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Budget: Poorest & Most Vulnerable Still waiting
Friday, 29 May 2009, 10:27 am | NZ Council of Christian Social Services
The New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) is disappointed that this Budget has not addressed the needs of the many children who have to live on government benefits. Additional funding going towards supporting older people through ... More >>
Praise for Government social services support
Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 3:06 pm | NZ Council of Christian Social Services
The New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) sees the announcements made by the Minister of Employment and Social Development, Paula Bennett, as providing a good basis to meet the increasing social services needs arising from the recession ... More >>
Not a time to be complacent about unemployment
Monday, 9 March 2009, 4:03 pm | NZ Council of Christian Social Services
Church leaders and the NZ Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) are calling for more coordination of the responses to the growing recession, across all sectors. More >>
Christian Social Services report is released
Friday, 27 February 2009, 1:12 pm | NZ Council of Christian Social Services
“This report is based on the experiences of real families, the issues they face and what services made a practical difference to their wellbeing” said Trevor McGlinchey, NZCCSS Executive Officer. More >>
Churches Discuss Social Impacts of Recession
Friday, 20 February 2009, 2:12 pm | NZ Council of Christian Social Services
The leaders of the Anglican, Baptist, Catholic. Methodist, Presbyterian and Salvation Army Churches are meeting with the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) and the Council's Maori advisors to discuss the local social impacts of ... More >>
Abuse Can be Prevented
Wednesday, 19 November 2008, 3:54 pm | NZ Council of Christian Social Services
The Nia Glassie case has drawn more public attention to the horror of on-going child abuse and neglect in New Zealand. Many people are again asking “how can we stop this” More >>
Commitment needed for funding social services
Tuesday, 28 October 2008, 2:31 pm | NZ Council of Christian Social Services
Moves made this year to "fully fund" essential social services need to be continued in 2009, and beyond says the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS). More >>
How Will Tax Cuts Help Children In Lowest Incomes
Thursday, 9 October 2008, 10:17 am | NZ Council of Christian Social Services
Announcements on Tax Cuts made by Labour and National both lack fairness because they fail to pass on any direct relief for those families who live on benefits and who are known to be suffering extreme levels of entrenched hardship and poverty, ... More >>
The REAL Housing Affordability Problem
Thursday, 2 October 2008, 9:58 am | NZ Council of Christian Social Services
The New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) is calling for political candidates to focus on those in greatest need when they debate the issue of ‘housing affordability’. More >>
Church leaders support 'Open Letter'
Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 2:33 pm | NZ Council of Christian Social Services
Church leaders from the Anglican, Baptist, Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian and Salvation Army churches have lent their support to an "Open Letter" issued by the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) that calls for all ... More >>
Foodbank report provides a baseline
Friday, 15 August 2008, 12:44 am | NZ Council of Christian Social Services
The New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) today released a report on food bank use - the “Poverty Indicators Project Update – A Snapshot Comparative Analysis of Foodbank Use”. The report compares foodbank data collected in the 3 ... More >>
Report puts a compelling case for more action
Friday, 8 August 2008, 4:12 pm | NZ Council of Christian Social Services
The New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) is challenging all political parties to respond to the latest report from the Children’s Commissioner and Barnardos on child poverty – A Fair Go for All Children. More >>
Budget 2008 : Fair to beneficiaries?
Friday, 23 May 2008, 9:46 am | NZ Council of Christian Social Services
Media Release - 22 May 2008 NZ Council of Christian Social Services Budget 2008 : Fair to beneficiaries? More >>
Making Poverty History Message Must Be Heard
Thursday, 15 May 2008, 10:40 am | NZ Council of Christian Social Services
The messages carried by the historic Make Poverty History petition that was delivered to Parliament one year ago today - 15 May – must continue to be heard, says the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS). More >>
Making Poverty History campaign must continue
Thursday, 15 May 2008, 10:22 am | NZ Council of Christian Social Services
The messages carried by the historic Make Poverty History petition that was delivered to Parliament one year ago today - 15 May - must continue to be heard, says the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS). More >>
Give Breaks To Those Who Need It – NZCCSS
Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 8:44 am | NZ Council of Christian Social Services
To start lifting all children in Aotearoa New Zealand out of poverty we need to set measurable targets to reduce the unacceptably high number of children who continue to live in severe or significant hardship. More >>
Warning bell sounded for the aged care sector
Monday, 14 April 2008, 10:03 am | NZ Council of Christian Social Services
Lin Hatfield Dodds, a leader in the aged care and social service sector in Australia, has sounded a warning bell for those who provide services to older people in New Zealand that the same pressures that apply in Australia could also lead to a crisis ... More >>
Just and compassionate housing needs
Thursday, 10 April 2008, 4:20 pm | NZ Council of Christian Social Services
Providing vulnerable older New Zealanders with a range of choices about how and where they live in their later years is a major focus for a two-day conference on services for older people being held in Napier this week. More >>
Conference On Caring For Elderly Opens In Napier
Thursday, 10 April 2008, 12:31 am | NZ Council of Christian Social Services
NZ COUNCIL OF CHRISTIAN SOCIAL SERVICES MEDIA RELEASE, 10 APRIL 2008 Experts on justice and compassion for older people meet in Napier More >>
Putting the poor and vulnerable on the agenda
Friday, 28 March 2008, 11:22 am | NZ Council of Christian Social Services
The New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) today launched an information programme for raising public awareness of social justice and compassion issues, under the theme ‘Let Us Look After Each Other – Aroha tētahi ki tētahi’. More >>
