Shop2Give launched and the Village delighted to be one of the chosen charities

The long-awaited SHOP2GIVE online marketplace has officially launched. 

A joint venture between SBS Bank and Raizor,  the team behind SHOP2GIVE, creating a nuanced approach to the ‘spending-giving’ concept enabling a consistent income stream for charities through a multi-vendor digital marketplace.   

A portion of each sale is transferred to a customer’s Impact Wallet.  These funds can be donated by the customer to any of the nominated charities at any time.  

SHOP2GIVE will let customers shop for everyday goods and services online on a single multi-vendor platform. These include beauty products, utilities, lifestyle activities, professional services, gifts, food, beverages, household items, toys, baby wares, educational games, furniture and furnishings to name a few.  And with a portion of the sale proceeds returning to the customer’s Impact Wallet, they can shop for everyday goods while also giving back to the community.

Mark McLean, CEO of SBS Bank, says:

“SBS Bank are really excited to be involved with the Shop2Give digital marketplace.  It’s a great way to give back to the community by supporting local causes through a customer’s everyday shopping and aligns strongly with our position as the bank with heart.  This will help to deliver real impact through a seamless experience.” 

The first five charities that will benefit from the programme are Ronald McDonald House South Island, Loss and Grief Centre, The Hawthorndale Care Village, Southland Charity Hospital and Breast Cancer Foundation NZ.  Over time fundraising opportunities will be opened up to many other charities and causes.

Paddy O’Brien, Project Team Leader of Hawthorndale Care Village says:

 “We are super excited to be one of the inaugural recipient charities on the Shop2Give online Marketplace launching soon.  It’s a revolutionary concept for a marketplace with a ‘spending-giving’ mindset.  As Shop2Give grows and customers flock, a new and unique revenue stream is created to secure Hawthorndales future!  Really innovative and exciting for Southland to pioneer the marketplace.”

Impact made easy with SHOP2GIVE.

Construction of the Hawthorndale set to begin in October

Construction of The Hawthorndale Care Village set to begin

Construction of The Hawthorndale Care Village project in Invercargill is set to begin in October 2022.

Hawthorndale Care Village Charitable Trust Working Group Member Paddy O’Brien said detailed design work was being completed and site work would get underway in early October on the $35 million project.

“We’re delighted to be able to announce that construction is set to begin — this marks another massive milestone for the project, which will be an evolutionary step forward for aged care in New Zealand.

O’Brien said civil work on the Tay St site will take about six months to complete.

The village, expected to open in early 2025, is an aged care facility inspired by the world-leading Dutch dementia village, De Hogeweyk. It will follow a social rather than a traditional institutional model of care, allowing residents to live as normal a life as possible, exercising choice over their daily lives.

Construction project manager Nick Hamlin, of Maxis Projects, said they would be holding a public meeting to invite local builders and supporting tradespeople to hear more about the project and to register their interest.

“The contracts will be split into civil, residential, and commercial construction, and this is an exciting opportunity for multiple local contractors,” he said.

The Hawthorndale project is expected to generate 300 jobs during its construction phase and once open create 11 new jobs and retain 87 jobs from the Calvary Hospital transition.

Calvary Hospital manager Margaret Brown said she was thrilled that all the hard work was paying off.

“The village will be an asset to our community. It is an innovative approach to aged care and will have far greater outcomes for older people, especially people with dementia,” she said.

 A blessing of the Tay St site was performed today (Wednesday, Aug 31).

Village aged care development on track to achieve funding target

The Hawthorndale Care Village has just $4 million left to raise with $29m funding confirmed for the $33m development, trustee and project chair Sarah Hannan advised this week.

“We are thrilled at the fundraising progress made early on, and then was paused during the pandemic. We are now keen to re-engage with the wider community to raise awareness of the project, the need for the community asset, and gain the momentum we need to attract the final $4m to make our vision a reality.” Hannan says.

The project was formally launched in October 2019, with what was an ambitious target, but one which was now close to enabling the project to become a reality, she says.

The Hawthorndale Care Village project is an aged care facility inspired by the world leading Dutch dementia village, De Hogeweyk. The design of the village and the delivery of care removes the institutional/hospital feel and replaces it with residents living in small groups in houses where the rhythm of everyday living is tailored to each individual resident. The former site of the Hawthorndale School on Tay Street, Invercargill has been secured for the village project.

Working group member Paddy O’Brien says The Hawthorndale design team has been working tirelessly behind the scenes during the past six months finalising the concept design, and working hard to bring the overall cost of the build down, while maintaining the vision of the village.

“Together as a community, we must set the bar higher. By donating now, you can be part of the legacy to give elderly people in need of care, and those living with dementia, freedom, a sense of purpose and better health and wellbeing outcomes,” he says.

Hannan says 10 years ago, her mum went from being a fit, healthy and vibrant 70-year-old to increasingly disoriented and forgetful, before being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.

