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Free statistics add up for charity sector
Monday, 28 May 2007, 10:04 am | Salvation Army
Wellington, 25 May 2007 - The Government's decision to make certain statistical information freely available is good news for the charity and community sector, reckons The Salvation Army. More >>
Budget 2007: Sallies welcome charitable giving
Thursday, 17 May 2007, 4:58 pm | Salvation Army
Wellington, 17 May 2007 - The Salvation Army is welcoming Budget announcements that will make it easier for people to make charitable donations and encourage retirement saving. More >>
'Find your missing rellies', urge Sallies
Monday, 14 May 2007, 9:40 am | Salvation Army
Wellington, 13 May 2007 - The Salvation Army is encouraging Kiwis to mark United Nations Day of the Family (15 May) by getting back in touch with loved ones with whom they may have lost contact. More >>
Why do we need it - alcohol advertising that is?
Thursday, 10 May 2007, 10:55 am | Salvation Army
"Surely alcohol is in our faces enough already. Everywhere I go, the supermarket, the local dairy - I can't get away from it." says 21 year old Amie Baker "I don't drink so am not interested in the stacks of cans, rows of wine bottles, TV ads,internet ... More >>
GG praises business leaders for charitable support
Friday, 27 April 2007, 9:42 am | Salvation Army
Wellington, 26 April 2007 – His Excellency the Governor-General The Honourable Anand Satyanand has praised business leaders for their continuing support of The Salvation Army, enabling it to keep offering services that help people in need. More >>
Connolly’s trike raises $75,000 for Salvation Army
Saturday, 21 April 2007, 2:13 pm | Salvation Army
Wellington, 20 April 2007 – Billy Connolly’s trike rode again last night (19 April), this time raising $75,000 for The Salvation Army at a charity auction during the official opening of Auckland’s Vector Arena. More >>
Governor-General to launch Red Shield Appeal
Wednesday, 18 April 2007, 4:41 pm | Salvation Army
Wellington, 18 April 2007 – His Excellency the Governor-General The Honourable Anand Satyanand will officially open The Salvation Army’s Red Shield Appeal before more than 100 Wellington business leaders next week. More >>
Catch the Black Caps in action on your mobile
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 12:12 am | Salvation Army
Vodafone and SKY TV don’t just like cricket, we love it. And now we’re delivering the Black Caps to your 3G mobile. More >>
Salvation Army Delays Closure Of Training Centre
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 12:10 am | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army has responded positively to community concern regarding the closure of its Employment Plus Training Centre in Balclutha. The centre was due to be closed in the next few weeks, but the closure has now been delayed until the end of the ... More >>
Children are not for Sale!
Monday, 12 March 2007, 5:50 pm | Salvation Army
‘Children are not for sale and neither is childhood an ongoing sexual audition for adulthood,’ says Chris Frazer, social justice advocate for The Salvation Army's Social Policy and Parliamentary Unit. More >>
Apology for all offences against children
Thursday, 21 December 2006, 3:08 pm | Salvation Army
The judicial process concerning Mr John Gainsford's offending against children while he was the officer in charge of The Salvation Army children's home at Temuka, has now concluded. The Salvation Army unequivocally apologizes to those who have been ... More >>
Salvation Army World Leader in Wellington
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 1:38 pm | Salvation Army
General Shaw Clifton, international leader of The Salvation Army, is in Wellington this week with his wife, Commissioner Helen Clifton. The UK couple are here for the ordination and commissioning of 11 new Salvation Army officers (ministers) on Saturday ... More >>
Salvation Army Rural Youth Scholarships In 2007
Thursday, 30 November 2006, 10:53 am | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army through the Edmund Sanderson Jeff Farm Scholarship Scheme has approved 56 scholarships valued at $153,000 to young people from around New Zealand to study at Lincoln University and Telford Rural Polytechnic. More >>
Fiji Unrest Puts Paid to Salvation Army Visit
Wednesday, 29 November 2006, 5:38 pm | Salvation Army
A visit by The Salvation Army's international leader General Shaw Clifton to Fiji this week has been cancelled due to that country's worsening political crisis. A Salvation Army youth conference scheduled to take place in Suva in January 2007 has ... More >>
Tongan Salvationists Help After Civil Unrest
Tuesday, 21 November 2006, 10:02 am | Salvation Army
Civil unrest broke out in Tonga's capital, Nuku'alofa, on Thursday 16 November when hundreds of pro-democracy rioters destroyed about 80 per cent of the capital's business district. Eight people died in the riots, which took place after government delay ... More >>
God and the Salvation Army drink to global justice
Wednesday, 11 October 2006, 9:28 am | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army has asked all of it's members to consider switching their current brands of tea and coffee to Fair Trade brands in order to support tea growers in the developing world. In a leaflet that went out to all members this week The Salvation ... More >>
Foodbanks see gambling woes
Thursday, 31 August 2006, 2:34 pm | Salvation Army
Poverty and gambling remain inextricably tied, with people in poor areas lured by a sense of false hope. A routine survey of those using Salvation Army foodbanks shows a disproportionately high number of their clients have gambling problems. More >>
Forgotten People: Men On their Own
Tuesday, 22 August 2006, 9:48 am | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is calling for sweeping changes by the Government and social services to better help the growing number of Kiwi men living on the fringes of society. More >>
Crime And Punishment
Saturday, 15 July 2006, 1:05 pm | Salvation Army
In a joint statement, the Salvation Army and Prison Fellowship New Zealand called for a structured public debate on the issues of crime and punishment. Spokespersons Major Campbell Roberts and Kim Workman, joined in the call for a more informed and ... More >>
Living Standards Research Cause For Concern
Tuesday, 11 July 2006, 4:46 pm | Salvation Army
The Salvation Army believes aspects of MSD Living Standards Research released today confirm their experience that there is inadequate support for some New Zealand households. More >>