The Neighbourhood Projects team works alongside families and neighbourhoods to provide practical help to people in need. Specifically, we help with backyard clean-up’s and hands-on projects, as well as small moves, leaving a legacy of hope and encouragement for families we work with. This helps transform communities and makes Tauranga a better place to live.

We bring teams of volunteers together to work with recipient families to make a positive difference in their lives.

We also offer a lawn mower lending programme making it easy for people to keep their lawns nice and tidy.

Annually, hundreds of families benefit from the services from this department.

• If you represent an agency and have a client who needs help or if you would like to self-refer, please fill in our Project Referral Form  or email urbanmahi@goodneighbour.co.nz
• If you want to borrow a lawnmower, please call our office at 07 394 4249. to see if we have any available.  You will need to bring two forms of ID. Days we lend Lawnmowers are Monday to Thursday and they are on the same day basis, borrow in the morning return the same day.

We rely on a dedicated crew of over 300 volunteers who help us pursue our goal of transforming communities in the Bay of Plenty. Our project volunteers help lift burdens for people whose load has become too heavy for them to carry. 

Are you ready to roll up those sleeves and dig into some fun, practical and rewarding tasks? Give us a call on 07 394 4249 to check when we’ve got an open day or sign up here as a volunteer.

We receive referrals for Neighbourhood Projects through the community partners we team with for Food Rescue, see below. People can also self-refer.

We would like to acknowledge and applaud those who support our firewood operations. Without their generosity we would not be able to provide the practical support we offer through our Neighbourhood Projects..

The feedback we receive about our work really makes it worthwhile. Here are some examples:

“Just wanted to touch base and say THANK YOU SO MUCH as some of your volunteers tidied up the backyards of some of our single mums’ properties. We can’t say thank you enough! What an immense blessing to our mum’s, the recipients of your generosity. What a beautiful organisation and again thank you.” – Mai, Flying Solo

“Just dropping a big thank you to yourself and the team for organising such an awesome day for us! Some great feedback from our team who said they all really enjoyed getting stuck into the project and learning more about Good Neighbour. Such a feel-good day!” – Brodie, Classic Group

“I had your incredible team around my house yesterday, helping me to clear my garden and build a washing line. They were amazing, friendly and fun. Not once did I feel embarrassed about the way my garden looked. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for everything you do.”