Support Community LINK

We welcome one-off, regular or in-kind donations.

Demand for our services is rising with the cost of living. We’re currently distributing an average of 100 food parcels a month - twice as many as this time last year.

As government priorities shift and change, we rely increasingly on support from grants and the local community.

Supporting the wellbeing of individuals and whānau strengthens our community. Strong communities that are connected and support each other are more resilient.

There are many ways you can support Community Link. For more information, please get in touch.

  • Your donations are very much appreciated and will go a long way towards helping us provide a range of services for our community.

    Donations of money can be made via our Givealittle page.

    Please make contact to discuss the options if you would prefer your donation to be tagged to a specific aspect of our service.

    Please ensure your contact details are included so that we can provide you with a letter of acknowledgement.

  • Foodbank donations

    Donations to the Foodbank are gratefully received and can be dropped off at the Wānaka Community Hub or in the marked bin at New World Wānaka and New World Three Parks.

    In particular, we are always in need of: rice and pasta; pasta sauces; meats (we have a freezer); canned fish; crackers, biscuits and muesli bars; baking goods; toiletries and sanitary items; and breakfast foods.

  • Community Link coordinate a number of voluntary services, for which opportunities often arise.

    Vacancies will be advertised on our website, social media and on the Volunteer South website.

    These include:

    • Foodbank
    • Meals on Wheels
    • Justices of the Peace
    • Family Support Programme

    If you are interested in volunteering in some other capacity, for example volunteering your professional skills or services, please get in touch with us.

Thank you for your support!

It is only through the generosity of many funders and trusts, individuals, organisations and volunteers that the Alpine Community Development Trust is able to continue to undertake its work. We are extremely grateful not only for the financial support but for the invaluable time, expertise and resources that have been so generously donated to maintain Community LINK as the Upper Clutha’s only one-stop community support and connection centre.

We are very grateful for the support of the following organisations:

  • Aspiring Lifestyle Village

  • Aspiring Medical Centre

  • Aspiring Rotary Club

  • Central Lakes Trust

  • Foodstuffs South Island Community Trust

  • Good Bitches Baking

  • Holy Family Friends and Family

  • Kiwi Harvest

  • Lion Foundation

  • Lottery Grants Board

  • Meat the Need

  • Meadowfresh

  • Ministry of Social Development

  • Montessori Children’s House

  • Otago Community Trust

  • Otago Masonic Charitable Trust

  • Queenstown Lakes District Council

  • Sky City Queenstown Casino

  • Stitch Sisters

  • Te Kura O Take Karara

  • Te Tapu O Tane

  • The Salvation Army Queenstown

  • Upper Clutha Christmas Trust

  • Upper Clutha Presbyterian Church

  • Wānaka A & P Show

  • Wānaka Chamber of Commerce

  • Wānaka Churches

  • Wānaka Community Hub

  • Wānaka Districts Lions Club

  • Wānaka Primary School

  • Wānaka Rotary Club

  • Wānaka Wastebusters

  • Wānaka Waterski Club

  • Wānaka Workshop

  • Wāstebusters Wānaka

  • WAO

Please make contact with us if you have supported us and we have not mentioned you.

We also thank the following local businesses for their support:

  • Alpine Fencing

  • Base

  • Big Fig

  • Bike Glendhu

  • Cardrona Carting

  • Checketts McKay Law

  • Cherry Tree Farm

  • Constructive Consultants Limited

  • Extreme Roofing

  • Federal Diner

  • Fresh Link

  • High Country Salmon

  • Kiwi Kids Bookstore

  • Lavender Farm

  • Meadow Fresh

  • Meat The Need

  • Mitre 10 Wanaka

  • Mons Royale

  • New World Three Parks

  • New World Wanaka

  • Next Chapter

  • Paradiso Cinema

  • Pembroke Patisserie

  • Primal Health Foods LTD

  • Puzzling World

  • Radio Wanaka

  • Ray White

  • Revology

  • Ruby Island Cruises

  • Ruby’s Cinema

  • Sea 2 You

  • Soap Craft

  • The Fit Collective

  • The Wanaka App

  • Toy Museum

  • Wānaka Holiday Homes Limited

  • Wānaka Primary School

  • Wools of Wānaka