Support Us

Cholmondeley is always in need of reliable volunteers willing to give up their time to give back to the community. Our volunteers play a vital role in assisting with our fundraising events, shaking donation buckets at our annual street appeal, and helping with cleaning, gardening, repairs and maintenance at the centre.

It’s not just individuals who can volunteer at Cholmondeley, we also love to have corporate volunteers. Businesses can bring a team of volunteers to the centre for a themed corporate cooking night, or provide a team to assist at our fundraising events.

Many hands make light work and corporate volunteer teams are always welcome on site to help with gardening, cleaning or general maintenance too.

If you would like to volunteer with Cholmondeley Children’s Centre get in touch.

Cholmondeley has a dedicated team of fundraisers who work hard to raise the money needed to keep the centre open and we would be so appreciative of your help.

If you would like to organise a bake sale, an event or have a collection box at your business let’s talk. Your business could also choose Cholmondeley as their charity of choice for a year.

Or if you can dream up another way to raise money we would love to hear about it.

Drop us a line at fundraising@cholmondeley.org.nz or contact us.

A convenient way to support Cholmondeley regularly.

What is payroll giving?
Payroll giving allows employees to give as they earn. An amount of the employee's choosing is deducted regularly by their employer each pay period, and passed onto the employee's chosen charity. Employees who donate via payroll giving receive an immediate PAYE credit of 33.33% of the donation amount. This means a donation of $30 actually only costs the employee $20.

Benefits for employees
Because the tax credit is applied immediately, there's no need to hold onto receipts for rebate purposes at the end of the tax year. There's no setting up any automatic payments or direct debits through your credit card or bank account — your payroll takes care of everything, including passing the donation onto your chosen charity. So you can start making a difference as soon as you find out if your employer offers payroll giving. Some workplaces even offer to match donations dollar for dollar, increasing the impact of your support.

Visit the IRD website for more information about payroll giving for employees.

Benefits for employers
Payroll giving is a low-cost and simple way to support employees who make donations to Cholmondeley, or a their charity of choice. For many employees, this is viewed as an extra perk, and encourages a positive atmosphere at work, connecting employees to their community. Offering to match employee donations is also a great way to lead by example, and put your company's values into action.

You can only offer payroll giving to your employees if you electronically file your IRD employer monthly schedule and deduction form.

Visit the IRD website for more information about payroll giving for employers.

If you or your employees wish to donate to Cholmondeley via payroll giving please email fundraising@cholmondeley.org.nz for our bank account details and full reference requirements.

What do other employers say about it?
We asked Brett Anderson, CEO of Christchurch Casino, for his thoughts on payroll giving:

What do you think of payroll giving?
I think it's good; our employees can contribute to an organisation they support in smaller, regular amounts so they don’t feel the financial impact as much. It’s easy, convenient, and requires minimal administration.

How do you promote it to your staff?We inform new employees of payroll giving and the organisations we support when they come on board. We also post occasional reminders and ask employees if there any other organisations they would like to support through payroll giving.

Would you recommend it to other employers/employees?
Yes, I would recommend to other employers, and employees as well. We've observed that once payroll giving is in place, it generally stays in place, which is great for the charity.

Cholmondeley is much like the average New Zealand home but much bigger, with many more tamariki. If you’d like to support us the easiest way to do this is through the donation of vouchers from some of the following retailers. This will enable us to purchase items that are most needed.

• Supermarkets
• Mitre 10
• The Warehouse
• Briscoe’s
• Rebel Sports
• Kmart
• Toy World
• Farmers
• Paper Plus
• Whitcoulls

However, if there is a specific product or service that you’d like to donate and would like to talk further, please touch base.

Thank you for your support.

Talk to us today and do something that will make a difference for tomorrow.

By including a gift in your Will for Cholmondeley Children’s Centre your bequest allows us to plan for the future.

What makes Cholmondeley so vital for our communities is that we are always there in times of crisis and trauma, and whilst we would love for those moments in people’s lives to not exist, the reality is, life will always bring challenges. Your bequest allows Cholmondeley Children’s Centre to plan for those challenges and have the resources available for those that need ongoing respite to find their feet again.

Your gift will provide a source of sustainable funding to ensure future generations of children and families facing trauma and stress will always have a place to allow them to focus on the well-being of the children and their families and ensure they never feel alone in their journey.

To find out more please call Ingrid on 03 329 9832 for a confidential chat or email fundraising@cholmondeley.org.nz

If you’re a busy bee and don’t have time to volunteer or raise money for Cholmondeley keep reading because you can still help us out.

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