Here when you need us
Hands Up Community Services Trust helps individuals and whānau find their way through difficult situations, particularly where vulnerability, conflict, disadvantage or risk of abuse is present. We listen, help people understand their options, advocate when needed, and connect them with practical support.
Individuals & Families
Support, information and advocacy when you need it most.
Stronger Communities
Working together for safer, healthier communities.
Preventing Abuse
Raising awareness and supporting safer futures.
Advocacy & Support
Helping people understand their rights and options.
A hand up, not a handout
We believe people are the experts in their own lives. Our role is to listen, strengthen understanding, support informed choices and walk alongside people as they work towards greater stability and self-determination.
Listen, advocate, navigate, connect and strengthen
Our renewed Hawke’s Bay service approach complements—not replaces—legal, clinical, education or statutory services.
Rooted in community
For more than a decade, Hands Up has supported people and whānau through advocacy, practical assistance and community connection. The Trust began in South Waikato and now continues its work from Hawke’s Bay.
You do not have to navigate it alone
Start with a respectful first conversation. If another organisation is better placed to help, we will try to point you in the right direction.
Hands Up is not an emergency or crisis service. If someone is in immediate danger, call 111.
Hands Up Community Services Trust
People | Families | Communities | Brighter Futures