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...

An employee at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners New Zealand (CCEP NZ) has nominated Bellyful West Auckland to receive a $10,000 donation through the company’s new community funding programme, Support My Cause. West Auckland Bellyful Branch Coordinator, Tracy Cox, said...

A workplace movement challenge has raised almost enough to provide three nights of meals for a whopping 70 whānau. The seven members of the Cloudcheck crew have raised $1,696 via Givealittle, participating in a global challenge run by their parent company GBG. Staff...

Bellyful is marking the massive milestone of delivering 200,000 meals. The volunteer-powered charity cooks and delivers free, yummy meals to whānau, with babies or young children, who need support. “They say it takes a village, but we know for many that village does...

Good in the Hood, one of the best-loved local community fundraisers, is bringing back the positive energy of giving in 2022. Bellyful is a growing charity which delivers nourishing free meals to families with babies and young children who need support. The Hutt Valley...

Bellyful Tauranga is celebrating 10 years of filling bellies across the Bay of Plenty. “We’re all about nourishing and connecting communities by cooking and delivering free meals to whānau, particularly those with newborn babies or young children, who need support,”...

New Zealand’s largest locally owned life insurer Fidelity Life has announced its sponsorship of two local not-for-profit organisations, Outward Bound and Bellyful, to help bolster the charities’ respective operations and give back to New Zealanders in a meaningful...

Bellyful Napier is expanding into Hastings and changing its name to Bellyful Hawke’s Bay to reflect its wider reach. “We deliver yummy frozen meals to anyone with a baby or young children, who doesn’t have that kind of support,” says Bellyful Hawke’s Bay Branch...

Bellyful's New Plymouth branch wants to expand meal deliveries to the Stratford area but needs a team of local drivers to make the deliveries. "We'd love to bring Bellyful's practical support to whānau in Stratford," says New Plymouth branch co-ordinator Lynley...

A new meal will appear in Bellyful delivery bags soon, and if our taste testers are anything to go by it may be a new whānau favourite. Our Mild Vegetarian Curry has been tested, tweaked, and perfected with the help of several of our branches and will now be rolled...

Collaboration between Bellyful and Meat the Need is proving to be a charity partnership with bite. A farmer-led initiative, Meat The Need, has donated more than 1,200 kilograms of mince to Bellyful in the past 12 months, helping feed around 1,600 whānau. ­­­­ "This...