Island Bay Enhancement Trust

To work with and inspire the local community, helping to create an annual 9 day Festival that celebrates our people, our history and the place where we live. A festival that reaches everyone within the community and promotes the riches of our people and place to those who live elsewhere. A festival that our community owns and is proud of.
Create events that bring the whole of the community, sections of the community and families together.

Develop a programme, along with local organisations, groups and individuals. Create a broad range of events, some of which are targeted at specific groups, with the intention of connecting with everyone in our community. The programme is building each year, with the 2 weekends that bookend the 9 day festival focusing on events that bring Wellingtonians out to the Bay, and the 5 week days in between focusing on events that help us to get to know ourselves.
Engage a Festival Director/Coordinator for a nominal fee, to raise funds and manage the week to week requirements of the Festival.
Produce a specific range of events.
Inspire and assist local organisations and individuals to create their own events, giving financial assistance if required. (dependent on the success of fundraising)
Seek volunteers to coordinate and assist with events.
Maintain a Festival web site that gives up to date information about the programme and detailed information about each event.
Publicise the Festival.