Welcome to Little Elms
Little Elms Charitable Trust (previously known as Trucking for HB Child Cancer Charitable Trust), owns and manages the Little Elms complex in Orchard Road, Hastings. The complex consists of six motel-type Chalets, a three bedroom Holiday house and an Administration building. The Chalets provide accommodation for families of patients at the nearby Hawke's Bay Hospital so they may be close by to provide support, particularly if the patient is a child.
Families of child cancer patients from around the country were able to use the holiday house to have some much needed “time out” from the rounds of tests and treatment that otherwise rule their lives. (PLEASE NOTE: The Holiday House (Trask House) is currently leased to the HB Rescue Helicopter Trust for use by their Pilots and Paramedics)
Various community and health related groups use the facilities in the administration building for meetings and training sessions.
Thanks to an amazing community effort the whole complex was built in just six days in October 2008. Check out photos in our gallery. Our major fund-raising event is a biennial Ride in a Truck Day, with a truck cavalcade, truck rides, displays and more.