At English Language Partners Porirua (part of English Language Partners NZ) we facilitate successful resettlement of adults of refugee and migrant background, through providing welcoming spaces for these adults to learn the language that is fundamental to their participation in Aotearoa New Zealand – English.
Faced with a limited time to live, people experience a host of very significant and challenging changes. We stand alongside them, supporting and assisting their quality of life, their dying and their bereavement. Mary Potter Hospice looks after one in three people who die in Porirua.
Birthright Wellington Incorporated is a not for profit community social services organisation dedicated to the well-being of children and young people that are living in families that are led by one person.
Sara is Barnardos Children’s Safety Programme Coordinator for family violence services across Wellington. With 25 years of experience in this field, Sara is a true asset to Barnardos and the Programme. The grant helped us fund Sara’s salary so she can keep helping vulnerable children.
The Big Buddy Mentoring Trust matches adult men as volunteer mentors (Big Buddies) for fatherless boys (Little Buddies) aged 7-14.
The Blind Foundation is New Zealand’s main provider of practical and emotional support for the 12,100 Kiwis who are blind or have low vision, enabling them to face their future with confidence. Blind Foundation staff around the country aim to enable people who are blind or have low vision to be self-reliant and live the life they choose.