Change at the grass-roots
Passionate people leading local change
Bishop’s Community Development Trust is proud to support local champions of change across Aotearoa who are pioneering transformative work in their communities.
Shannon Kai Hub
A social supermarket, a secondhand store, a gallery and community meeting place has sprung up in Shannon through the initiative of founder Sharron Williams.
Common Grace Aotearoa
With a goal of transforming unjust structures for the common good, Common Grace Aotearoa is a new Christian movement built on faith and justice.
Their aim is to mobilise communities around Aotearoa on issues of Justice.
Common Grace Aotearoa run outcome driven campaigns through petitions, submissions, education and agitation.
They also offer training opportunities to build a volunteer base for their campaigns.
Trade School Industries
Trade School Industries works to create spaces of opportunity, belonging and transformation. Through a social enterprise cafe, a community drop in space and a partnership with the Department of Corrections, Trade School Industries provides training, employment and community for people who face barriers to finding stable work and lives of connection.
Motorcycle Collective
Rev. Jethro Day in Lower Hutt started the Motorcycle Collective in with the dream of equipping bikers with practical and social support.
Pop up DIY workshops are run several times a week in different venues across Wellington and the Hutt Valley.
These workshops provide expert tutorials on bike maintenance and modifications and offer a space with tools for bikers to carry out their own servicing.
The Motorcycle Collective has a growing number of volunteers trained in offering healthy conversations to support the mental health of the biker community.
Common Good Coffee
A love of coffee and a heart for enabling employment in India are behind the launch of Common Good Coffee - Central North Island.
Paul and Ana Fletcher manage this coffee distribution social enterprise that sends five dollars from every kilo of coffee sold to to a project in Kolkata supporting women out of sex trafficking and into dignifying employment and belonging.
Over $100,000 has been raised towards this transformative programme.
Whānau Trusts’
Our youth workers are trained and equipped to support rangatahi thrive. They provide one-to-one mentoring, organize events and run resilience and leadership programmes.
