the words...
12/08/2026

There’s a lot that goes into putting your kaupapa forward for funding.

The hours spent shaping an idea. Finding the words. Sharing something that may have grown from lived experience, a need you’ve seen in your community, or simply the belief that something could be better.

So to everyone who applied to our latest funding round, thank you. 💗

Every year, we’re in awe of the mahi happening across Aotearoa to create change for disabled people and their communities. We feel incredibly grateful to be able to play a small part in supporting it.

We're now reviewing applications, with decisions to follow and funding distributed in October.

Who gets a seat at the table matters.We’re looking for a new Spectrum Foundation Trustee.Someone with lived experience o...
09/08/2026

Who gets a seat at the table matters.

We’re looking for a new Spectrum Foundation Trustee.

Someone with lived experience of disability, strong connections across disability communities and the wider disability sector, and established relationships with iwi.

You don’t need to have been on a board before. What matters is the perspective you bring. The questions you ask. Your willingness to challenge thinking. And how you can help shape decisions across disability support, housing and funding that affect disabled people and their whānau.

If you’re reading this and thinking, maybe this could be me, take a look.

And if someone else came to mind, send it their way.

Applications close 3 September.

🔗 hardygroupintl.com/job/board-trustee

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