April 21 and 22 2015, The Brentwood Hotel, 16 Kemp Street Kilbirnie, Wellington www.brentwoodhotel.co.nz This will be a wonderful opportunity to collectively celebrate the contributions of all Age Concerns to older people in New Zealand, as well as celebrating the contributions of older people themselves. The Celebrating Age conference will be a vibrant and dynamic…
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A one-day event for community organisations University of Auckland, 17 April 2015 This one-day event, organised by Philanthropy New Zealand, provides those working in the not-for-profit sector with a unique opportunity to hear about the changing philanthropic landscape, and what they might need to do to adapt to these changes. They will also be able…
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“The high demand for immediate housing support combined with the lack of emergency and long-term affordable rental options in our urban centres is an ongoing crisis. This situation has seen our Christian social services members unable to offer appropriate alternatives. The situation is most stark when trying to find emergency housing for women and children….
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The Child Poverty Monitor 2014 update carries very little good news despite a small decrease in overall poverty over the past year to 260,000 in poverty, this is still one in four children. Three out of every five children currently in poverty (around 156,000 children) will live in poverty for more than 7 years and…
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“The decline in home ownership has implications for future generations of older people who will age without the buffer of home ownership. Rental accommodation will be the new norm for many more New Zealanders as they age”, says Trevor McGlinchey, Executive Officer of the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services. “While 77.5% of older…
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Why have we been so willing to accept the fact that a quarter of our children live in poverty? And why are we so unwilling to do anything about it when some some simple measures would give all New Zealand’s kids the chance to flourish? Income inequality is one of the key reasons we have…
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“Just because there’s been a suggestion recently that the inequality gap in New Zealand hasn’t grown since the global economic crisis, we shouldn’t make the mistake of thinking it’s not bad”, says Trevor McGlinchey, Executive Officer of the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS). How can New Zealanders be content with such a…
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As New Zealand Christians think about how to cast their vote in 3 months’ time the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) is encouraging them to evaluate candidates on their party’s commitment to the wellbeing of our country’s most vulnerable people. That means recognising what lies at the root of key social problems…
Continue Reading →The New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) is joining the call for the government to increase funding to the aged care sector to enable fair wages to be paid to workers caring for New Zealand’s older people. “The government promised to increase the chronically low pay rates in the aged care sector when…
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