Curtain Banks

We can help you keep your home warmer and healthier by providing curtains for your home – free of charge. We have curtain banks in Hawke’s Bay, Gisborne, Tauranga, Whakatane, Manawatu/ Whanganui and Invercargill.

If you have a Community Services Card, or are eligible to have one, ask for a referral form from the following agencies: 

• Age Concern
• Birthright Hawke’s Bay
• Health Hawke’s Bay Healthy Home
• Christian Love Link, Napier Family Centre
• Presbyterian Support East Coast
• Te Taiwhenua o Heretaung
• Te Kupenga Hauora – Ahuriri 
• The Salvation Army

• Bay of Plenty Curtain Bank

  We have two curtain banks in this region:

  1.       Western Bay of Plenty Curtain Bank (Mt Maunganui)

  2.       Eastern Bay of Plenty Curtain Bank (Whakatane)

   

  Curtain donations:

  The Curtain Banks can provide their service through the donation of good quality* thermally lined curtains from the public, hotels and businesses (no nets or Roman Blinds please). If you can donate, please ensure the following:

  • the curtains are not mouldy, if part of the curtain has mould on it, you can cut that part off before bringing it in
  • the curtains are in a decent state of cleanliness
  • there are no holes in the curtains
  • the curtains are thermally lined or are a good quality fabric (unlined)
  • the curtain bank does not receive nets or tracks

  Please bring your curtains for donation during the following timings:

  Western Bay of Plenty Curtain Bank: 

  • Wednesday 9am – 12pm at The Hillier Centre, 31 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui

  Eastern Bay of Plenty Curtain Bank:

  • Monday- Friday 9am-4pm at Arrow Accounting, 5 Richardson Street, Whakatane

   

  Curtains Request:

  Please ask for a referral form from one of the following agencies:

  1.       Western Bay of Plenty (Mt Maunganui)

  • Sustainability Options Ph: 07 544 1882
  • Tauranga Community Housing Trust Ph: 0800 548 248

   

  2.       Eastern Bay of Plenty (Whakatane)

  • Tauranga Community Housing Trust Ph: 0800 548 248
  • Whakatohea Iwi Social Ph: 07 315 6042
  • Health Services
  • Te Runanga O Te Whanau Ph: 07 325 2726

• Regional contact information

  Bay of Plenty - Westernbay@redcross.org.nz

  East Coast - CurtainBankHB@redcross.org.nz

  Taranaki - Shirley.Birt@redcross.org.nz

  Manawatū/Whanganui - Antoinette.Stratford@redcross.org.nz

  Wairarapa - Jo.McDonald@redcross.org.nz

  Wellington - Erica.Herron@redcross.org.nz

  Tasman/Marlborough - Jesse.Bisch@redcross.org.nz

  Canterbury North  - Jacky.Martin@redcross.org.nz

  Canterbury Mid-South - Kathy.Oneill@redcross.org.nz

  West Coast - Mandy.Steele@redcross.org.nz

  Otago - Steve.King@redcross.org.nz

  Southland - Callum.Clark@redcross.org.nz

Volunteer at our curtain banks and help families keep their houses cozy and warm.