The Pride Project is a community led support initiative run out of The Pride Project community house in Clendon within Manurewa. It works to combat anti-social activity and support people with complex needs who are falling through the cracks.

We are a registered Charitable Trust, we have a board of trustees made up of six reputable community leaders, a staff of fifteen including three management members, six Hope Navigators and six much valued volunteers.

Proudly our Kaupapa of Hope Navigation has seen four people employed on our team who were previously long-term beneficiaries

We believe that having the opportunity to have pride in your place is empowering and even if everything else is overwhelming at the moment having the control over the appearance of your whare is Mana enhancing

Clendon/Manurewa is a community that suffers from high levels of deprivation, inter-generational poverty, over-crowding in homes particularly among its majority of Māori and Pacific households. Our understanding of our community comes from our local knowledge. We deal with the failings and silo-effects of the dominant socio-economic and political system and what we do is not about filling gaps but building an alternative healing system of well being around Manurewa people as individuals, whanau, hapu and as a kainga. We are immersed in Kaupapa Māori; it is a deeply held foundation, as well as an expression of what we do and why.