Our Story
Goodtime Foundation is the charitable arm of Goodtime Music Academy. Our Mission/Kaupapa is to make music lessons and mentoring accessible to as many disadvantaged children/tamariki and young people/rangatahi as possible.
Goodtime Foundation is the charitable arm of Goodtime Music Academy. Our Mission/Kaupapa is to make music lessons and mentoring accessible to as many disadvantaged children/tamariki and young people/rangatahi as possible.
We do this through our free music scholarship programme where we provide a safe, fun, creative & musical learning environment with positive peers/role models for disadvantaged tamariki of all ethnicities who would otherwise not have access to them, e.g. low decile schools, high needs communities etc. We collect the students from their schools by bus and return them once the programme is completed.
We currently work with students from four Hutt Valley Schools. Students are put forward by their Principals, who select those that they believe would most benefit from our programme and would otherwise not have this opportunity.
Our Music Mentors come from different Secondary Schools around the Hutt Valley/Wellington Region. These rangatahi go through our Music Mentor training programme to strengthen their music teaching and leadership skills. They are also provided with the opportunity for free band lessons with Goodtime Music Academy.
Whether it’s over the phone by credit card, a one-off donation or recurring payment through internet banking, an eftpos donation onsite or even a cheque in the post, we can manage it all.
If you are a business owner and would like to be a part of what we do then please contact melissa@gtma.co.nz to learn more and receive our Supporters’ Pack.
We support volunteers and enable our Students and Music Mentors to help themselves, promote community well-being and address the disadvantaged, as well as promote participation, inclusion and identity in their families, schools and communities.
