Photo Gallery

1 Jun 2022

A visit to Volunteering Mid & South Canterbury

On 1st June 2022, the VolCan team met up with the lovely team from Volunteering Mid & South Canterbury in Ashburton, to talk volunteering, collaboration and eat cake! 🎂 Great conversation, a zoom check-in with Volunteering New Zealand's Chief Executive, and, yes, a very fine cake!

Six staff from the Volunteering Canterbury and Volunteering Mid & South Canterbury teams around a table, with laptops, notebooks, and a cake
24 May 2022

Selwyn Library Drop-in Sessions

On 24th May 2022, Lizzie caught a stunning day out in Darfield for one of her Selwyn Library Drop-in Sessions!

A view across the Canterbury plains with hedges and fields in the foreground and snow-capped mountains in the background Three people sit around a table in a library. Shelves of magazines in the background. Volunteering Canterbury banner behind them A sign in the library that reads "Volunteering Canterbury has a regular presence in Selwyn Libraries, supported by Selwyn District Council. If you need support to find volunteering opportunities or improve volunteering at existing organisations, please feel free to attend these drop-in sessions. Free. Bookings not required."
5 May 2022

Group Volunteers - TourPlan at Ronald McDonald House

On 5th May 2022, a team from TourPlan spent the evening preparing and serving dinner to families in Ronald McDonald House. What a massive undertaking, that made a huge difference to the families going through some really challenging times. Great work team, thank you!

A woman in a commercial kitchen, preparing food. Two other people in the background A man wearing a brightly coloured apron, cutting vegetables in a commercial kitchen. A tray of food on the bench in the foreground. Two men wearing aprons in a commercial kitchen, preparing food A women in an apron in a commercial kitchen, preparing herbs
28 Apr 2022

Volunteers Respond to Omicron Outbreak

During the 2022 Omicron outbreak, we have been meeting regularly with a group which includes MSD, CDHB and CDEM, to identify (and then meet!) specific requirements for volunteers as part of the community response to Omicron. Volunteers we contacted as a result of this were often 'in action' within hours of our contact - here's a few preparing packs for those self-isolating at home. Thank you, thank you to everyone who played (and continues to play) a part in this response.

A large table covered with boxes. Three women stand and sit around the table, wearing masks and packing contents into boxes A large table covered with boxes. Three women stand and sit around the table, wearing masks and packing contents into boxes
4 Apr 2022

Student Volunteer Week

Between 4th and 10th April 2022, we celebrated Student Volunteer Week in New Zealand. At team of students from Rolleston College gave their time to work with NICU Cuddle Hearts, sewing small cotton fabric hearts. These are shared between mothers and babies in Neo-natal Intensive Care and are proven to have benefits for both!

A woman stands in the centre of a large open school room. Students stand and sit around looking towards her. A table is strewn with pieces of fabric A large group of people stand together holding up sewn fabric hearts