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Mothers Project helps imprisoned māmā to connect with their tamariki at Christmas time

Dec 16, 20221 min read

Mothers Project helps imprisoned māmā to connect with their tamariki at Christmas time

STUFF 15 December 2022 STUFF's Ripu Bhatia and David White accompanied Mothers Project to Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility in...

The Change Maker connecting community groups with skilled volunteers - HelpTank.nz

Who Did You Help Today?

Feb 25, 20221 min read

The Change Maker connecting community groups with skilled volunteers - HelpTank.nz

NewsHub - 25 February 2022 The Project profiled helptank.nz as part of their Change Makers series. They found an online platform...

Sep 23, 20201 min read

Podcast | Connecting with Stacey Shortall

In this episode, we connect with Stacey Shortall to chat about the issues that matter to her. Have a listen:

Aug 19, 20201 min read

Aotearoa, land of the long wide bare cupboard

This Child Poverty Action report explains why our volunteers have been busy packing & distributing food boxes to families during Covid-19

Jul 1, 20203 min read

The number of Māori women imprisoned without conviction has nearly doubled after law change

Being in remand cuts off women from their whanau and children and can have a serious impact on children, which is why we run Mothers Project

Apr 3, 20202 min read

Business mentors volunteering financial assistance during lockdown

Stacey Shortall talks with Mike Hosking about how skilled volunteers can help small businesses navigate Covid-19

Apr 2, 20203 min read

'Skills army' mobilises to help home workers

The HelpTank website, part of the Who Did You Help Today? charitable trust, is matching volunteers to projects.

Mar 30, 20201 min read

Coronavirus: Kiwis urged to support small businesses during COVID-19 crisis

Kiwis are being urged to throw their support behind small businesses

Mar 27, 20202 min read

HELP FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AVAILABLE FROM SKILLED VOLUNTEERS

New Zealand is a nation of small businesses and we know that right now many of them face a very uncertain future.

Feb 6, 20205 min read

How the Mothers Project is helping women behind bars

The Hui, Newshub, 21 July 2019 Once a month, Stacey Shortall pays a visit to one of four women's prisons around the country. "It's not an...

Feb 6, 20204 min read

Why Prison Reform is an Educational Issue

Education can help to create the safer communities we all want to live in. Education is the key to severing our prison pipeline.

Feb 6, 20202 min read

Child poverty hurts and needs everyone

Child poverty in New Zealand is back in the public spotlight following release of the 2018 Child Poverty Monitor report last week. The...

Nov 1, 20193 min read

Best Start Quarterly Magazine asks...

"Who did you help today?" may seem a simple question, but the power lies in asking.

Dec 14, 20182 min read

12 Days of Christmas: Who Did You Help Today? Mothers Project

Sometimes, just hearing mum's voice is all it takes to comfort a child.

Dec 6, 20182 min read

Lifelong learning - a light in the tunnel

Written by Stacey Shortall; 6 December 2018 The statistics are well known. One in four children in New Zealand live under the income...

May 22, 20184 min read

We should educate prisoners - it works

Opinion: Ballooning prisoner numbers is not a uniquely New Zealand problem. Nor is it new.

Apr 16, 201811 min read

The Mothers Project: Connecting women in prison with their kids

Rebecca was a solo mum to five kids. Her youngest was 5, just getting into the swing of school life and her eldest fast approaching 18.

Jun 12, 20172 min read

HelpTank making it easy for skilled workers to do volunteer work

A new online service is helping skilled workers volunteer to help not for profit organisation.

Apr 13, 20172 min read

Top female lawyers volunteering to help mums serving time in Arohata Prison

Mums in prison anxious about connecting with their children are being voluntarily helped by some of Wellington's top female lawyers.

Jun 16, 20167 min read

Mother in law Stacey Shortall changes the world, one young life at a time

You could have heard a pin drop as top legal eagle Stacey Shortall asked a room full of people: "Who did you help today?"