Thank you to The Tindall Foundation for donating to the COVID-19 Quick Response Fund. This has allowed us to distribute $125,000 to the following community charities in need of Financial assistance due to the COVID-19 Outbreak.
29 Charities have been helped through this fund to date:
- Life to the Max in Whanganui - Support for young people and families in need.
- Te Ora Hou Whanganui - Youth and family support.
- Birthright Whanganui - Supporting single parent families in need.
- Wai Ora Christian Community Trust in Whanganui - Providing food, shelter and essentials to families and have opened their orchard to those in need.
- Manawatu Rural Support Services - Supporting families in the rural community who are dealing with a drought as well as COVID-19.
- Housing Advice Centre in Manawatu - Working right across the community to help individuals and families with a housing needs.
- Just Zilch - Manawatu Food Rescue, working with local food banks during level 4 and supporting homeless people.
- Palmerston North Neighbourhood Support - Connecting neighbours and people in the community who are: both lonely and frightened, supporting elderly parents, disabled or vulnerable family members (mental health issues), have cancer & needing medication and people needing food and essentials.
- Waimate Link in South Canterbury - Connecting families and people and taking Calls for Civil Defence Communitylinkwaimate.org.nz.
- Fale Pasifika o Aoraki in South Canterbury - Providing support packages and information to the local Pacific Island community – classed as an essential service presently and working from Community House. Looking after over 200 families with food packages.
- Centrecare Counselling Waimate - Providing Counselling to families and people, who are in need of mental health and well-being support.
- Drug Arm Canterbury Working with community organisations to help the Homeless, vulnerable and marginalised.
- English Language Partners Canterbury - Supporting new immigrant and refugee families. Running online classes and providing phone support for families and home-based learners. They currently have 91 learners online which has increased from 49 within a week.
- Foodbank Canterbury - As an essential service organisation who are providing food to families and community organisations.
- The Hope Community Trust Canterbury - Providing a food bank and have Counselors providing support online services.
- Canterbury Mens Centre - Supporting men in Canterbury and their family relationships.
- Birthright Canterbury Trust - Supporting single parent families and their children. Families who are already isolated having no family supports and many rely on Birthright workers for support.
- English Language partners Otago - Helping refugee and new immigrants navigate through COVID-19. In Dunedin ELP now has 128 learners online, which was 86 in the previous week.
- KiwiHarvest Otago - Helping distribute food to families and community groups. Donations go to fuel costs and vehicle costs which have risen due to the increase in demand.
- Pregnancy Help Dunedin - Providing practical support to families and their babies by sending packages out via courier.
- Youthline Otago - Helpline and community connection with youth.
- Corstorphine Community Hub in Otago - Running a Food share - 24 families (with 104 in total), adults and children receiving help. Working with Kiwiharvest for supplies for low-income families.
- Garden to Table Dunedin - Helping children and families with online resources for cooking and growing food and support co-ordinators helping with community connections.
- Volunteering Otago Trust - Working with Civil Defense to provide services for families and communities in need.
- Southland Youth One Stop Shop - Providing social services remotely by phone & online with youth coaches, transition coaches, and case manager working from home.
- Able Charitable Trust (Southern Family Support) - An essential service that covers all of Southland. Very busy during lockdown. Preparing/delivering food parcels, creating pod casts for mental well being, remote counselling, etc.
- Tuatapere Community Worker Support Trust - Arranging shopping, food parcels. High level of volunteer assistance.
- Youthline Southland - Helpline and community connection with youth.
- English Language Partners Southland - Helping refugee and new immigrants navigate through COVID-19. In Southland ELP now 43 online learners, which was 18 the previous week.