Community

We are proud to be a supportive and functioning part of our fantastic local community. We believe that sponsorship is a partnership. It begins with us having a genuine interest to support something happening in the community that we’re a part of. We love working to build relationships with local groups and are happy to put in time to develop ideas and initiatives.

We were chuffed to be nominated for the “Outstanding Local Establishment” at the 2011 Capital Awards, and even more stoked to win! The award was for “a local establishment… the hub of the community and a place where family and friends meet regularly and feel welcome, while still being fed and watered to a high standard. This establishment must fit the ethos of the community where it sits”. We’re all about that!

Check out some of the organisations we’ve teamed up with. If you’re doing something cool, let us know! If you can demonstate that you are contributing to the Wellington or Te Aro community, we’d love to hear more from you.

The Argo Trust

The Argo Trust is a purpose-built house situated in Aro Valley. They are a provider of disability services to six adults who have profound intellectual and physical disabilities. Argo House is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by a team of dedicated staff. This crew are motivated, energetic and committed to ensured the residents of the Trust have all opportunities in life available to them – and to have lots of fun doing it. We at The Cross think this is awesome for the Te Aro community and we’re proud to support them – we host their fundraising events, and are always happy to throw the football on the big screen for them when they pop in for coffee! Check them out at www.argo.org.nz.

The Boys and Girls Institute

The BGI is an organisation who we reckon should get recognition for their ongoing commitment to the well-being of our kids and families. Not everyone knows about the great job that they do, so to sum up, the BGI aims to be a vibrant, friendly, youth participatory organisation that is truly bi-cultural and grounded in BGI’s original 1883 vision. Pretty awesome if you ask us! Here at The Cross we host the BGI’s annual meetings, plus provide their hard-working staff with some drinks and nibbles each month. Keep up the good work guys! Check them out at www.bgi.org.nz.

Wellington Woman’s Refuge

We’ve been supporting this organisation since the beginning of 2009. We asked our staff which charity they would like to support in terms of collection counter boxes and events – the vote turned out to be Wellington Women’s Refuge! Since then we have hosted their annual charity auction, as well as having their collection boxes in place of tip jars. Tu meke! We like to do what we can for these local heroes, so next time you have some spare coins in your pocket you know where to come.

Adventure Wellington

If you’re looking for fun and adventure in our primo city, this is the group for you! Adventure Wellington is free to join and their motto is “we get your body moving” – they’re all about indoor and outdoor activities that involve exercise and movement! With 400 members, it’s a great way to meet like-minded Wellingtonions, plus they guarantee fun, fitness, friends and adventures! Too cool. We offer this crew free venue hire, plus food and drink on the house when they visit us. Check them out at www.adventurewellington.co.nz.

OLPC Volunteer Group

This is a not-for-profit humanitarian organisation that meet up at ours on Saturday mornings – they develop laptops for children in developing countries. This is a great education project that has a crew who are working hard to make a difference. If you’re keen to join them testing Sugar and the XO for the One Laptop Per Child project, you can learn more at www.laptop.org.nz.