How can you support The Habitat Hub?
We rely on the wider community help to operate the Habitat Hub and Habitat for Humanity Nelson. There are multiple ways to get involved which helps toward the ultimate end-goal, i.e. to build homes for local whānau and provide a decent place to live.
Donate
Regular or one-off, cash or direct debit or by donating assets, car or land to Habitat Nelson; or any quality second-hand items to the ReStore op-shop.
Habitat for Humanity Nelson is a registered charity, relying on donations to assist with its operations and progress its projects. It provides a range of programmes aimed at building strength, stability and self-reliance through shelter in the Nelson Tasman region. With your ongoing support, it can continue to provide these programmes and services to the local community. Without continued support they may be delayed or postponed.
If you would like to make a donation or a bequest to Habitat Nelson, please make sure you include the full name “Habitat for Humanity Nelson”. If “Nelson” is not mentioned as a part of the name, the bequest could be directed to the national office or possibly another affiliates.
Volunteer
You can volunteer at the Habitat Hub or help one of the tenants, volunteer as an individual, a team, e.g. paid volunteering through your work (employer may pay you one day a year to select a charity of your choice to volunteer. Ask your employer about it)!
Volunteering is incredibly satisfying. Volunteer to make a difference, and the bonus is you’ll feel great too. Volunteering can help you to give (your time, presence), be active (enjoy what you do, get out of the house, feel alive), keep learning (embrace new experiences, learn something new every day from others, make it part of your CV), connect (feel connected, talk and listen) and take notice (remember the small things that give you joy, be present).
To volunteer at Nelson ReStore, please contact Liz or Mandy nelson@restore.org.nz or phone 03 547 4646
To volunteer for other Hub tenants, please contact our Hub reception at nelson@habitat.org.nz
Sponsor
Habitat Nelson is a well-respected local charity that relies on revenue from its ReStore shops, nook. Café, donations, grants, and other sponsorship to develop its housing programmes. Make a positive, tangible impact in the community by sponsoring housing programmes.
Habitat Nelson relies on long-term partners who believe in the same mission and values to help it achieve its vision – everything starts with a stable home. Everyone deserves a decent place to live.
- Product donations: Do you have products that we can use?
- Financial support: For the sponsorship package, please contact nelson@habitat.org.nz or Katka at katka.jackson@habitat.org.nz
- Raising public awareness: Talk about how we can improve housing, the current local housing issues, how can Habitat Nelson solve them and raise awareness in your sphere of influence.
- Volunteer mobilisation of your work team: Get a team together and either visit our development sites to do some landscaping, or help at our ReStore shops.
- The opportunity to increase sales by differentiating your business through a positive association with a globally and locally respected housing charity
- The opportunity to reach target audiences through promotion on Habitat Nelson’s social media accounts, signs and events
- The opportunity to market your business to the thousands of customers visiting the Restore shops each week
- Be part of a global movement that seeks to eradicate poverty housing.
- Motivate your employees to work with you through being engaged and doing good for the local community
In return for your sponsorship, Habitat Nelson provides its partners with a wealth of benefits.
To discuss our sponsorship packages, please contact our reception at nelson@habitat.org.nz or Katka Jackson, Communications Manager katka.jackson@habitat.org.nz
OneFortyOne, ITM, Tasman Homes and Habitat Nelson team reps, sponsorship announcement in 2022
Our Supporters
The work of Habitat for Humanity Nelson would not be possible without the strong and diverse partners listed below. Therefore, we’d like to thank them for their commitment to Habitat Nelson and their continuous support.
Advocate
Advocacy means supporting and promoting a cause you believe in.
At Habitat for Humanity, we advocate to change policies and systems so that barriers to adequate, affordable housing can be eliminated. The vision is a world where everyone has a decent place to live.
Building is part of the solution, but the less visible aspects of housing like laws, regulations, systems and rules about land and the build environment are critical components as well sustainable and inclusive policies and systems can promote access to decent housing, while others can create barriers. Those barriers make it harder to find land for construction, obtain a timely building consent, construct a home or be able to afford a place to live.
Habitat’s approach to advocacy is based on decades of on-the-ground experience and policy expertise. From its deep understanding of housing and central role in providing opportunities for families, it works to reform laws in a non-confrontational, nonpartisan way.
Being active in discussions, forums, online or offline. By becoming regularly educated about regional housing issues, local Council proposals and meetings. Local body Councillors and members of Parliament are all elected by you. They listen to you, or should. The system that created the housing catastrophe that we are in today can be influenced and enhanced.
By speaking up, sharing messages or by attending crucial and important meetings with the representatives that matter, doors can be opened to more housing opportunities. You can help fulfil our vision without lifting a hammer or transferring money.
Any questions, please email us at nelson@habitat.org.nz
