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Project HomeGround:A New Chapter for Auckland City Mission

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for Good

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Look back and reflect so you can move forward.

For over 100 years, Auckland City Mission has been at the forefront of shaping lives for the better. Today, we’re preparing for the most exciting mission in our history – “HomeGround”.

Today, as we look back over 99 years since the foundation of the Mission, we also look forward to our centennial next year when we will open the new Auckland City Mission “HomeGround”, on our Hobson Street site and set the course for the next 100 years.

The first Missioner, Rev Jasper Calder, wrote “When one’s mind travels back to 10th June 1920, when the Mission was first launched, amazement is the only emotion which is possible... When we began, we had no set programme, other than that we were out to help the underdog in his grim battles against life’s difficulties... We started with no money, no rules, but with an excellent committee, a lot of enthusiasm and a mighty big faith.”

For 99 years our doors have been open, and we have reached out to those who are in most desperate need in our community.

Auckland has been acclaimed as “One of the world’s most liveable cities”, but as citizens of our great city we all know that, although we have much to be proud of, there is growing despair among our most vulnerable.

The HomeGround redevelopment will not only be a new home for the Auckland City Mission, it will be an exemplar within New Zealand of how we should respond to those of us in desperate need. It will equip the City Mission with the facilities it needs to relieve this need, and in adopting an international best practice model of housing, we will be leading the way to provide immediate solutions to end chronic homelessness. Our new purpose-built Mission will also provide innovative models of crisis care, healthcare, a food distribution centre as well as Auckland’s leading drug and alcohol detox facility.

Hundreds of thousands of lives have been touched and enhanced by our care. We have become Auckland’s Mission and an integral and treasured part of our city. The spirit behind the Mission’s founding motto, ‘Not only a charity, but a chance’ continues.

Today though, we have a set programme, we know where we are going. We have a primary focus on homelessness, hunger and health, and we are building a facility and providing services to address these. We stand with those in desperate need, to provide both immediate relief and pathways to enable long-term wellbeing.

“ A community can flourish only when its most vulnerable are treated with compassion and dignity, and when effective methods and resources are applied to restore their mental and physical wellbeing. This is the purpose of HomeGround. We trust all Aucklanders will help us realise this vision.”

I now reach out to you for assistance to complete the building we have started, and bring HomeGround to completion.

A letter from our A letter from our

Campaign Chair MissionerWith the support of many caring Aucklanders, including private philanthropists, trusts and foundations, the business community and government, we have now raised $77.4 million towards our current target of $90 million which has allowed us to commence building.

Our goal is to restore dignity and wellbeing to those whom life has treated harshly. I ask you to join me in supporting the Auckland City Mission to leave a legacy of care for the most vulnerable in our city – a legacy that allows our children and grandchildren to stand proud in our collective stance against homelessness, poverty and poor health.

It will take the support of all Aucklanders, from all walks of life, to meet the $12.6m shortfall and finally to realise this dream. Ensuring the Mission, Auckland’s Mission, has a home from which it can work effectively as it embarks on its second hundred years of service.

Please help us make this happen.

Chris FarrellyCEO/City Missioner

Richard DidsburyAuckland City MissionHomeGround Campaign Chair

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From comforting shell-shocked soldiers in the great wars and helping people living with HIV and AIDS, to proactively managing the homeless problem in our city and caring for those individuals who have nobody left to turn to – we’re proud to be on the front line.

In a perfect world, we shouldn’t need to exist. But life is rarely perfect, and even today hunger, homelessness and poor health are still major issues in the city we call home. As Auckland advances to become one of the most dynamic cities in the Pacific region, we need new, thoughtful, and innovative ways of solving these age-old problems.

A history of forward thinking

$90 million fundraising target.

80 apartments to permanently house people; 50% for the chronically homeless and 50% for those on low incomes on the Social Housing Register.

Fit-for-purpose spaces for City Mission services, admin and offices; the Calder Medical Centre; dental clinic; pharmacy; and detox centre, including 25 beds.

Retail spaces, community spaces, conference and event

spaces for all Aucklanders.

