Taranaki Futures is an incorporated Charitable Trust (Taranaki Futures Trust Incorporated) registered with both the Companies Office (1513836) and Charities Register (CC23304). It was formed from the former Education Taranaki Trust Inc, and has undertaken re-branding, constitutional review and a strengthened Trust Board, to support the new direction of Taranaki Futures.
Our purpose is to ‘Enable prosperous pathways from education to employment’.
By this we mean
enable through information provision and quality programme design
prosperous pathways - we will focus on sectors with strong employment opportunities and transferable skills.
education to employment - the transition from secondary school to employment is the space we operate in. A special focus is given to those seeking to enter the workforce directly from school.
Successful past Taranaki Futures programmes include Build a Bach, Build a Trailer and Driver License training.
The Taranaki Futures logo is based on the idea of turning a corner and finding a new path. Whether in life or vocational competencies its the changing of direction that leads to new challenges, skills and opportunities.
The folded arrow icon, presented in Taranaki colours, also visually forms part of the F of futures. On its own as an icon, the arrow and direction aspects remain it's strongest communication "onward and upward".