:: ACHIEVEMENT HOUSE has provided opportunities for the disabled community in the Waikato since our foundation in 1976.
Our purpose has always been to provide vocational and work opportunities, and to provide the chance to enjoy social interactions in the Kemuti / Cambridge community.
Established in 1976 as the Cambridge Disabled Sheltered Workshop, our organisation initially worked out of the Salvation Army Hall and then in a building in Shakespeare St, Kemureti / Cambridge.
Achievement House also provided residential support for people with intellectual disabilities.
In March 1985, we took on the lease of our current building in Wilson St, Cambridge.
We called it Achievement House.
In 2009, we agreed to buy the property, taking on a commercial loan to help pay for it. We also sold a residential property in Hamilton Rd to help fund the purchase.
Due to the deinstitutionalisation process and with new community providers opening, we no longer needed to provide the same level of residential support.
In January 2021, we finished repaying the loan, and we now own the property and building debt-free.
We updated our constitution in 2022, changing our name to Cambridge Disability Enterprise Inc.
We believe this better describes who we are and what we do.
We run Achievement House as a disability enterprise, providing mahi / work for disabled people and offering services to businesses that outsource the assembly, collation, labelling and packaging of small, lightweight components.
Our disability enterprise model enables disabled people to engage in mahi / work to achieve all the benefits and ordinary life outcomes that come from working.
The income from our industry supply contracts adds to the money we get through government-funded disability support contracts and our fundraising efforts.
As a not-for-profit organisation, we re-invest this industry income directly into our organisation, supporting our efforts to sustain our services to disabled people.
Aotearoa Disability Enterprises
Achievement House is one of 11 similar services in New Zealand, a group that identifies as Aotearoa Disability Enterprises.
You can help Achievement House in the following ways:
:: Use our services
Outsourcing to us makes good commercial sense.
Our staff are specialists in the assembly, collation, labelling and packaging of small, lightweight components.
They can handle all types of jobs from short runs to large repetitive projects (we’ve managed projects of more than 30,000 items). We operate with rigid quality controls.
If you have a business or know someone whose business requires these services, please get in touch so we can find out more, and provide a quote.
READ MORE: The services we provide for our industry partners >>>>
:: Help us operate
There are many different ways you can help us run Achievement House.
Many local companies and service organisations have helped over the years — whether it’s with donations, providing goods or services at cost or for free, helping with specialist advice or with muffins and morning tea!
:: Become a ‘Friend of Achievement House’
We have a number of individuals in the community who like what we do, and support us by making regular donations.
Please contact us, and we’ll be glad to explain how this works.
:: Sponsorship
We have sponsorship opportunities for businesses who want to make a difference within our community, and who would be proud to be associated with Achievement House.
Let’s talk.
:: Donate
You can make a donation to Achievement House at any time using online banking.
Charity name: Cambridge Disability Enterprise Inc.
Charity number: CC33153
NZBN: 9429 0426 01876
IRD: 298 697 701
ANZ account: 01 0450 0074680 002
:: Engage
One of the key aims of Achievement House is to help people with disabilities connect with and enjoy being part of their local community through working.
Your ability to acknowledge and engage in everyday interactions, with conversation, can make a huge difference.
:: Governance
We have an active group of volunteers who provide governance skills as board members. If you believe you have appropriate skills and experience and are motivated to help, please let us know.
He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tāngata! He tāngata! He tāngata!
What is the most important thing in the world? It is the people! It is the people! It is the people!
