Living Well in Levin
Living Well Counselling Service in Levin have reported a huge demand for their services according to their latest impact report received by the Catalytic Foundation.
With a wait list of over 35 clients, they are dealing with an unprecedented demand. During lockdown they are relying on online services to cope with this demand, however, face to face counselling will resume as soon as Covid-19 lockdown is lifted.
Living Well Counselling services help people return to work, & return to school or education. With their help people are able to build safe relationships, provide a safe environment in their homes and become empowered to make sound decisions.
We would like to thank Living Well Counselling Service in Levin for their community services. They work hard to help people decrease their depression, anxiety, violence towards others, fears and help people improve their overall wellbeing.
"When people experience distress or difficulties in their lives many like to talk through their experiences with trained professionals. Some people do this to understand more fully what led to the current problems, learn new skills and increase positive emotions. Others find having a forum to express their thoughts in a non-judgmental context, while gaining some feedback or insight, the most important part. Counselling can help you discover meaning, options, resolution, hope, purpose, understanding and solutions".
Catalytic Philanthropy In Action
The Covid-19 pandemic has required a considerable redeployment of resources and focus at the Catalytic Foundation (formerly United Way NZ). Not only did we need to provide emergency funding, resources and advocacy for our non-profit partners, we also reached out to support our corporate partners manage their CSR priorities, within a rapidly evolving business environment. Like many challenges, this led to open discussions, opportunities, collaboration and sharing of resources.
Over the past year, people have shown that they are very thankful for the income and resources they have been fortunate enough to retain. We have seen that gratitude evolve into generosity for people who have been affected by Covid- 19 job losses and are experiencing financial and emotional pressures. This has meant we have moved from the traditional philanthropy model into a catalytic philanthropy model, which involves the generous giving of time, skills, money and resources.
Community charities and not-for-profit organisations seek to address major social issues. Unfortunately, many of them lack the scale and resources to help them with the problems they are trying to solve. By leveraging the catalytic philanthropy model, we unlock resources from businesses and donors and then by collectively combining them with the non-profit sector, we become the catalysts for change and maximum social impact.
Bill Gates wrote about catalytic philanthropy "Whether your chief resource is volunteer-time or hard earned dollars, for a relatively small investment, catalytic philanthropy can make a big impact"
To do something for many is one of the main concepts of catalytic philanthropy. By working under this model, the Catalytic Foundation can get the most value out of every dollar or skill donated and with our extensive 46 year history of community partnerships, drive social change.
Our focus is on promoting wellbeing and looking after people. The rebrand to the Catalytic Foundation gives us the freedom to conceive new technology, ideas and initiatives that will resonate with New Zealanders to accelerate social impact.
We invite you to join us on our journey.
Ngā mihi nui,
Teresa Moore | Chief Executive | Catalytic Foundation | catalytic.org.nz
Workplace giving helps regional communities
"Wow! I donate $10/pay to the Catalytic fund and have just received a donation receipt say I contributed $520 to my community this year!"
Auckland Community Awards
Auckland Charities are the backbone of our communities, especially when crisis strikes.
The Catalytic Foundation Community Fund provides financial assistance for community charities providing support services. We would like to thank the many regional donors and workplace givers, for their continued support of this community fund in Auckland. The Community Charites who are being supported this year are:
- Mangere Budgeting Services
- Kelmarna Community Garden
- Woven Earth
- Love Soup (Rodney)
This collective fund makes a real difference to the Charities, doing necessary community work, for optimal social impact, in Auckland.
The 2020 Christmas Shoebox Project distributed 880 presents to children who would of otherwise gone without. We would like to thank the following organisations for helping us reach out to families in need.
- Bluelight (Otahuhu)
- Luke St Transitional Housing (Andrea Sikuea)
- Te Roopu O Te Whanau Rangimarie O Tamaki Makaurau
- Victim Support
- Island Child Charitable Trust NZ
- North Shore Police
- Woven Earth
- Parent group at Corbans
- Waikato Women's Refuge
- Manukau Budgeting services
- North Shore Women's centre
- Kindred Services (Formerly Helensville women's centre)
- Women's Rufuge (Rodney)
- De Paul House (Northcote and Rodney)
- Shine
Photo: Curtesy of the wonderful team at Xero who donated gifts for the Christmas Shoebox Project
Frontline Charities supported in South Canterbury
Congratulations!
Thank you also to The Tindall Foundation and local Payroll donors for their donations to the Catalytic Foundation community fund for frontline charities in South Canterbury.
Dell Technology support community charities in Palmerston North
Thank you Dell Technology for donating Laptops for our frontline community charities,
Just Zilch Food Rescue and Palmerston North Women's Refuge were our latest recipients.
Dell Technology support our young people
1556 Christmas boxes delivered to families
Together we’ve made Christmas special for more young New Zealanders than ever before:
The goodwill and generosity of individuals and organisations has resulted in the Shoebox Project 2020 helping more young New Zealanders and their families than ever before. This year, 1556 boxes of gifts where delivered to families in hardship so they had presents to open on Christmas morning. That’s an increase of over 50% on last year.
It’s been an unprecedented year for those working to support our communities. Research conducted by Catalytic Foundation (formerly United Way NZ) in 2020 showed 98% of our charity partners were affected by the social and economic effects of Covid-19. Most expect the effects to continue for some time.
Thank you for making a significant difference to the lives of so many young New Zealanders and their families.
Christmas Shoebox Project 2020 Snapshot
1556 New Zealanders had something to open this Christmas
40 organisations, groups and individuals donated time and funding
32 community organisations received Shoeboxes to distribute to families/whanau
50% more young New Zealanders received a Shoebox compared with last year
11 New Kiwi organisations welcomed into the Shoebox Project whanau
85 Volunteers nationwide assisted the 2020 Christmas Shoebox Project
Please see below the list of generous individuals and organisations who have provided donations, volunteering and distribution services, to ensure we delivered Christmas boxes to families in need, throughout Aotearoa.
