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Is The Welfare Safety Net Starting To Slip?
Friday, 18 January 2013, 8:58 am | NZCCSS
Is The Welfare Safety Net Starting To Slip? “The widening gap between those reported to be without work and those who are receiving benefits along with the increasing demands placed on community organisations to provide emergency support may be pointing ... More >>
Canterbury Report Published
Friday, 21 December 2012, 9:57 am | NZCCSS
The New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) has been working with Christchurch social services agency members to produce the Canterbury Report. “This Report brings together the on-the-ground experience of our Christchurch based social ... More >>
Increase Benefits for Children and Support for Young People
Thursday, 30 June 2011, 5:44 pm | NZCCSS
New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) is calling for greater levels of support, including lifting benefit payments, for families with children and for more investment to be made in rangatahi Maori and in Pacific young people. More >>
Statement For Pacific Prayer Day
Wednesday, 20 April 2011, 9:59 am | NZCCSS
Churches around New Zealand are inviting people from their communities to join them to pray for those affected by the recent disasters in the Pacific, including the Christchurch earthquakes, the Japanese earthquake and tsunami and the Pike River ... More >>
Celebrate Beneficiaries - The Heroes of the Recession
Tuesday, 22 February 2011, 4:17 pm | NZCCSS
It is the government who is making bad life choices, not beneficiaries! In fact, Trevor McGlinchey from the NZ Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) says beneficiaries are the heroes who are carrying the country through the recession. More >>
Alternative Welfare Working Group Report Welcomed
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 2:52 pm | NZCCSS
“The strong research base and well-reasoned analysis of the issues presented in the ‘Welfare Justice for All’ report must give pause to those responsible for the work of the government sponsored Welfare Working Group”, said Ruby Duncan, ... More >>
Longer Waiting Lists and Rationing of Support Services
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 2:47 pm | NZCCSS
“After two years of ever increasing demand for social services and supports our members are reporting longer waiting lists, fewer resources and the need to ration access to services”, said Trevor McGlinchey, New Zealand Council of Christian Social ... More >>
It’s a good start but only a start
Thursday, 9 September 2010, 11:37 am | NZCCSS
The New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) has been pleased to support the Aged Residential Care Service Review. “We applaud the initiative taken by the DHBs and the aged residential care providers to spotlight the huge increase ... More >>
Community groups are responding to increased needs
Thursday, 9 July 2009, 12:22 pm | NZCCSS
The New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) has released the first of an ongoing series of reports that focus on the economic and social hardship faced by many New Zealanders. The reports are a mix of government data and feedback from ... More >>
“Together We Can” message from Church Leaders
Friday, 27 February 2009, 4:39 pm | NZCCSS
In a meeting held today at the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) in Wellington, Church Leaders of the Anglican, Baptist, Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian and Salvation Army Churches expressed confidence that their combined social services ... More >>
