The Hereford St hotel is owned and operated by the YMCA Christchurch. It is helping to fund a youth technology centre, programmes for adults with special needs and disabilities, adult rehabilitation, and a specialist fitness and well-being team.
RNZ Nine To Noon host Kathryn Ryan spoke to YMCA chief executive Josie Ogden Schroeder about the hotel, how it works and what it gives back:
The newly refurbished hotel next to the Botanic Gardens remained open throughout the level 4 lockdown as an essential business. It boasts a large range of accommodation options, including self-contained apartments, deluxe ensuite rooms, classic single or double rooms, and dorm rooms.
As a social enterprise, all profits are re-invested back into vulnerable members of the community. In Christchurch, the YMCA helps to run youth programmes and services, a weekly activity programme for adults with special needs and disabilities, and rehabilitation programmes for older adults.
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