Thank you to Z Green Bay and Glen Eden for their generous donation of $1600 to VisionWest Community Trust.
John Lambert from Z came personally to the VisionWest campus to deliver the good news and invite us to a cheque presentation ceremony. The ceremony took place on the 11 May 2012 at the Green Bay Z station. Three other organisations, West Auckland Hospice, Bellyful and Foundation of Youth Development were also recipients of the generosity of the Z stations.
Philip, Andrea and Tracey from VisionWest attended the ceremony where John and his service manager, Adil presented the cheque for $1600.
From left to right: Jane Edwards (Programme Director for Foundation for Youth Development Waitakere), Philip Ayers (Operation Manager for VisionWest Community Trust), Ross Rattray (Business Manager for Hospice West Auckland), Adil Patel (Manager for Z Green Bay), Lynda Schoen Co-ordinator for Bellyful West Auckland), John Lambert (Owner for Z Green Bay) and Andrea Galecki (Community Services Manager for VisionWest Community Trust)
VisionWest Community Housing and Unitec School of Architecture are working together on a design and build project.
The brief is to develop a four bedroom and a two bedroom home that is affordable, sustainable and cost effective to run. The School of Architecture will apply their learning and principles to create an attractive low cost home that reflects some design flair.
About 16 Unitec students who are in their 3rd year will be working in teams with Dave Strachan and Pat De Pont of SGA Ltd, for the design and working drawings. They will then build their design under the supervision of celebrity builder Cocksy. The amazing thing is that the design, drawings and labour to build are being gifted to VisionWest at no cost.
VisionWest is particularly excited about this project as we get to own the plans and can reproduce them, increasing the supply of quality housing at social rents to low income families.
On the 3 April 2012, the Unitec architectural students presented their concept design to the Trust. It was very well received by all who attended the presentation.
VisionWest Community Housing develops and provides transitional and long term supported Housing in West Auckland. It is VisionWest’s commitment to provide safe, healthy, affordable and quality housing for low-income families. Families who live in a VisionWest home can work with our Housing Social Worker, and they are also encouraged to make the most of the wrap-around services available to them.
We look forward to the next stage of development in this project.
If you would like to have a look at the ‘fly through’ of the design for this project by the Unitec Architecture students, please visit https://sites.google.com/site/2012studio19/concept-stage
‘Christmas Stars’ was a collaboration between The Trusts Stadium & VisionWest Community Trust. The Trusts Stadium generously sponsored a fully decorated 12 ft Christmas Tree which was displayed in the main foyer at The Trusts Stadium, 65-67 Central Park Drive, Henderson.
All donations of food and gifts went to 180 families who were struggling or facing crisis situations in West Auckland to help make Christmas a special time and not just another day! We hosted a wonderful ‘Christmas hamper collection day’ where the selected families were able to come and enjoy some special treats, and join in fun and games for the children, while collecting their Hamper and Christmas presents for the children.
We presented our results Pecha Kucha style with presentations of 20 slides x 20 seconds each slide. Originating in Japan Pecha Kucha has spread worldwide and is putting an end to tedious presentations. This year VisionWest we presented our own version of Pecha Kucha! Read the rest of this entry »
VisionWest is very excited to welcome James Widgery, recent winner of the Vodafone Foundation World of Difference Fund which will enable James to work with our Training Centre for 12 months. The Vodafone NZ Foundation supports passionate people to work with a youth related charity of their choice for one year. Read the rest of this entry »
VisionWest Community Trust is proud to announce its success at the Westpac Auckland West Business Awards black-tie event on Friday 26th August 2011.
Winning the Unitec Excellence in Not for Profit and the People’s Choice – Most Inspirational Business Awards.
VisionWest’s Marketing & Communications Manager Stephanie Yost, was also awarded the Rosebank Business Association Young Business Person of the Year Award. Read the rest of this entry »
For the first time the public can vote for their favourite west Auckland business as part of the Westpac Auckland West Business Awards.
Vote for VisionWest as the ‘People’s Choice Most Inspirational Business Story 2011’.
VisionWest Community Trust are proud to have been nominated as Finalists in the 2011 Westpac Auckland West Business Awards in the following categories:
- Unitec Excellence in Not for Profit Award
- Unitec Excellence in Innovation Award
- The Trusts Excellence in Training & Development Award
- Rosebank Business Association Young Business Person of the Year Award (Marketing & Communications Manager ‘Stephanie Yost’ is a finalist) Read the rest of this entry »
BIG thank you to Rheem New Zealand Ltd for their generous donation of a boiling water unit to the Counselling Centre. Steve Bullock General Manager of Rheem presented the team at VisionWest with the boiling water unit, which will be a welcomed feature at the new Counselling Centre. Rheem are a local manufacturer based in Avondale and have a passion for helping the community.
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The wonderful staff at bnz came out to VisionWest Community Trust on March 9th, armed with spades, barrows, paintbrushes and generous hearts! Each year bnz branches around the country close down for the day and staff are released to assist with community projects. A group of fourteen staff spent the day preparing native gardens around the campus, painting fences at the new Counselling Centre and building an arbour for the Student Plant Centre. Thank you to the bnz team whose work will be enjoyed by many people in our community.
Every year VisionWest Baptist Home Healthcare put on a Christmas Celebration for its clients, which include the elderly and disabled. Around 300 attend the party including the volunteers fromWest Auckland community who assist. Read the rest of this entry »
Over the last few years 180 VisionWest Home Healthcare staff have obtained either Foundation Skills (Level 2) or Core Competencies (Level 3). Many have gone on to further their careers in the healthcare industry.
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