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Bellyful launches “Shaping Our Future” Strategic Plan to reach more whānau in need of support
Bellyful New Zealand is thrilled to launch its refreshed Strategic Plan 2025–2027, a future-focused roadmap designed to ensure the organisation remains relevant and sustainable as it continues to nourish whānau and connect communities across the motu. Read the...
Lead with purpose – Join Bellyful NZ’s Board!
Are you passionate about supporting families and communities? Do you have governance experience and the drive to help a growing charity thrive? Bellyful New Zealand is looking for dedicated individuals to join our Board. About Bellyful Bellyful nourishes whānau and...
Annual Performance Report 2023/24
The Bellyful Board of Trustees is delighted to present this year’s Annual Performance Report where we celebrate delivering 250,000 meals, in this, our 15th year. Read our Annual Report here It is phenomenal to think about all the time, care and aroha that has gone...
Hui 2024 brings Bellyful leaders together
We are invigorated following a wonderful Bellyful National Hui in Te Whanganui a Tara / Wellington. The amount of energy and aroha in the room as we gathered volunteer leaders from across Aotearoa was special. This year, one of the focuses was on ensuring our branch...
Welcome to our new CE
We are delighted to welcome Sheena Revington as our new Chief Executive. Sheena is an accomplished and driven not-for-profit leader, with nearly 20 years of experience in strategy, fundraising, communications, marketing, and community engagement. With an...
Bellyful blown away by Wellington jersey gift
Bellyful NZ is grateful to Mills Albert for its generous gift which sees the Bellyful logo taking pride of place on Wellington Lions and Pride jerseys this provincial season. Bellyful is a national charity with a team of more than 650 volunteers, spread from Hibiscus...
Colour your Easter with Bellyful
Hoppy Easter! If you need something fun for the little ones to do this Easter, we have some colouring pages they can enjoy. Just click on your chosen image below to download the colouring sheet of your choice. Bellyful Easter colouring sheets for under 5s: Bellyful...
Annual Performance Report 2022/23
The Bellyful Board of Trustees is delighted to present this year's Annual Performance Report. Read our Annual Performance Report here In the year to March 2023, we delivered 31,968 meals to 5,586 whānau. Bellyful NZ's positive impact, supporting whānau with babies or...
Bellyful volunteer a Local Heroes finalist
Congratulations to Bellyful Central Auckland volunteer Mhairi Freer who is a finalist in the Westfield Newmarket Local Heroes. Vote here Mhairi has been a Bellyful volunteer for seven years and we think the reasons she is so special are best summed up in the...
Why do you love volunteering for Bellyful?
National Volunteer Week 18-24 June 2023 honours the collective energies and mana of volunteers in Aotearoa. This year’s theme is Time to Shine – He wā pīataata. It’s a time to recognise and celebrate our volunteers and their time to shine – pīataata. A few of our...
Watch: Mission to refill Bellyful Hawke’s Bays freezers
Our Wellington branches have cooked extra meals to help whānau in Hawke's Bay. Bellyful Hawke's Bay had to cancel a planned Cookathon due to Cyclone Gabrielle. This meant its freezers were near empty. Bellyful's Wellington branches came up with a plan to cook extra...
Bellyful rallies to help following catastrophic weather
Pictured: Bellyful Wellington South volunteers have helped stock up meals for Hawke's Bay Bellyful's Wellington branches have united to help get meals to Hawke's Bay in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle. "We are all deeply saddened by the devastating images and stories...
“A lifesaver” – survey shows Bellyful’s ongoing impact
The latest quarterly Bellyful recipient and referrer survey shows Bellyful continues to make a difference in the lives of the whānau we support, by allowing them time to focus on their babies and children. Research NZ quizzed people who referred to Bellyful, or were...
Auckland flooding update: Bellyful deliveries resume
Our Auckland branches are now delivering meals again. Please be aware some of our branches are operating at reduced capacity due to the flooding and its effects on volunteers. Please check your branch’s webpage or Facebook page for further local information. We know...
Christmas Appeal: Nurturing families one feed at a time
"The more support we get from people supporting the Good Registry the more we can focus on the families we cook and deliver for." Dedicated Bellyful volunteer Jacqui Jago features in The Dominion Post, as part of a special series on charities, like Bellyful, which you...
Santa raising funds for Bellyful with letter writing campaign
Santa is helping Bellyful raise some much-needed funds this Christmas. Anyone who makes a donation to Bellyful can order a personalised letter from Santa for the tamariki in their lives. The volunteer-driven charity cooks and delivers free, yummy meals to whānau, with...
Our hearts are full after our National Hui and Training Weekend
After two years of postponements, we finally gathered around 70 of our volunteer leaders in Christchurch for our National Hui and Training Weekend from October 28-30. Having so many Belly-fillers together in one place to learn, reconnect and share was beyond valuable....
Bellyful NZ appoints new CEO
The Bellyful Board of Trustees is delighted to announce that Fiona Purchas has been appointed Bellyful NZ Chief Executive Officer, commencing 28 November 2022. “This is a very exciting time for Bellyful NZ as the organisation seeks to strengthen its mahi further,’...
Annual Performance Report 2021/22
We are pleased to present the 2021/22 Performance Report for the Bellyful New Zealand Trust. We are proud of the impact our team has had this year despite the unique and ongoing challenges the pandemic has presented. Thank you to the national support team of staff and...
Heart Award winners celebrated in Christchurch
On Saturday 29 October, we gathered at Miro in Christchurch for our Heart Awards celebration. Our Heart Awards celebrate the mahi aroha of our volunteers. We have two awards: The Bellyful Enduring Heart Award is for volunteers who have been with Bellyful for more than...
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