Our answer has been decades in the making. From 2020, when our new home will be ready, we will transform the City Mission not just for the good of our city, but for countless human lives in the process. Offering hope. Community. And proactive help.

Our new City Mission centre is unlike anything anywhere in the world. From idea and ambition, to services and layout, it’s been carefully planned, painstakingly designed, and shaped by world best practice. We will open our doors for those who need emergency food, social services, and healthcare. Navigating different government agencies on behalf of our clients, while treating them with dignity and respect every step of the way.

We look forward to you coming on the journey with us.

Fast facts

I think we all have a responsibility to help create the sort of society we want to live in, but often aren’t sure how to go about this. So when the Mission is implementing effective solutions to the problems of homelessness, hunger and poor health, it makes sense to support them.

– Celia Caughey Board Member & HomeGround Campaign Executive Member

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Auckland City Mission’s HomeGround project is our biggest yet. The good news is, we’ve secured the majority of the funds – but we still need some serious help to get it over the line.

All we need now is YOU!We’re almost there

$12.5 million to go

Thanks to the kindness and generosity of people like you, we’re hoping to achieve our full target this year. It won’t be easy, but the benefits to our city will last for generations to come. 100% of anything you can give will be put towards the HomeGround project and it all counts. You can donate online, or by using the form below.

Want to know more?If you have any questions please contact Holly Mathiesen, HomeGround Marketing Assistant on 027 208 4249 or [email protected]

Here’s how the donations add up:

Auckland City Mission $8m + land

Government > Ministry of Housing & Urban

Development – $18m

> Ministry of Health – $16.7m

$34.7m

Lead Gift – Foundation North $10m

Fundraising gifts/pledges to date $24.8m

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All financial donations over $5 are tax deductible; you will receive a receipt.

Post: Please fill in the form below and pop it in a post box (you don’t need a stamp) to:

Auckland City Mission HomeGround, Freepost 1129, PO Box 5352, Wellesley Street, Auckland 1141.

Bank Deposit: Acc no: 12-3109-0149179-00 REF 1: Organisation/Trust or Foundation Name REF 2: Your first & last name or Donor IDREF 3: Your phone number

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For almost 100 years, Auckland City Mission has been at the forefront of shaping lives for the better. Today we’re preparing for the most exciting mission in our history.

A Mission for the

21st CenturyAlcohol and drug detox

Food distribution

Elder services

Homeless services

Health services

80 apartments

Wholesome meals

Permanent housing

Crisis services

Dental services

Trauma services

Activities and training

It’s an initiative unlike anything else seen before in New Zealand; a purpose-built, safe space to stand against homelessness, hunger and poor health. Offering pragmatic, hands-on services and support to help those who need it most.

Our new centre will be broad in both scope and service, and be welcoming to all – with a determined focus on the wellbeing and support of our clients. Each of our services has been carefully considered to offer a bridge to dignity, potential and transformation.

The provision of wrap around services, so integral to the HomeGround project, is now of the very essence of the role of the City Mission. This project will be transformational for the most vulnerable in our city and I invite you to join me in supporting it. Together we can make a real difference by ending chronic homelessness.

– The Honourable Lyn Stevens QC & HomeGround Campaign Executive Member

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Our new home will be at the heart of everything we do. A place that represents “turangawaewae”. A place where shame is alleviated, and people feel especially empowered and connected. A place to share food. A place for health services, advice and activities. And a place to call home for those without one.

The new building will house 40 apartments for the homeless to provide safe, permanent shelter. Another 40 apartments are for those on the Social Housing Register who desperately need homes.

The building will also be the hub of Auckland City Mission – where we can continue to support, share and connect with those who need it most. Our low-cost medical centre will be purpose-built and offer expanded services, like a dentist, for the first time. While our commercial kitchen will prepare wholesome meals in the community centre Haeata, where people can also learn basic cooking skills.

Our new City Mission is essentially an entire village in one building. It’s a place of pride, of clever design and architectural elegance. The building encompasses everything we stand for and uses strong visual cues to express our philosophy – from the cross-bracing for support and connection, to the carefully selected materials which are low maintenance, practical yet robust and enduring.

