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As a Community Trust, we would like to thank The Trusts for their gift of $100,000 which was given to VisionWest’s Pātaka Kai during the period of lockdown. The funds will help us continue to support whānau with food over the coming twelve months....
When 1 News At 6 visited VisionWest to talk about community needs, CEO, Lisa Woolley, warned that the financial needs of many in our community will get worse as we move to Level 2 and beyond. “There’s a tsunami of need coming towards our services...
Lisa Woolley, CEO of VisionWest Community Trust responded to the budget by saying, “We are pleased to see the Government’s response for those most in need in our community at this time, many of whom have never before experienced such financial and...
The Covid-19 Crisis has seen an unprecedented demand on foodbanks throughout New Zealand. For VisionWest’s Pātaka Kai (food service), this has meant an increase from the support of 350 households, to over 1,100. Recently, Brook Turner, Head of...
The Pātaka Kai Lockdown Challenge: Over 3,000 Food Parcels As New Zealand moved into lockdown on Wednesday March 25, the immediate challenge for the Pātaka Kai was how to distribute parcels to whānau in need of food, at a time when that need...
VisionWest is launching our very own Free-Food Store Foodbank project. For over 25 years, VisionWest has helped individuals and whanau within our local community with emergency food parcels. Over that time, we’ve gotten to know our community...
Today I stopped by VisionWest’s community banks to meet our beloved volunteers. How refreshing! While there are a number of valuable volunteers at VisionWest, I was able to sit down with Astrid, Nettie and Margaret and hear about what they do in...