A bit about us
Meat the Need is a brand new nationally based charity originally designed to supply much needed meat to City Missions and food banks. This Meat is donated by farmers, processed, packed and delivered to those most in need.
Whilst there has been a need for a charity like this, to date there has been nothing to connect the dots between a willing farmer with the livestock and the community organisations with the demand in a regular, reliable supply.
Siobhan O'Malley
Wayne Langford

CHEYENNE WILSON

JULIA JONES

RICHARD LUXTON

JESSIE CHAN
A Peek into our process
Talk to farmers
Farmers are generous and caring community members, and they let us know they want to donate cash or livestock to feeding NZ families.
Collect the Animal
- Together, Meat the Need and Silver Fern Farms arrange the collection and processing of the donated livestock from the farmer.
Link the need
Meat the Need staff speak with community organisations who feed vulnerable New Zealanders and we arrange the safe and regular delivery of our donated meat to them.
Deliver the goods
Through our distribution network, we deliver frozen meat to key locations around NZ that can send out smaller quantities when our community organisations need it. We monitor to make sure our deliveries are timely and respond to changing demand from our food banks and organisations.
Share the results
Communicate with our partners, sponsors and donors the impact that our charity is making as regularly as we are able, via our website and email newsletter, as well as our social media platforms. We want to ensure that each kilogram of meat donated reaches the families in need.