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Liquor store a hazard to Cannons Creek community
Monday, 25 July 2011, 10:38 am | Salvation Army
The Porirua Salvation Army is opposing the renewal of a liquor license for a Cannons Creek bottle store, saying the negative impacts of its operation are a danger to its clients and the wider community. More >>
Targeted training a solution for long-term unemployed
Friday, 22 July 2011, 9:12 am | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is proving it is still possible to place people in danger of long-term unemployment into work, despite the drawn out hangover of the recession. More >>
Forecast – hot showers for Christchurch
Thursday, 7 July 2011, 11:02 am | Salvation Army
Three Salvation Army-funded shower units are about to open to Christchurch’s quake-affected residents. More >>
Underprivileged families to get some respite
Thursday, 30 June 2011, 4:44 pm | Salvation Army
The InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG) will begin fundraising tomorrow for a joint Salvation Army and IHG programme that provides holidays for families suffering dire material hardship. More >>
Sallies fund toilets for Christchurch
Wednesday, 1 June 2011, 9:25 am | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army today handed over $1 million to Minister of Civil Defence John Carter to fund 20,900 chemical toilets that have been distributed to quake-affected Christchurch residents. More >>
Red Shield Appeal call to arms
Friday, 27 May 2011, 7:07 pm | Salvation Army
In support of the Salvation Army’s annual ‘call to arms’, Australians deployed on operations across the globe have started collecting donations for the 2011 Red Shield Appeal ahead of the traditional weekend Doorknock. More >>
Opportunity to reform our under-performing prison system
Monday, 23 May 2011, 11:15 am | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army strongly supports the recent comments by Deputy Prime Minister Bill English that prisons are a "moral and fiscal failure and no more should be built". More >>
Budget offers few obvious benefits to low-income Kiwis
Thursday, 19 May 2011, 4:28 pm | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army doubts changes to Working For Families in today's budget will provide significant help to low-income and beneficiary families. Salvation Army social policy spokesman Major Campbell Roberts accepts that changes to the entitlements ... More >>
Looking for new ways to halt decline in street donations
Thursday, 5 May 2011, 1:28 pm | Salvation Army
Giving to The Salvation Army’s Red Shield annual street appeal has been in decline since the recession, prompting a search for other methods to meet increasing demand on its welfare services. More >>
Pressure on Salvation Army social services
Sunday, 1 May 2011, 10:53 am | Salvation Army
Demand for food parcels, budgeting, counselling, emergency housing and other welfare services continues to climb as The Salvation Army launches the Red Shield Appeal, its main annual fundraising drive for its welfare services. More >>
Sri Lanka Gifts Nine Pallets of Tea to Christchurch
Thursday, 17 March 2011, 4:57 pm | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is to distribute nine pallets of Dilmah tea bags to quake-affected Christchurch residents thanks to a donation from the Sri Lankan Government. More >>
Sallies ramp-up emotional support for quake-affected people
Friday, 25 February 2011, 9:58 am | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army has boosted the number of its psychosocial support workers in quake-affected Canterbury. More >>
International track talent aims to break records for ChCh
Thursday, 24 February 2011, 3:12 pm | Salvation Army
An exciting international sporting and fundraising initiative for Canterbury residents affected by the Christchurch quake will take place at Wellington’s Newtown Park on Saturday. Top international and Olympic athletes were to compete in Christchurch ... More >>
Salvation Army appeals for funds for renewed earthquake resp
Tuesday, 22 February 2011, 7:58 pm | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army has re-launched its Canterbury Earthquake Appeal in expectation of great humanitarian need in the aftermath of today’s 6.3 magnitude earthquake. More >>
Hotel group offers families a break over summer
Wednesday, 16 February 2011, 9:38 am | Salvation Army
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), in partnership with The Salvation Army, raised more than $26,000 to send disadvantaged families on holidays as part of the nationwide Give a Family a Break initiative. Staff from IHG raised a total of $26,417 through ... More >>
Stalled: State of the Nation Report
Friday, 11 February 2011, 11:25 am | Salvation Army
The problems of unaffordable housing, alcohol fuelled family violence, child poverty and youth disaffection are as they were four years ago. Despite their importance and despite the public concern expressed about them, little has changed. In effect ... More >>
New global leader for Salvation Army
Wednesday, 2 February 2011, 10:54 am | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army has elected a new international leader. Commissioner Linda Bond (64) will be the 19th General and third woman to hold the office since The Salvation Army was founded 146 years ago. The Canadian-born commissioner has 42 years’ experience ... More >>
Training policy discriminates
Tuesday, 4 January 2011, 11:07 am | Salvation Army
Tertiary education funding policy is failing the young and most disadvantaged unemployed people, contributing to the widening gap between the haves and have-nots, The Salvation Army says. More >>
Sallies Christmas CD a smash hit three years running
Wednesday, 15 December 2010, 3:05 pm | Salvation Army
For the third year in a row The Salvation Army’s It’s a Wrap Christmas CD has reached the equivalent of platinum status, selling more than 15,000 CDs since its launch on November 22. More >>
Christmas charity appeal down by nearly 10%
Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 4:28 pm | Salvation Army
Kiwis urged to help make New Zealand a happier place this Christmas Despite increased need, donations to New Zealand’s largest Christmas gift appeal are nearly ten percent down compared to the same time last year. At its midway point, on 10th December, ... More >>