The architects have worked tirelessly to ensure our new home feels like home, using space, tone, light, and simple wayfinding to create a sense of wellbeing and security. This design philosophy reflects our desire to make our new centre a welcoming and homely beacon of hope – closely connected to St Matthew’s church, and designed in conjunction with our local Iwi partners.

A Place to Feel

Home AgainDesigned for life

Our new Mission will provide activity spaces where people can develop skills in art, clay work, carving and drama.

Haeata, our community centre, aims to provide

nutritious meals in a safe, welcoming environment. The name translates to ‘the breaking of the dawn’.

Fast facts

My kids and myself have been sick now because of conditions at home. The main thing is, because my son... when it’s winter and it’s raining, I can’t afford to dry his blankets and that and he gets frustrated, so I have to give him my blanket.– Dylan

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Before: 1850’s building After: HomeGround Project


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Homelessness shouldn’t even be an issue – every human being has the right to safety and shelter. That’s why we’re so passionate about what our new centre offers. As well as the 80 warm, dry and safe apartments for a mix of tenants, we’ll make sure both a social worker and security will be on site 24/7 all year round. We’ve designed the model based on international best practice of Common Ground and Housing First getting people off the streets and into safe and permanent homes first.

Our own experience is backed by international best practice; make people feel safe and secure, then wrap services around them to address their needs. A stable home and a range of services such as health, mental health and employment can provide homeless individuals with an essential framework for dignity, wellbeing and positive change.

We’re also in this for the long term. Our focus is on enduring safety and wellbeing, not quick wins. That’s why we’re shifting our focus away from temporary shelters, to real homes and places of ongoing sanctuary. From short-term solutions, to long-term problem solving. And from single-focus fixes to integrated, holistic support. Essentially, we want to stop homelessness before it starts.

Of course, these are big challenges that take an even bigger team to solve. That’s why we’re working in collaboration with landlords, other not-for-profits, property developers, philanthropists, hospitals, businesses, government agencies and everyday Kiwis to make change happen.

A Place to

StandFor now, for always

50% of our studio apartments are for the chronically homeless and 50% for those on low incomes on the Social Housing Register. Tenants are kept safe with 24/7 security and social service concierges. This tenancy mix in the Common Ground model reflects an urban living community. It is proven to create opportunities for friendships, integration and the breakdown of social barriers.

I receive $386 per week. The rent itself is $380. The simple fact is when the expenditure exceeds the income, I’m in trouble. That is basically why I am reliant on charity... The option here is to borrow, which I have done, heavily in debt. Friends, families and no-one wants to be a friend anymore. And rightfully so.– Kirsty

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The Housing First philosophy focuses on first finding a house for a vulnerable person, then providing appropriate wraparound services to address their individual needs and help them sustain their tenancy.

Overseas experience suggests about a third of tenants move on each year as they find their feet, gain employment or move back with family. While some are ready to leave after just a few months, others with serious issues may need the higher level of care for longer.


We’ll refuse nobody and treat anyone who needs help. That’s because many vulnerable clients don’t have access to even basic healthcare such as seeing a doctor or dentist –

Put simply, healthier prospects lead to healthier futures. That’s why our new centre comes with a fully-equipped, one-stop shop for low-cost health and support services. Named after the Mission’s founder Rev. Jasper Calder, the Calder Medical Centre will treat thousands of patients every year – people who might not otherwise get the help they need. We’ll focus on the things that matter, from everyday GP and dental visits, to diabetes, mental health, addiction and trauma. More broadly, we’ll also tackle the roots of individual problems, with counselling, life skills and transition-to-work programmes.

and most could not afford medical care in any case. This leads to problems being compounded and often made worse, so we’ll offer these services to the most vulnerable, whenever they need them.

The Calder Centre will offer walk-in options, where no appointments are needed, and we’re already working on the development of services for and by Maori.

