Late last year a tired but relieved looking mum of five kids was in the City Mission forecourt to collect a food parcel, saying how everything was such a struggle.
“Being able to buy fruit and veggies is tough. Meat too, especially to feed five kids. Increases in the cost of food and power, and with petrol rising too, we’re struggling,” she said.
Read MoreOn March 7 the Christchurch City Mission will become the official “dwelling” for up to 50 people living with us that night.
We help homeless people in many ways and supporting them to do the 2023 Census is yet another.
On the night homeless people will be sleeping in our men’s and women’s emergency accommodations, men and women will be sleeping in our new Whakaora Kāinga transitional housing facility, we will have men and women staying in our onsite residential detox facility and also across the city in our residential addiction recovery support home in Edgeware.
Read MoreMatt Rose plans to keep walking all the way down the mountainous backbone of the South Island – the Te Araroa Trail – until 70 days later he is walking, (maybe limping a bit) over the last hill to finish at Stirling Point, Bluff. It’s a walk to raise money for 10 handpicked charities, and Christchurch City Mission is one of those that Matt picked.
Read MoreWe are proud to have the opportunity to showcase the purpose-build facilities to our supporters with this video tour of Whakaora Kāinga.
Read More“Sing choir of angels, sing in exultation …” And sing our angels did – the City Mission Singers – who filled the Christchurch Transitional Cathedral with courage and songs on Wednesday evening. It was a magnificent evening where all the hopes and dreams of trying something new in our traditional celebration came true. Covid restrictions meant it had been two years since our last Carol Service and the Cathedral was full.
Read MoreIt has been a privilege to be part of the City Mission, as the City Missioner, since April of this year and in that time I have connected with the community at speaking engagements, business meetings, and public events every week – sometimes several times a week. The most common feedback from these talks is that people are amazed at the breadth of specialist support that our staff provide to our clients each day.
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