COVID-19 SUPPORT: Government Support for Workers and Personal Finance/Budgeting Volunteers

COVID-19 SUPPORT: Government Support for Workers and Personal Finance/Budgeting Volunteers

COVID-19 SUPPORT: Government Support for Workers and Personal Finance/Budgeting Volunteers
Who Did You Help Today?

Estimated Time: 2 - 10 Hours Over

Given the current COVID-19 situation in New Zealand, we are looking for volunteers who can assist people in the community with: • understanding or claiming their entitlements to Government/WINZ support with living expenses; • understanding their employer’s obligations in relation to the COVID-19 wage subsidy; and/or • managing their money/personal budgeting advice Members of the community seeking your advice may have, as a result of COVID-19: • returned to New Zealand leaving their job overseas; • lost their job in New Zealand; • be employed by a business that has lost revenue or closed as a non-essential service; or • be struggling financially with reduced income. You might be a lawyer, accountant, business person or someone with financial and/or general problem-solving skills who can assist people to find and understand the online resources to help.

Working location

All contact will be via email and phone

Proposed project steps with time estimates

Estimated Time: Up to you – please volunteer for as few or many hours as you feel able to give.

What we will do: If you volunteer, we will match you with a person or people in the community who need help, appropriate to the type of support that you can offer.

What We Have In Place

We are asking small businesses & individuals to contact us if they need support. We will then facilitate connecting them directly with a volunteer to assist.


Who Did You Help Today?
Community Group
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Mission
Determined to develop innovative grassroots solutions to tackle entrenched social issues in New Zealand, Who Did You Help Today currently has three projects that support connecting our communities to create positive change. The current projects are: Homework Club, Mothers Project, HelpTank.
What we Do
Who Did You Help Today is about unleashing the magic of helping so that social good grows in New Zealand. It is about creating connections that empower communities to work as one. It is about reminding us all that, from small gestures to big efforts, helping another New Zealander each, and every, day matter