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Join the Lifewise Big Sleepout Rotorua!

Join us at Rotorua's Pukuatua Street Carpark Building on 5th September to fundraise to end homelessness while experiencing what it's like to “sleep rough” in the middle of winter.

aditya26 July 2019

Among this year’s participants at the Lifewise Big Sleepout is Sir Bob Harvey, who at 78 years old, is returning for the 9th time.

BSO2019 Family Services health and disability services homelessness Housing First Mental Health And Addiction Merge Cafe youth homelessness

“I’ve managed to fall under The Big Sleepout’s spell.”

Among this year’s participants at the Lifewise Big Sleepout is Sir Bob Harvey, who at 78 years old, is returning for the 9th time.

aditya23 April 2019

Big Sleepout BSO2019 homelessness Housing First Merge Cafe Merge Community

Ban on homeless a symptom of a wider problem

The most visible victims of homelessness, that many of us see every day, continue to fall through the cracks.

aditya10 April 2019

BSO2019 homelessness Housing First Merge Cafe Merge Community

“I want to give back,” says Hono

Hono has been working alongside Lifewise for two years. Now he wants to “give back more to the place that gave me that start”.

aditya11 March 2019

Communities around the world are exemplifying what it means to stand together, and today we want to take the time to highlight some of them.

Big Sleepout BSO2019 Family Services homelessness Merge Cafe neighbours day

We Stand Together: Communities Creating Change Around the World

Communities around the world are exemplifying what it means to stand together, and today we want to take the time to highlight some of them.

aditya10 March 2019

Merge Cafe Merge Community

How Paying it Forward is Changing the World

The recent trend of people “paying it forward” brings a new meaning to generosity in the modern world, and we’re joining in. Learn more here.

aditya4 March 2019

The Lifewise Big Sleepout is back! Our biggest annual fundraiser will take place on one of the coldest, longest nights of winter – 20th June 2019.

Big Sleepout BSO2019

Sleeping rough to end homelessness

The Lifewise Big Sleepout is back! Our biggest annual fundraiser will take place on one of the coldest, longest nights of winter – 20th June 2019.

aditya27 February 2019

There is great need for a shift in NZ’s approach to drug laws. Lifewise asks: Is the government doing enough to work towards a harm minimisation approach?

homelessness Mental Health And Addiction Merge Cafe youth homelessness

Shifting the Narrative around Drug Laws

There is a great need for a shift in NZ’s approach to drug laws. Is the government is doing enough to put in place a harm minimisation approach?

aditya13 February 2019

Big Sleepout Family Services homelessness Housing First youth homelessness

Preventing homelessness

Join us in strengthening our holistic approach to homelessness, help us build connected, just, and inclusive communities.

aditya14 January 2019

We are able to build connected, just and inclusive communities thanks to our amazing supporters and their generous gifts, donations, and tautoko.

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Nga mihi nui

Celebrating 2018 and looking towards the new year with hope. Thank you so much for your support, creating connected, just, and inclusive communities.

aditya31 December 2018

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