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While participating in The Big Give volunteer project at Christchurch's Styx River Catchment, the Student Volunteer Army were also one of the first to use Eco Gard plant protectors, the brainchild of 12-year-old entrepreneur Julia Christensen.

Citycare Property's Wellington team were approached by Wellington Airport to see if they could paint a giant rainbow on the northern embankment of the runway. The 250m x 15m rainbow took three days to complete and will last for a few weeks.

Reaching further into its Community Guardians platform, Citycare and the Sir Peter Blake Trust has completed a huge clean-up event in Auckland’s south, which was delivered by 1000+ Year 9 and 10 students from Auckland Grammar School as part of the celebration of the school’s 150th anniversary year.

Obsolete equipment and materials from around Christchurch is getting a new lease on life at a special needs children’s playground in New Brighton’s Rawhiti Doman.

The freshly mown parks and school grounds around Randwick Park in South Auckland hold a special meaning for many in the local community.

More than 1,000 schools and 32,000 students throughout New Zealand have signed up to become community guardians, as part of an initiative that will turn classrooms into volunteer armies.​

Community Guardians, the collaboration between Citycare Group and the Student Volunteer Army, was honoured at last week’s New Zealand Recreation Association (NZRA) Awards, being named ‘Outstanding Community Recreation Programme’.

​Citycare Group was instrumental in helping architecture students from all over Australasia bring their designs to life during FESTA, Christchurch's Festival of Transitional Architecture.

A new collaboration between Citycare Group and Student Volunteer Army will capture the remarkable community spirit evident after a disaster, and scale that spirit into a sustained national movement.