Wesley Community Action

Name

Wesley Community Action

Legal name

Wesley Wellington Mission

Website

https://wesleyca.org.nz

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Social Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services (BPAGAEAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC), Youth Leadership, Civic Education & Service-Learning Nonprofits (BPAGADAI), Senior Social Clubs & Community-Based Day Programs (Non-Clinical) (HSABANAK)

Keywords

• Community social services
• Whānau and family support
• Social housing provision
• Community-led development
• Elder and youth support

Headquarters

HQ city

Wellington

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: Wesley Community Action receives significant funding from government agencies including Oranga Tamariki (for Family Start, Social Worker in Schools, Strengthening Families, Mana Whānau), Ministry of Social Development (Kahukura, kai sovereignty work, Elder Abuse Response Service), Health NZ/Te Whatu Ora (Supported Independent Living, Wellington Region Fruit and Vege Coop), and Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (social housing development).
2. Philanthropic/Foundation Funding: The organization receives flexible funding from various foundations and trusts including Clare Foundation, J R McKenzie Trust, The Tindall Foundation, Todd Foundation, and others.
3. Donations and Bequests: Wesley Community Action accepts donations online and via direct credit. They also receive bequests through wills, with the legal name Wesley Wellington Mission (Charities Commission number CC40339).
4. Social Housing Rental Income: The organization owns 62 affordable rental properties in the greater Wellington region and 12 in Flaxmere in Hawkes Bay, generating rental income from tenants including those on the social housing register and older people.
5. Venue Hire: Wesley Rātā Village offers venues for hire including the Tiaki Room, Rātā Lounge, and Recreation Hall at competitive rates.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Wesley Community Action is a community-led charitable organisation that delivers social services and community development programs across the greater Wellington region. It provides whānau and family support, intensive in-home interventions, social housing, elder care, youth programs, food security initiatives, financial wellbeing courses, community savings pools, and environmental restoration projects. Services are organised around five foundations: connected whānau, financial stability, good kai, warm housing and healthy environment.

Product overview

Wesley Community Action is a creative change organization, not a technology product company. It offers a portfolio of interconnected community programs and social services organized around five foundations for a good life: connected and supportive whānau, financial stability, good kai, warm safe housing, and healthy natural environment. The programs include Family Start, Mana Whānau, and Social Worker in Schools for whānau support; Good Cents Course and Porirua Wealth Pool for financial wellbeing; Kai Ora Collective and Community Pantry for food security; Social Housing and Sustaining Tenancies for housing; and Te Hiko as a Centre for Community Innovation. These programs work together through Wesley Rātā Village as a community hub and Just Change as a collaborative funding model, united by three pou (pillars): whānau-led, community-driven, and warm-hearted approaches.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Te Hiko: Centre for Community Innovation - works alongside communities to help turn sparks of community innovation into flames of creative change. Hosts the community innovation library and provides backbone support to community initiatives.
• Wesley Rātā Village
• Kai Ora Collective
• New Zealand P-Pull
• Just Change

Products and services

• Family Start Free parenting support service providing home visits to whānau with infants, helping parents identify strengths and work on changes they want to make.
• Social Worker in Schools School-based social work support for children and their whānau attending primary schools in the Horowhenua area.
• Mana Whānau Intensive, in-home whānau support service helping tamariki and their parents stay together, working alongside families for six months.
• Te Waka Kotahi - Intensive Carers Support Short-term intensive, flexible support for Oranga Tamariki caregivers in their own homes, designed to help carers cope with specific challenges.
• Supported Independent Living Community-based support helping vulnerable older people maintain independence and continue living safely at home.
• Safe Elders Service (EARS) Elder abuse response service providing support, information, and advocacy for people aged 65+ in the greater Wellington region.
• New Zealand P-Pull National movement empowering individuals, families and communities to lead the way to a meth-free future, with walk-in meetings and online support.
• Kai Ora Collective Affordable healthy food collective using collective buying power to reduce the cost of fresh produce, with 11 packing hubs and 40 pick-up locations.
• Community Pantry No-stress, no-guilt food parcel service for whānau in need, based at Wesley House in Cannons Creek.
• Good Cents Course 8-week financial wellbeing course for people in financial stress, helping participants take ownership of their finances.
• Porirua Wealth Pool Community savings pool where members save money together and can borrow or lend at no interest to fellow members.
• Social Housing Accredited community housing provider operating 62 affordable rental properties across Wellington and 12 in Flaxmere, Hawke's Bay.
• Te Roopu Tiaki Rangatahi (TRTR) Youth-led development programme growing youth wellbeing and resilience among rangatahi in Porirua with youth governance at its heart.
• Te Hiko - Centre for Community Innovation Centre for Community Innovation supporting the development of local economic systems that value what makes people's lives better.
• Just Change Learning circle connecting grassroots community initiative doers with donors, pooling funds to address inequity collaboratively.
• Wesley Rātā Village Intergenerational community village in Naenae with affordable housing, community activities, and venues for hire.
• Ngahere Korowai Ambitious reforestation project cloaking the bare hills behind Porirua East in native forest.
• Connected Ageing Programme for people aged 60+ in the Hutt Valley who are isolated, featuring weekly coffee groups and individual support.
• Venues for Hire Tiaki Room, Rātā Lounge, and Recreation Hall available for hire at Wesley Rātā Village in Naenae.

