Christchurch City Mission

The Christchurch City Mission is a social service organisation working towards a just society. In 2024, we helped 12,000 people through the wrap around services we provide. The support we provide is dependent on the needs of the people we help. This could be one-off assistance such as a food parcel through to a longer journey addressing multiple and complex needs across a number of services.

Our purpose is to provide immediate and practical assistance to vulnerable members of our community and those facing hardship. To offer support, care and connection and advocate for the needs of those who seek our help. To walk alongside people as they build a better life for themselves and their loved ones.

Every person we help has different needs. Some are acute - hunger and lack of food, financial distress, homelessness. We meet these needs by providing emergency & transitional housing, food support, addiction recovery, learning and connection opportunities, healthcare, advocacy with medical needs, access to counselling & social worker support.

Our niche is helping people presenting with complex cases, often receiving referrals from government agencies and other social service organisations. Our wrap-around approach gives people the opportunity to access a range of support. This looks different to each person, but enables them to receive support for multiple issues, without the need to tell their story again to another organisation.