Wairarapa Community Centre Trust (WCCT) brings together people to seamlessly access social services, and empower people to grow, distribute and eat healthy food that is ecologically sound and sustainable.

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WCCT has a Community Kitchen where we cook over 10,000 emergency meals annually, lead Cooking Classes, manage a Community Garden, and lead gardening and eco-sustainability courses

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WCCT provides a community space for wraparound social services, as well as facilities for hire

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Our Story

In early 1989, the Wairarapa community had just received the shocking news that the Waingawa Freezing works was closing, affecting 2500 people - 15% of the labour force... it was critical for agencies to work more collaboratively together if they were going to achieve positive outcomes for the community going forward... A community centre which could house community groups under one roof to share costs, ideas, information, development and problems...

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WCCT serves the community through people generously giving their time and talents. WCCT simply couldn't exist without the support of people in the community. If you'd like to experience giving back to your community, explore here for volunteering opportunities, or here for donating to WCCT's community work.

We would also like to thank the organisations in Aotearoa who have given us funding through grants. Find out more about them here.