Detox options will also be available, offering professional, highly pragmatic support to any Aucklander through our 25-bed detox unit, in partnership with the DHB. Integration is key to our detox programme, which is a pre-requisite to rehabilitation. It’s a unique model for New Zealand, where we use powerful social and medical strategies to work through the unique challenges of each individual.

Here’s to

Good Health

Neither blame, nor shame

I don’t think of my health, I think of my kids first because they’re still young. They need more care and attention with their health – more than what I do. [I neglect] Dentist, smears, depression tablets, inhaler sometimes because I can’t afford it. I give it to the kids. Just tablets that I’m supposed to be taking for the sun for my skin. I haven’t taken that for nearly three years.– Renee

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“ 1 in 3 NZ families are affected by drug and alcohol problems. Our new building

will increase our detox beds from 10 to 25.

Fast facts In 2018, the Calder Medical Centre provided 17,054 health consultations. The new building will increase capacity for health and mental health consultations, and provide dentistry services.


Fast facts

The idea that hunger is even an issue in modern-day New Zealand is shocking in itself. But the reality is, it’s a serious and wide-scale problem, especially in Auckland.

The eradication of hunger has always been fundamental to our role as the City Mission. We’ll always continue to provide food for hungry families and work with partners to extend our community food reach into the most disadvantaged neighbourhoods – in addition to the thousands of emergency food parcels we distribute each year.

Poverty can be measured, in part, by food insecurity – the worry of where your next meal will come from. That’s why we will never stop providing quality food to anyone who is in need, without

question, while also making sure they can connect directly to WINZ if they need further support.

Our new community centre is equipped with a commercial kitchen, and will provide healthier, nutritional meals for breakfast and lunch 365-days a year.

For us, kai is also a powerful way to connect, share and – in turn – create a sense of mana within our community.

A Hunger for

Change

Nourishing through kindness

1 in 4 Kiwi kids live in hardship (that’s 209,000 children), Child Poverty Monitor 2017.

2 meals a day, 365 days a year are provided through our Haeata Community Centre.

$3.43 – that’s the average daily budget for food that our Crisis Care clients have available once their bills are paid (per person).

611,992 meals provided by our emergency food parcels in 2018.

If I keep them at home cos I haven’t got the right foods to send them to school with, it’s “Why aren’t you sending them to school?” And then when I do send them and they haven’t got enough lunches, it’s “Where’s the lunches? Why did you send them to school with basically nothing?” And I think, well, either way I can’t win.– Maria

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Since March 2017 the Mission has housed over 92 people who have lived on the streets for an average of 8 years.*

Meet Daniel, who the Mission has recently housed, after 10 years of living in a tent by the motorway. When Daniel’s family fell apart, he jumped on a bus into the city and didn’t go home again.

When he wanted to find a home nothing was available and he found himself stuck living on the streets.

Since being housed by the Mission in September 2017, Daniel has found his health has improved, he can better structure his budget, offer other homeless friends positive and encouraging advice, and is overall able to think more clearly. Daniel is now on the way to being in control of his life.

“ When I got here, the first thing that hit me were the cupboards. Under a bridge you can’t have cupboards because rats will get into your things. I don’t hate rats but it was quite frightening and it was very much an inconvenience to not be able to plan ahead for food – you couldn’t leave food around.”

“ Everything’s new. I’ve never owned a new washing machine in my life, a fridge-freezer was given to me by Work and Income. I’m so proud of those things and I’m so proud to be able to put meat in my freezer and plan my meals because I don’t like cooking.”

“ Every morning I wake up, I think of the things I can do, like my washing. I have neighbours who I get on very well with who look out for my house and I for theirs. That’s a level of security I have not felt for so very long. That’s very much a blessing and I’m so grateful. I feel a part of my community and that’s a big thing.”

This all started with a very simple thing – he’s been given a place to call home.

*As of February 2019

Housing First

Daniel’s story


Ready to support us? Let’s go!

All we need now is YOU!

Please use the form inside or go towww.aucklandcitymission.org.nz/homeground

to donate now.

100% of anything you can give will be put towards the HomeGround

project and it all counts.

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