We are a not for profit organisation with more than 30 years experience in the disability sector. Our services are individualised and led by the people we work for. Based in Hamilton and the Bay of Plenty, we work with communities throughout the middle of the North Island.
Ko Taatou Teenei is a leadership development group made up of people supported by Community Living.
Te Kotahitanga is a dedicated group within Community Living that aims to identify a safe cultural pathway for the organization.
The group provides guidance and advice to management, staff, and whanau, ensuring that tikanga (cultural practices) are embedded within the community.
Te Kotahitanga works to improve relationships among members, strengthen external stakeholder networks, and celebrate all cultures where appropriate. The group is accountable to the Leadership Team and includes diverse representatives committed to its purpose and mahi.
Meet the Team
Chief Executive
GM – Professional Services
GM - Community Choices
GM - People and Capability
GM - Property & Projects
GM - Finance
Our History
Community Living has been supporting people with disabilities for over thirty years. Beginning at the present and working backwards, here is a brief history of our organisation:
Community Living Limited is a provider of services for people with a disability in the midlands region, including the Bay of Plenty.
On 1 July 2012, the Board made a decision to split Community Living Trust into two separate entities: Community Living Trust and Community Living Limited. This decision was made in order to protect the assets of the organisation for the people we support and to set us up for the future direction of social support in New Zealand.
Our behaviour support, family, residential, vocational and therapy services were introduced in 1990 and we began providing consultant therapy services across the whole Midland region in 1998.
By the early nineties, Community Living Trust’s original mandate to support people with intellectual disabilities from Tokanui Hospital had extended to include people who had no previous associations with an institution. Our services began to evolve and develop in direct response to their needs.
Between June 1989 and October 1993, Community Living Trust assisted approximately 180 people to leave Tokanui Hospital and operated primarily as a case management agency. With the formation of the Regional Health Authority (now the Ministry of Health), responsibility for the planning and funding of community placements transferred to them and Community Living Trust’s role shifted to that of a service provider.
Community Living Trust was initially established in April 1989 by the Waikato Area Health Board (now the Ministry of Health), to support people with intellectual disabilities to leave the institutionalised care model of Tokanui Hospital and live amongst their local community.
Listen to Our Waiata
Te tiakina oranga Haapori
Te tiakina oranga Haapori
E karanga atu he taakoha nei
Ngaa aahua hei whakaatu ana
Te haa te mauri me te aroha
Hei tuku mahi tuku whare papa nei ee
Whakatika whanonga he mirimiri haere
Anei ra he tu tangata te roopu pai rawa
Te tiakina oranga Haa-pori ee
Te tiakina oranga Haa-pori ee
Community Living Trust
Announces that there is available
The options that are available
The life breath, the life force, the love
Delivering a range of supports to people
Here we are, the group proud of being
The Community Living Trust
The Community Living Trust
Strategy 2024-2027
In 2023 and 2024 we engaged our community with our Future Focus sessions. People we support, their families and whaanau, and staff were invited to one of many sessions to discuss their experiences, wants, dislikes and needs in independently facilitated sessions.
We looked at our purpose, our services, how we work, and our culture and community. Questions included what we could do better and what we do well.
Services and supports are directed by disabled people, their families and whaanau.
Achieving our vision depends on partnering effectively with disabled people, families and whaanau, and our communities.
We listen to and amplify the many voices of the people we support.
We’re not afraid to try new things and we empower our teams to bring solutions. When something doesn’t work, we’ll own up and find a better way.
We’re focused on achieving better outcomes for people. We will measure and report our impact, so it’s clear what difference we’re making.
