Collaborate has been built for the community by the community. With your help we can make more of a difference.

There are many ways you can join and give back to the Collaborate community.

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Collaborate volunteer — Become a collaborate volunteer

Want to help out Collaborate, but don’t have much time? Become a collaborator and volunteer on an adhoc and one-off basis.
Our collaborators help in many ways, for example, by keeping up to date and sharing exciting news, contributing a blog post or even attending community events.

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Kicking off our Auckland Launch with kindness

We are excited to announce that Collaborate has officially launched in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland on Random Acts of Kindness Day! Community, generosity and kindness is truly at the heart of everything we do at Collaborate, so there’s no better day to launch in Auckland than on National Random Acts of Kindness Day.

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Connecting With Our Communities - A Day Spent Well at Newtown Festival

Uniting our communities and celebrating the beauty of diversity is something we, as a society, should really focus on. A few weeks ago, the Collaborate team was fortunate to participate in the Newtown Festival. What Collaborate wanted to bring to the festival is that sense of positivity and connection. It is the small acts of kindness that can really lighten up someone’s day, and this was our focus on that beautiful and warm Sunday.

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Volunteering to make Wellington more accessible

Wellington City Council are running a project to make Wellington more accessible, so today we teamed up with the Wellington Chocolate Factory, taught people New Zealand Sign Language and got Wellingtonians ideas about accessibility.

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Volunteering is social, so let’s keep the conversation going.
Join us on instagram, facebook, linked in and twitter to spread the word and lead the movement.

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#NVW2021 #voluteernz

The theme of this year's National Volunteer Week 2021 is recognise, connect and reimagine. We absolutely love the theme as we have been doing a lot of all three lately. We would like to take the opportunity to share with you what those words mean t

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Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards

We were delighted to be at the Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards (Wellington City) last night, and even more delighted to accept the prize for Runner Up in the Heritage and Environment category.

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Collaborate app has relaunched!

We are very excited to announce, on the first day of National Volunteer Week 2021, that the Collaborate App has relaunched! To get to this point we have recognised, connected and reimagined. We would like to take the opportunity to share with you what those words mean to us.

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Te Hua o te Mahi - The Benefit of working together NVW 2020

Te Hua o te Mahi - The Benefit of working together; it's the theme for our National Volunteer Week 2020. We know our ‘team of 5 million’ understands what working together can achieve. We can save lives, stand against racism, march for climate action, restore nature and strengthen our community. Working together to stand for what is right and take action for the world we want is core to being kiwi. Check out our tips on how to live this every day!

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Collaborate's Sustainable Development Goals

During our second annual hui, the Collaborate team got together to discuss the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how we can ensure these are embedded into our ongoing strategy. Our top three SDGs are

Health and Wellbeing
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Partnerships for the goals

As a collective, we chose these top three because our mission is all about making communities healthier (socially, environmentally, physically and economically) through facilitating meaningful partnerships, whether it be between volunteers and a non profit organisation or between corporates and the community.

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Kicking off our Auckland Launch with kindness

We are excited to announce that Collaborate has officially launched in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland on Random Acts of Kindness Day! Community, generosity and kindness is truly at the heart of everything we do at Collaborate, so there’s no better day to launch in Auckland than on National Random Acts of Kindness Day.

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Collaborate’s Zero Carbon Bill submission to the Environment Select Committee

Today, our CEO Poppy Norton and Chief of Community Holly Norton presented Collaborate’s Zero Carbon Bill submission to the Environment Select Committee.

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Volunteer for one-off events

If you are interested in an unique, fun and social way to give back then why not volunteer for an event?

Events are usually held to help generate very important funds for an organisation, to promote an idea or a cause, or bring a community together. Volunteers are pivotal to their success! Check out some of the events you can get involved in.

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Take Climate Action🌱🌏

Central to our Collaborate kaupapa is the strength of community. For us, this is not just about volunteering, but also about showing that we’re committed to, investing in and speaking up about improving New Zealand as a whole.

We’d like to encourage all of our Collaborate community to add your voice to shaping New Zealand’s response to the climate crisis by writing a submission on the Zero Carbon Act Bill by Tuesday 16 July 5pm at www.parliament.nz/ZeroCarbon

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Liga

Meet Liga! Liga volunteers as a way to serve people and community. He volunteers for Kids Camp New Zealand supporting young children who are facing difficulties within their respective homes/communities.

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First Steps

Interested in volunteering but not sure where to start? There are a few things to consider when deciding on the type of volunteer work that is right for you.

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Janet

Meet Janet! Inspired by her whānau, and the impact they have had on the community, Janet uses her skills, resources and background to volunteer in many aspects of her life.

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NZ Hi-tech Award Finalist for a second year in a row

We are extremely proud to announce that we are finalists in, not one but, two categories for the NZ Hi-Tech Awards. For the second year in a row Collaborate has been named a finalist in Best Hi-Tech Solution for the Public Good category. We are also thrilled to have Holly Norton, co-founder and Chief of Community named as a Hi-Tech Young Achiever of the Year Finalist.

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