DONOR ORGANISATIONS | RECIPIENT COMMUNITY CHARITIES |
AUCKLAND / NORTHLAND | AUCKLAND / NORTHLAND |
AIA New Zealand | Whare Timatatanga Hou Ora |
Dow New Zealand | Te Rarawa Iwi |
NZ Olympic Committee | Otahuhu Primary School |
3M | Blue Light Otahuhu |
Spark New Zealand | Luke Street Transitional Housing |
Chubb Insurance | Vision West Trust |
Hays Recruitment | Oranga Tamariki |
Deloitte (Auckland office) | Victim Support |
Richmond Chambers | Island Child Charitable Trust |
Cambridge Clothing | North Shore Police |
Xero (photo included) | Woven Earth |
Grant Thornton NZ | Single parent families (UWNZ) |
All things Plumbing | Waikato Women's Refuge |
Downer | Budgeting & Family Services |
IMCD NZ Ltd | North Shore Women's centre |
RE: Vision | Kindred Services |
Kohler NZ Ltd | Women's Refuge Rodney |
Dell Technology | De Paul House |
Lynch & Associates Ltd | De Paul House (Rodney) |
Cooper and Co | Shine (Refuge) |
Lion New Zealand | Te Roopu O Te Whanau Rangimarie O Tamaki Makaurau |
KPMG | HBC Grandparents Parenting Grandchildren |
Ovato Publishing Solutions | Love Soup |
MANAWATU | MANAWATU |
Hokowhitu Children's Centre | Palmerston North Refuge |
The Factory | Just Zilch |
WELLINGTON | WELLINGTON (PORIRUA) |
APEC NZ, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
English Language Partners (Refugee & New Immigrants) |
NZ Infrastructure Commission | Single parent families |
Deloitte (photo included) | |
AIA (Wellington) | |
CHRISTCHURCH | CHRISTCHURCH |
Cavell Leitch Lawyers | Birthright Canterbury |
Pinnacle and Co | Aviva (Women's Refuge) |
Grant Thornton | |
DUNEDIN | DUNEDIN REGION |
Forsyth Barr | Dunedin Curtain Bank |
Marsh Insurance | Te Whare Pounamu Refuge |
MTF Finance | Presbyterian Support |
Mercy Hospital | Presbyterian Support (Buddy) |
Rothbury Insurance Brokers | Corstorphine Community Hub |
COMMUNITY DONORS | |
New World (Long Bay) | INDIVIDUAL DONORS |
Vineyard Church Youth | Brittany Watson & Friends |
Auckland Grammar | Anna Logan |
Corbans Art Estate | UWNZ Donors via Catalyser |
Ohana Group | United Way Payroll Donors |
Catalyser online Platform | Di Daniels - Digital Wings |
It's been an amazing effort by a collective of people who have shown they really care.
Thank you for helping support families throughout NZ in 2020, roll on 2021!
Shimano keeps it local to support Kiwis through Covid-19
Several frontline community charities the length of New Zealand are supporting a greater number of New Zealanders manage the effects of Covid-19 thanks to the ingenuity and community spirit of Shimano New Zealand Ltd.
When United Way New Zealand launched our #Unite20 campaign in April to get emergency funding directly to community charities managing a surge in demand for services alongside a reduction in funding channels, Shimano New Zealand stepped up with an exciting proposal. In the spirit of Kiwi mateship and ingenuity, the team decided to donate 5% of all sales across the country during May and June to the #Unite20 Appeal. Just like that, Shimano’s Support your Local initiative was quickly launched.
United Way New Zealand CEO, Teresa Moore says Support Your Local represented everything United Way New Zealand stands for.
“United Way New Zealand’s vision is to provide every New Zealander with the ability to support their community, whether through volunteering, regular payroll giving or one-off donations. By designing a giving initiative including its national customer and stakeholder community, Shimano truly brought our vision to life.”
Shimano New Zealand Marketing Manager, Yvette Johnson, said the team was inspired by United Way New Zealand’s #Unite20 campaign as it directed funding quickly into many frontline community charities across the country.
“We’re a business which operates in communities of all sizes across New Zealand. We were pleased to find a partner with a firm track record in the community sector, which could get funding to the smaller charities working in communities all over the country.”
Shimano’s funding has been distributed to charities and not-for-profits supporting struggling New Zealanders from Kaitaia to Dunedin.
“Our research showed that 98% of New Zealand charities and not-for-profits have been affected by Covid-19. Thanks to the generosity of both individuals and corporate partners such as Shimano, we have raised over $240,000 which is enabling community charities all across the country to continue their critical work at a time when our communities need them the most,”
“Small actions when combined together result in very significant impacts,” says Moore.
The United Way New Zealand #Unite 20 Appeal has been extended until November. If you’d like to join those helping community charities support New Zealanders doing it tough, you can read about the charities and donate here.
CRESCENDO Trust of Aotearoa
The Catalytic Foundation is proud to be working with youth charities such as the Crescendo Trust of Aotearoa. This Auckland music trust is a visionary, unique and professional social enterprise that grows young people between the ages of 12-24 across various satellite hubs across Auckland. They provide services such as sound production, band and music groups and other creative areas.
As a social enterprise, Crescendo works to provide opportunities for young people in Aotearoa through a range of commercial services. They generate income through gigs, event management, video and sound production, and integrate this into their programmes. Not only does this provide Crescendo with revenue, but also real-life work experience and income opportunities for their rangatahi.