“It was heartbreaking to watch her slip away during the past decade, passing away late last year. Although the village will be too late for mum, our family has made a major donation, and I am involved to help make it a reality for those like her living with dementia.”

To find out more or to donate online head to www.thehawthorndale.co.nz

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For more information, please contact:

Sarah Hannan

Trustee & Working Group Chair

The Hawthorndale Care Village Charitable Trust

(021) 244-4435

The Hawthorndale Care Village vision

The vision is to create an aged residential care facility based on a village care model. The village will be a community where the elderly in need of care, including those living with dementia, won’t just simply exist, they will thrive. They will live as normal a life as possible, as close to the way they enjoyed prior to their need for care. The design of the village and the delivery of care removes the institutional/hospital feel and replaces it with small groups living in houses where the rhythm of everyday living is tailored to each individual resident. The village will enable residents to be engaged in everyday activities inside and outside, in the safety and security of the Village.

The Hawthorndale Care Village plans unveiled

The first images of the proposed Hawthorndale Care Village aged care development have been unveiled. The Hawthorndale Care Village Charitable Trust has presented the concept design of the ground-breaking project on the former Hawthorndale Primary School site on Tay Street, Invercargill.

“This is a project that has been a long time in the feasibility and planning phase and we are excited to finally be in a position where we’re able to articulate our vision with the community,” says Paddy O’Brien, the trust’s working group team member.

Foley Group Architect Rob Campbell said his team was acutely aware of the design guiding principles to create an environment that deinstitutionalises, transforms, and normalises living and care for residents.

“The design enables what the innovative Dutch De Hogeweyk aged care model is seeking to achieve, that being a village environment nestled into its surroundings, delivering care homes that connect and offer a calm sense of engagement within the Village,” Campbell said.

The trust has lodged a resource consent application with Invercargill City Council and will be requesting it be publicly notified.

A community drop-in session near the development site prior to lodgement of the resource consent application was planned, however this has been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

“We are disappointed that we are unable to go ahead with the community drop-in session prior to our consent lodgement but have been consulting directly with the local neighbors prior to lodging the resource consent application,” says Mr O’Brien.

The project is expected to generate 300 jobs during its construction phase and once open create 11 new jobs and retain 87 jobs from the Calvary Hospital transition.

“At a time when Invercargill needs it most, this project can play a pivotal role in stimulating the city’s economy over the next two years. The way the development has been structured lends itself to use all local trades and construction services.”

A genuine village environment with landscaped gardens and streets is proposed along with a range of residential care accommodation including 13 aged residential care homes, 19 independent living units and 22 residential apartments.

Features of the Village include:

•      Café

•      Dairy

•      Hairdresser

•      Wellness Centre

•      Theatre

•      Hall

•      Chapel

•      Playground

•      Men’s shed

•      Vegetable garden

A significant and enduring partnership will help redefine aged care in the South

The Hawthorndale Care Village has signed an agreement with The Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) to build one of the 13 care homes in the proposed new village.

This is a significant financial contribution toward the construction of The Hawthorndale Care Village. SIT trades faculty staff and students will be responsible for the build and provide a sizeable proportion of the material costs for the home.

“Southland has a reputation of pulling together to get things done. This is a great example of that philosophy, and we are extremely fortunate to have an organisation such as SIT that is so connected to our community. We are humbled by their generous offer of assistance." said project team member Paddy O’Brien.

The partnership is one of mutual benefit, providing an invaluable learning experience for students on a commercial construction site with the guidance and support of the main contractor. SIT has four intakes of construction students throughout the year and it is envisaged the house will be built by at least two of the intake groups. In late 2019 SIT Council approved the agreement in principle and signed off the agreement in March 2020.

“SIT explored innovative ways to provide practical support for this visionary community project. The trades students will benefit from the real life, hands-on experience in the build phase, and the ongoing operation of the Village will continue to provide practical learning opportunities for many SIT students from nursing through to hospitality, says SIT Chief Executive Penny Simmonds.

The project is estimated to cost in total $31.5 million, with the former site of the Hawthorndale School on Tay Street, Invercargill secured for construction of the village. Concept design work is nearing completion and this will provide greater construction cost certainty. A significant amount of donations and grants have already been received since the fundraising campaign launched in October 2019, but a current shortfall of $11 million is still needed to see the project through to completion.

The Hawthorndale Care Village design plans well underway

The Hawthorndale Care Village project team has confirmed the design team that will lead the design of the aged care facility in Invercargill and initial concept plans are already underway.

The multidisciplinary design team includes construction project manager Nick Hamlin from Maxis Projects, architect Rob Campbell from Foley Group, Geosolve, WSP, Cosgroves, and Lewis Bradford Consulting Engineers.

