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Simple Marinara Sauce

21 March 2025

Marinara is a versatile, cost-effective dish that is easy to make and delicious. You can serve it over cooked pasta or use it as a base sauce for pizza.

Growing Taller helps children to regulate ‘big feelings’

21 March 2025

Squishy brain stress balls, puppets, belly breathing wheat bags, and oversized sunglasses are just some of the interactive resources tamariki are introduced to when they attend our Growing Taller programme.

Tunnel house for Iona dementia residents

21 March 2025

Staff and volunteers at Iona care home in Oamaru have seen the fruit of their labours rewarded with the purchase of a brand new tunnel house! They have been running...

New chiller for the foodbank!

21 March 2025

Our foodbank now has a brand-new chiller! This will allow us to keep some of the perishable items that go into our food parcels stored for longer, giving us the...

Enhancing the life of those experiencing Dementia Mate Wareware

21 March 2025

Caring for our kaumātua/older people is at the heart of what we do.

Volunteer Voice

21 March 2025

Helen Humphrey, with help from Glenys Cowie, have been operating the mobile trolley shop at Ross Home, helping residents to have access to all their favourite little treats! Now that...

Christmas thank you messages

21 March 2025

A huge thank you to all of the Dunedin and Oamaru schools and kura who generously donated to help our Family Works teams support those in the community who really...

Thank you to our Church communities

21 March 2025

Throughout 2024 fifteen churches across Otago hosted speakers from PSO where we spoke about the work we do, the partnerships we have and, most importantly, thanked you all for your...

Leaving a Gift in your Will – a lasting legacy

21 March 2025

Leaving a gift in your Will is an incredible way of showing you care for your community and the people in it, well into the future.

Becoming a regular donor makes a huge difference!

21 March 2025

Donating to PSO is giving us the means to provide essential community services to vulnerable people within Otago.

Summer People Magazine 2024 - digital edition

19 November 2024

Welcome to our summer edition of People magazine, full of wonderful stories of people connecting within our community.

A twinkle in his eye

19 November 2024

When Maurice Hale picks up his accordion, a twinkle appears in his eye and it becomes apparent that he is in his happy place, playing tunes both familiar and traditional.

Give where you live this Christmas

19 November 2024

Donating to PSO is giving us the means to provide essential community services to vulnerable people, and often the need is heightened at this time of the year as we...

Connecting lives

19 November 2024

Stepping into the new Stepping Stones premises can be likened to being wrapped in a warm blanket where people are made to feel safe, welcomed, and included.

Volunteer Voice

19 November 2024

When Joy and Murray ‘retired’ from Dunedin to Alexandra it wasn’t long before they were giving back to their local community by volunteering at Ranui care home and Club Enliven...

Easy Christmas Cake

19 November 2024

This super easy Christmas cake recipe was given to us by Jo Sime, our Enliven Quality Advisor, who makes it for family and friends every year! Why not try swapping the...