Presbyterian Support Otago

03/06/2026

Octacan - our Winter foodbank can appeal is almost here!

Can't make it to the Octagon? You can still be part of OCTACAN 2026! 🧡🥫

Support local whānau from the comfort of your home by making an online donation to the Familyworks Foodbank. Your donation helps us purchase the food and essentials most urgently needed by families across Otago this winter.

💻 Donate online: octacanonline.org.nz

Or join us in person:

📅 Thursday 25 June 2026
🕢 7:30am – 2:00pm
📍 Lower Octagon, Dunedin

Every donation, big or small, helps stock emergency food parcels for people in our community. Together, we can make a real difference this winter. 🧡

Donate to Octacan online and the foodbank will purchase cans on your behalf.

03/06/2026

OCTACAN 2026 is just around the corner! 🧡🥫

Join us in supporting local whānau this winter by donating cans to the Family Works Foodbank through Kai for OCTACAN.

📅 Thursday 25 June 2026
🕢 7:30am – 2:00pm
📍 Lower Octagon, Dunedin

Every can helps make a difference for people in our community. Gather your workplace, school, sports team, or whānau and help us build a brighter winter for Otago.

31/05/2026

Our Foodbank and Familyworks offices will be closed on Monday, 1 June to observe King’s Birthday Holiday.

29/05/2026

We’re incredibly grateful to every New World shopper, for their generosity in supporting the Familyworks Foodbank – helping those in our community who do not have enough food in the cold winter months 🥫✨

Thank you New World Gardens and New World Centre City for choosing our foodbank for Family2Family 💛

We wanted to share these emails, they capture the heart behind New World choosing to support local 🧡

20/05/2026

✨ Glow Waitaki – community benefit dinner ✨

Hosted by Wildlife Hospital, Presbyterian Support Otago and the Otago Medical Research Foundation.

Join us at the elegant Brydone Hotel for a delicious buffet dinner, wine on the table, raffles, and great company – all while supporting three charities making a real difference in the Waitaki community.

🎟 Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/glow-waitaki
🖤 Dress in your finest Winter Elegance
🍷 Thursday 30 July – doors open at 6pm

Grab your tickets and come along for a wonderful night out!

With thanks to our sponsors Valli Wine and the Brydone Hotel.

15/05/2026

🥫 🧡 Octacan 2026 – annual foodbank appeal 🧡 🥫

Help stock Dunedin’s busiest foodbank this winter.
📅 Thursday 25 June, 7.30am – 2pm
📍 Lower Octagon

Bring your cans, non-perishable food, or toiletries – or skip the trip and donate online. We’ll do the shopping for you:
👉 octacanonline.org.nz

Every can counts.
👉 octacan.org.nz

14/05/2026

💗 Happy Pink Shirt Day Aotearoa! 💗
Pink Shirt Day is about working together to stop bullying by celebrating diversity and promoting kindness and inclusiveness.
Let’s keep the kōrero going to create safe, supportive communities where everyone feels valued and respected – today and every day.

13/05/2026

Come along to the Stepping Stones May Market 👚🌵🍰🍥

158A Oxford St, South Dunedin, Friday 15 & Saturday 16 May, 9am – 1pm.

Baking, plants, gifts, bric-a-brac and homemade crafts. In support of the Stepping Stones programme run through Presbyterian Support Otago’s Family Works.

12/05/2026

THANK YOU to all our wonderful nurses on International Nurses Day 💙

The incredible contribution our nurses make in our Enliven care homes makes all the difference to residents and their whānau 🙌

Thank you to our nurses in Ross Home, Holmdene, St Andrews, Taieri Court, Ranui, Castlewood and Iona.

05/05/2026

A HUGE congratulations to the winners of the Runway Revival 2026 - sustainable design competition!

What’s Ur Dunedin – Mikayla Lindsay 🙌
Anything But Clothes – Hannah & Ed Daniel 👏
Lucky Dip – Polly Figgins & India Woodward-Leth ⚡️
People’s Choice – Sarah Cunningham 💕

These designers blew the judges (and crowd!) away with their innovation, creativity, circularity and ex*****on ♻️

Well done to all of our contestants and models, what an exceptional effort and we’re so proud of you all! 👏👏👏

Photos courtesy of Jonathan Adlem