“After a thorough selection process, it was fantastic to the design team appointed prior to Christmas and concept plans are well underway. We hope to unveil these plans to the public in early May” says Paddy O’Brien, Hawthorndale Project Team Member.

Local consultation with nearby residents will be undertaken in the initial community engagement and consultation phase. Once this phase has been completed the local resource consent will be lodged in May.

Maxis Projects Managing Director, Nick Hamlin was first involved with an aged care development back in 1998 as a Construction Foreman before going on to delivering in excess of $150 million in aged care facilities across the South Island in various management roles. When the opportunity arose to be a part of a brand-new development that was looking to lead the way in dementia and aged care facilities and operations, he jumped at the opportunity to lead the project.

“Having seen family members live with dementia meant this project is personal as well and I can see the ultimate value in this world leading model, Hamlin says.

“Maxis Projects can’t wait to see the difference this facility will make on completion for the community and future village residents, staff and families”.

Foley Group Architecture, the Christchurch based architectural company selected to design the project, are leaders in aged care design developments. Rob Campbell has been a part of many of these projects throughout New Zealand and knows how exciting aged care design projects such as The Hawthorndale can be.

“Working in the aged care sector is incredibly rewarding, as the design helps create the environment that allows residents to remain active, preserve their sense of autonomy, independence and belonging, and create beautiful spaces to be in. Projects are crafted through team and client expertise, to care and respect our seniors. The team is making decisions on behalf of these future residents, and the enormity of this responsibility is not lost on us. We do our very best to give our very best into each project.” Rob Campbell says.

“We at Foley Group Architecture are extremely excited to be involved in the new Hawthorndale Village, a village that is destined to be world class and a leading care Village in Invercargill that will replicate everyday life within a safe, secure and stimulating environment”.

Campbell will head to De Hogeweyk, the world leading dementia and aged care facility in the Netherlands this month, to look at the highly successful Dutch model.

The project is expected to cost in total $31.5 million, with the former site of the Hawthorndale School on Tay Street, Invercargill secured for the village project. A significant amount of donations and grants have already been received since the fundraising campaign launched in October, but a current shortfall of $11 million is still needed to see the project through to completion.

Fundraising campaign launched for new aged and dementia care model

A fundraising campaign was launched last night for a new model of community-based aged and dementia care that could redefine how we care for the elderly in New Zealand.

The Southland and Otago not-for-profit The Hawthorndale Care Village project is an aged care facility to be based on the Dutch De Hogeweyk model. This fully replicates everyday life in a suburban neighbourhood within a safe, secure setting.

Paddy O’Brien, Project team member, former international rugby referee, says the project challenges current aged care models.

“Our ageing population is a ticking timebomb for New Zealand. Currently, once people move into a rest home, they leave the everyday life they’re used to and enter an unfamiliar institutional world.

“This village model allows all residents to preserve quality of life regardless of their care needs.”

Unlike the Dutch model, which is designed solely for dementia care, the Hawthorndale Care Village will provide for residential aged care including dementia care but fully integrated as part of the wider village.

“It enables people to enjoy a more normal scale of life, living in a home within a fully functional village setting. There they can continue to enjoy a more normal scale of life, with the freedom to do what they feel like - within reason – and retain a sense of purpose and dignity.”

The project is community funded and includes a capital injection from Invercargill’s Calvary Hospital Southland which had the initial vision for the model and whose residents are able to transition to the new village once it is completed.

Funds have also come from a former Board member, Community Trust South, ILT Foundation and the Southland and Otago community has rallied with significant support from the O’Donnell Family.

The project is now seeking to fundraise the shortfall of just under $14 million to fund the $31.5 million development on the site of the former Hawthorndale School on Tay Street, Invercargill.

The development will initially include 12 homes each with seven bedrooms, a shared living and kitchen area where meals are cooked.

The world-leading facility will replicate a suburban neighbourhood complete with a village square that is accessible to all residents, food market, hall, café, hairdresser, gardens and vegetable garden, tool shed, recreational area, prayer room and playground for children of visiting families.

Residents' interests and likes will be assessed with the aim of placing like-minded individuals together. The configuration also includes rest home, dementia and hospital-level care along with 10 units for independent retirement living.

The project is progressing to concept design stage and plans are expected to be completed by March 2020.

Robust feasibility studies have been carried out to ensure the village will be self-sustaining and accessible to the wider community.

“We want to help change how we care for older New Zealanders. There is a lot of fear and mis-understanding of ageing and in particular dementia even though it’s widespread and the number of people living with it expected to triple in the next 30 years

. “We want to break down that stigma, improve our understanding and provide an evidence-based approach.

“Together as a community, we must set the bar higher. We have an opportunity to redefine aged care in New Zealand, starting here in the South.

“By donating now, people can be part of the legacy to give those living with dementia freedom, a sense of purpose and better health and wellbeing outcomes.”