Quantifiable outcome

• 87% of Mana Whānau families retained their children or had them returned home
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Methodist Church of NZ Hastings Samoan ParishcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2022Partnership to build Punavaiola (Spring of Living Water), a $7m social housing development in Flaxmere. Built 12 new homes on church-owned land, focused on Pasifika families on social housing waiting list.
• Ngati Toa RangatiracoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIwi partner collaborating on Ngahere Korowai, an ambitious project to cloak the bare hills behind Porirua East in native forest. Also a partner in various community initiatives including the People's Voices Forum.
• Greater Wellington Regional CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Ngahere Korowai reforestation project, bringing regional council resources and support to the initiative to restore native forest in Porirua East.
• NZ Drug FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupporting organization for NZ P-Pull, a national movement empowering families and communities to lead the way to a meth-free future.
• Te Whatu OracoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth NZ / Te Whatu Ora supports multiple Wesley programs including Kai Ora Collective (formerly Regional Public Health partnership), Supported Independent Living, and NZ P-Pull movement.
• Te Runanga o Ngāti ToarangatiraminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIwi partner involved in People's Voices Forum and Ngahere Korowai reforestation project.
• Inspiring CommunitiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWesley Community Action Director David Hanna is a member of the national leadership team of Inspiring Communities. Wesley participates in this network of organizations working for community-led development.
• Te Rūnanganui o Te Āti Awa Ki Te Upoko o Te Ika a MāuiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIwi partner exploring new birthing centre possibilities at Wesley Rātā Village.
• Te Roopu Awhina ToaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIwi partner involved in Hapori project with Oranga Tamariki.
• Methodist AllianceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of Methodist Alliance, a network of Methodist church-affiliated social service organizations.
• Community Housing AotearoaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of Community Housing Aotearoa, the peak body for community housing providers in New Zealand.
• New Zealand Council of Christian Social ServicesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of NZCCSS, a network of Christian social service organizations.
• Porirua City CouncilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal authority partner in community initiatives and development projects.
• Hutt City CouncilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in protecting and developing native bush at Wesley Rātā Village, working with local environmental groups and council.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lifewise: Faith-affiliated (Anglican) social services organisation operating social housing, family support, and community programmes in Auckland. Comparable operating model to Wesley with similar community-led approach, social housing portfolio, and government contracting relationships (MHUD, MSD).
• Wellington City Mission: Direct peer operating social services and community support in the same Wellington market as Wesley Community Action. Provides food banks, social housing, and family support with a similar faith-based heritage, and competes for the same government contracts (MSD, MHUD) and donor base in Wellington.
• Auckland City Mission: Direct peer operating the largest social services portfolio in NZ (food programmes, social housing, family support) from a faith-based base. Comparable operating model to Wesley, with similar government contracting, social housing development pipeline, and community-led methodologies at larger scale in Auckland.
• Methodist Mission Southern: Direct peer within the Methodist Church of New Zealand network (Wesley is part of the same Methodist Mission family). Delivers social services and community programmes in the lower North Island and upper South Island, sharing governance linkages, funding relationships, and the bicultural Te Tiriti o Waitangi framework that Wesley adopts.
• Barnardo's New Zealand: Direct peer delivering child welfare, family preservation, and youth services across NZ. Contracts with Oranga Tamariki for similar programmes to Wesley's Family Start, Mana Whānau, and Social Worker in Schools, making it a relevant comparator for outcome measurement and contract competition.
• Presbyterian Support East Coast: Part of the Presbyterian Support NZ network providing community-based social services, family support, and aged care across multiple regions. Comparable to Wesley in its integrated service model combining family/whānau support, social housing, and elder care under one organisation with government and philanthropic funding.
• Family Works New Zealand: Presbyterian-affiliated provider of social services including family support, counselling, and community programmes across the North Island. Direct peer to Wesley in whānau support services, sharing similar faith-based governance and Oranga Tamariki contract relationships.

Broad incumbents

• The Salvation Army New Zealand: Major incumbent faith-based provider of social services across NZ including food banks, social housing, family services, and addiction support. Broader geographic footprint and scale than Wesley, but overlapping government contracting and donor base make it a key strategic comparator in the same service categories.

Others

• Community Housing Aotearoa: Peak body for community housing providers in NZ of which Wesley is a member. Not a direct competitor but a sector infrastructure body influencing MHUD policy, funding allocations, and accreditation standards that materially affect Wesley's social housing development pipeline and operating model.
• New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS): Network of Christian social service organisations (Wesley is a member). Acts as an advocate and collective voice to government on social policy, funding, and contracting. Adjacent rather than competitive, but shapes the policy and funding environment in which Wesley operates.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubevimeo.com/1084078465
• Facebookfacebook.com/whanaufluence
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wesley-community-action

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Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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