Kia ora,
We will be closed for 3 weeks over the holiday period – our last day will be Friday, the 20th of December, and we will be opening again as per our usual hours on Monday, the 13th of January.
Wishing you a relaxing and restful holidays!
Arohanui,
the team at Wellington Rape Crisis
WRC are happy to announce that we have moved office!
We are now located on Level 4 in the Maritime Union of New Zealand Building at 220 Willis St.
Our new location has provided us with a beautiful new space; which includes 2 new counselling rooms (6 in total) with soundproofing, a larger kitchen and offices to accomodate an increase in staff.
The space is beautiful, airy and well lit, and we are excited to gradually update the furniture and fittings in our counselling rooms.
If you would like to donate to our PledgeMe campaign to furnish our space, please click here: https://www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/6005-help-wellington-rape-crisis-move-to-our-new-office
We look forward to showing you our new space!
This year we are celebrating our 40th year of supporting survivors in Wellington. We will be running some events throughout October!
– Education events on our core values: Informed, Holistic, Sustainable & Feminist
– An appreciation event for our donors, staff and volunteers on the 18th of October at Te Auaha (save the date!)
– Donate $40 for our 40th! Help us raise $40,000 in the month of October
More information will be announced closer to the date, so keep an eye on our Facebook for more info, or sign up to our newsletter by emailing office@wellingtonrapecrisis.org.nz.
We look forward to celebrating with you!
Wellington Rape Crisis 2018 Annual Appeal Week is happening from the 26th of February to the 4th of March – and we’ll be out collecting on the streets of Wellington on the 2nd of March!
The Annual Appeal is our biggest fundraiser of the year, and we need your support to make it a success!
Want to get involved? Here’s how you can help…
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Volunteer to collect
Volunteer collectors are essential to the success of our appeal, so we need lots of people out on the streets of Wellington!
When: Friday, 2nd of March, 7:30am – 6:00pm
Where: Cuba Street, Willis Street, Lambton Quay, Thorndon New World, Newtown New World
Or When: Saturday, 3rd of March, 7:30am – 6:00pm
Where: Wellington Airport, Wakefield St New World, Thorndon New World
You can collect for a minimum of 30 minutes to as long as you’d like at any of the above sites.
Please fill out this form to sign up: https://tinyurl.com/y9xgemll
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Change from your Chair
Too busy to leave your workplace? We’ll give you a collection bucket and a poster so your colleagues can donate without even having to leave their chairs! You can even go one step further and run a bake sale or raffle to get your workmates involved.
Sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/y9xgemll
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Run a Fundraiser
We’re looking for awesome local businesses, clubs, organisations and people to run fundraisers during Appeal Week!
Here are some ideas and past events: film screenings, a mufti day at school or work, bake sale, pancake breakfast, second hand clothes sale, gig or theatre show, auction something cool on Trade Me, a special themed fundraiser dish or drink at your restaurant or cafe, a pledge to WRC from your business
Have an idea? Get in touch with Anita by emailing wrcappeal@gmail.com or fill out the form below: https://tinyurl.com/y9xgemll
Keep an eye on this event page for more updates!
If you have any queries, please feel free to email Anita at wrcappeal@gmail.com
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Donate
Not out and about on appeal day? No worries! You can donate online via our website: http://wellingtonrapecrisis.org.nz/donate-now/ Wellington Rape Crisis (WRC) is a non-profit organisation.
We provide free and confidential support, counselling and advocacy for survivors of sexual violence and their friends and whānau, along with advocacy for sexual violence prevention in the Wellington community. We rely heavily on donations from our local community to continue providing our essential services.
We would like to announce our record breaking Annual Appeal total of… $61,060.49!
We are blown away by the generosity of our community, and we could not have done it without your help! Thank you to everyone who donated, helped with or hosted a fundraiser, volunteered to collect, ran a stall, took a Change from your Chair bucket or helped get the word out!
Special thanks to the following people & businesses for their support:
Tree Anna MacKay (our wonderful graphic designer)
Guthrie Bowron
Mitre10 Crofton Downs
Jesse Mulligan @ The Project
All Good Bananas
Teza Iced Tea
Mojo Coffee
Moore Wilsons
Whittakers
Phantom Billstickers
Pivotal Print
Garage Project
Plum Cafe
Best Ugly Bagels
Verve Cafe
The Annexe Cafe
Ti Kouka Cafe
Students from Samual Marsden
Green Party of Aotearoa
Just Speak
Recycle Boutique Wellington
Stuck on Mew
The Newtown Weekly Vintage Market
All the lovely cafes around Wellington that hosted our tins on their counters
And to the awesome businesses/organisations that organised fundraisers for Appeal Week, including:
People’s Coffee
Ekor Bookshop
Six Barrel Soda Co
Rogue and Vagabond
Meow
Coffee Supreme and Vic Books
Sweet Release Cake and Treats
Thunderpants
Iko Iko
VUW Feminist Organisation
VUW Feminist Law Society
Havana Coffee
Fidels Cafe
Bianca Daniell
And most importantly, our amazing Annual Appeal Coordinator, Emma Moon!
Arohanui, Wellington!