Welcome to the Vinnies Team:
We wouldn’t be able to provide assistance to over 2,000 people every year without the support of amazing individuals who volunteer their time. Thank you for being one of these volunteers.
This page holds information to help give you a better understanding of Vinnies along with information that will help you in your volunteer role.
If you have any questions or need some support, please chat with your direct manager or contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Erin, at volunteer@vinnieswgtn.org.nz or 027 233 5333.
Vinnies Values - what our actions reflect
Regardless of where staff, volunteers and members work within the society, they all reflect the values the society stands for.
What does Vinnies do?
Vinnies Wellington provides free welfare and support services to people within the Wellington area.
Patron Saint: Saint Vincent de Paul
Deal with the most urgent needs. Organise charity so that it is more efficient…teach reading and writing, educate with the aim of giving each the means of self-support. Intervene with authorities to obtain reforms in structure… there is no charity without justice.
Founder of SVDP: Frederic Ozanam
The poor person is a unique person of God's fashioning with an inalienable right to respect,” he said and instructed SVDP volunteers: “You must not be content with tiding the poor over the poverty crisis. You must study their condition and the injustices which brought about such poverty, with the aim of a long-term improvement.