Grantee impact highlights – June 2026
Orange Sky Aotearoa - Community Support
Orange Sky is the not-for-profit organisation with a mission to positively connect communities by providing free laundry and shower services for people experiencing homelessness.
What makes Orange Sky’s approach unique is how it reflects the understanding that homelessness is about more than a lack of housing. By combining practical services with genuine human connection, Orange Sky helps improve wellbeing, confidence, dignity, and belonging. Its collaborative, community-led model also connects people with wider support networks and wrap-around services.
Rākau Tautoko – Community Support
Growing community resilience through kai sovereignty with Rākau Tautoko.
Rākau Tautoko is an Auckland-based collective dedicated to building stronger, more connected communities through engagement and empowerment. Through their recent mahi, Rākau Tautoko supported 144 whānau to improve access to homegrown kai and build the knowledge and confidence to sustain food growing independently. The organisation helped 76 whānau establish garden beds, supported 15 whānau to begin raising chickens, and continued mentoring a further 53 whānau.
