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There is always something happening at DCM. We love to keep you updated about our mahi. Click below for a copy of our latest Ngā Kōrero newsletters (these will open a PDF) and don’t forget to subscribe for monthly updates.

We also love sharing what we have been up to on social media. See a few pics from our Instagram below and you can also find us on Facebook and YouTube.

One week to go until our Foodbank Appeal. Next Saturday 27 May, be super and consider buying items for our food bank to make it a #SuperShopSaturday as we work to end homelessness together in our city. You can see what we most need highlighted in blu
DCM is very grateful to the people of Wellington for your messages of support at this time. We are all feeling the weight of the tragedy at Loafers Lodge, and our whānau are too. Today we held our first group counselling session, and we'd like to tha
At the moment, DCM is trying to ascertain the whereabouts and safety of anyone engaged with our services who may have been staying at Loafers Lodge. Like the rest of the Wellington community, our whānau are very concerned about their friends who may
From a bus stop to a whare by the beach - this #TransformationTuesday we share with you Michelle's story. Michelle is one of the many whānau supported by our Aro Mai Housing First Hutt Team, who work as part of the Tākiri Mai Te Ata Whānau Ora collec
There are three weeks to go until our Foodbank Appeal (Saturday 27 May) - and it can't come soon enough! Our shelves are empty as we head into winter, and we urgently need your help. In collaboration with New World Newtown, New World Caffers and New
This week, we are celebrating Clifton, who started mahi here at DCM as kaiāwhina (peer support worker), and who is now a full-time kaimahi! You can read a bit more about Clifton's journey on our website - visit the link in our bio. Fun fact, Clifton
Can you help us? One of our whānau is in need of a double or triple pram. Please contact us here if you have one available to donate.
We are all buzzing with excitement and good energy today thanks to L'affare who are helping us serve over 17,000 cups of coffee per year in Te Hāpai. Our brand new coffee machine is getting well used along with the coffee they have so generously dona
Last year we held a carving course at DCM for whānau to connect with their culture and learn new skills, thanks to funding given to us by St John's In The City Wellington. Kaimahi also took part in order to be able to share the taonga of knowledge th
Last week we welcomed @teauaha Barbers to DCM. The students are working toward their Level 4 Certificate in Commercial Barbering, and interacted beautifully with our people, who appreciated the opportunity to get a fresh cut! Thanks guys - we look
The seasons are changing here in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Riding in with the wind and rain is the flu. In collaboration with one of our key partners, Te Aro Health Centre, we are working to protect staff and whānau by offering free flu vaccines. Here Ken
We are celebrating Easter here at DCM thanks to the amazing talents of @goodbitchesbake with our very own Easter bunny, Tipene Bowater. At DCM, kai and kōrero go hand-in-hand, as we work together for the wellbeing of all our whānau. Thank you GBB fo
It was great to catch up with former kaimahi Regina recently who now works with Remarkable People, a recruitment agency that helps get marginalised people into work. Regina has assisted some of our whānau, including Marcel and Joshua (pictured), into
Every Tuesday we run a poetry workshop from 10:00am to 11:00am. These workshops nurture our whānau’s creative spirits and are full of meaningful kōrero, encouraging cultivation of emotional and spiritual wellbeing. On our whānau’s journey
This is one of DCM's fancy new Foodbank donation bins - being delivered to Newtown School, where donations for our struggling Foodbank would be so welcome. Do you belong to a school, sports club, business or organisation that may like to host a dona
Wellington College is again supporting DCM with @wc_runathon 2023! Students are sponsored to run laps around a circuit to support a common cause: to help make a difference in the world.​ And funds raised by Wellington College do indeed make a huge di
Recently DCM hosted The Salvation Army Oasis - Reducing Gambling Harm NZ, a service that offers harm reduction support for problem gambling during our own Te Awatea harm reduction programme that runs every Monday and Friday. DCM often partners with o
Happy Pride, Pōneke! Here at DCM, we are proud to have an LGBTQIA+ caucus representative of the diverse whānau we work with every day. We know that in particular homelessness affects trans and gender diverse people in Aotearoa. In these unprecedented
This month we are celebrating the 7th anniversary of the DCM Dental Service! On Friday 17 March we enjoyed some cake with Stephen Turnock, DCM’s Manahautū (Director), Dr. Morris Wong, who was leading a session that morning, and our lead DA, Sus