Our Stories
A helping hand after Cyclone Gabrielle
The gentleman, who would like to remain anonymous, lost everything he owned during the cyclone and without his hearing aids it became difficult for him to communicate with others.
Valuable life skills taught through chess
Kaiti Kings Chess Club was founded in 2014 by the late Tuta Ngarimu who recognised that chess could be a vehicle to help rangatahi and adults work through their problems.
Supporting at-risk tamariki and their whanau
Chris Semmens, Barnardos Gisborne Service Manager, says the grant has contributed towards their social workers’ salaries who facilitate their home-based LEAP support group programme, predominantly working with whanau of youth…
Christmas surprise for Alzheimer's Gisborne-Tairāwhiti
Craigs selected one of the special interest funds at Sunrise to support with a generous donation in lieu of Christmas gifts to their clients.
Helping those less fortunate through Workplace Giving
The simple inclusion of a Sunrise workplace giving flyer in induction packs for new staff means they are giving employees the option to support causes close to home, and close…
Hip, hip, hooray!! Sunshine Service celebrates their 40th birthday
“It’s mind boggling to think how many clients we’ve supported since our first vehicle hit the road 40 years ago, and how many hours people have volunteered over the years…
They arrived as strangers, but left as whanau
This wouldn’t be possible without the support of Sunrise donors John and Diane Logan, Self-Storage Gisborne and Clark Charitable Trust who are committed to supporting local rangatahi (youth) to attend…
Oasis Community Shelter supporting our most vulnerable
A hot topic at our recent CFNZ conference was as funders, how do we ‘leave no-one behind,’ ensuring we’re supporting our most vulnerable.