PHOTO: Wellington City Mission
Wellington Night Shelter has officially closed its doors after more than 50 years of providing emergency accommodation to men in the capital.
The City Mission has taken over services and has been gifted the building by the trust, with the aim of ending rough sleeping in Wellington.
The night shelter was established in 1969 by the-then City Missioner. Chair John Kennedy Good said it was like going “full circle”.
He said the trust had been looking at ways to offer more holistic care to the men who used the accommodation, but after a review of its operation during the COVID-19 lockdown it found it was unable to offer that support.
He said the shelter could not “provide wraparound services and the City Mission was in a better place to do that”.
“It’s a sad day to be closing the doors, but it’s a new beginning,” he added
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