Category Archives: Tommy’s Local Heroes

Tommy's Local Heroes

Despite working full time for Family Planning New Zealand, David devotes the majority of his free time to helping the community

Tommy's Local Heroes

Our fourth local hero Sandy, launched a project at Arohata Prison on November 2019, an initiative to empower local wāhine

Tommy's Local Heroes

Jackie created and ran the pandemic pack in an effort to support small local hospitality businesses.

Tommy's Local Heroes

Rebecca devotes her time to Bellyful and WellFed making, distributing, teaching and providing nutritious meals to new mothers,

Tommy's Local Heroes

Peter Dowell is an unseen hero providing one of his properties with 70 rooms for emergency housing during and post COVID

Tommy's Local Heroes

David Yee tirelessly works in the local Newtown community with youth groups and migrant children. He welcomes, includes, and goes out of his way to make sure people are looked after. He has run the local community kids club for the last couple of years, operating out of the social housing complex, ensuring inclusiveness for all [...]

Tommy's Local Heroes

Bryce Keith is an all round great guy and does so much for the local community. Bryce is the Community Support Liaison for Kapura Group in Wellington. Bryce had worked in this group for many years. They created this role for him as he is inspirational, he loves to give back and help any and all [...]

Tommy's Local Heroes

Sophie Denman runs a 24/7 taxi service called Sophie’s Angels. The idea is that it is a taxi service that is a safe and dependable for clients who would otherwise feel vulnerable or unsafe catching regular services, or find themselves in an emergency. Sophie is the only driver and she goes above and beyond, truely embodying the [...]

Tommy's Local Heroes

Chad O’Hara is a volunteer for 2 very important organizations within the Wellington region. He devotes hundreds of hours to them a year. Chad is also a volunteer Station Officer for the Newlands Volunteer Fire Brigade, he spends hours training, doing community fire safety, and attending emergency calls each week. He has volunteered for just under 14, years starting [...]

Tommy's Local Heroes

Bridget Cheeseman is the founder of Cake It Forward. . Part business, part social enterprise, Bridget works tirelessly to donate cakes on a regular basis to people who wouldn’t otherwise be able to access them. She regularly donates birthday cakes via Angel Tree to children who have a parent in prison on their birthday. Bridget is a beautiful soul who [...]