Abilities Group
Abilities Group is a non-profit, incorporated society dedicated to enriching the lives of people with disabilities through meaningful work.
About Us
Abilities is an Incorporated Society, established in 1959 to employ people with disabilities and provide work for them in as near normal conditions as possible. As part of the normalisation of working conditions we employ able-bodied people alongside the disabled. Around 70% of our staff have a disability of some kind.
We supply a contract labour force to manufacturers, distributors, importers, retailers and many other commercial sectors providing a solution to immediate needs without affecting your existing internal resources. We're also involved in numerous recycling activities.
Our Vision
Enriching the lives of people with disabilities.
Our Mission
Creating meaningful work opportunities for people with disabilities in New Zealand.
Our Motto
Caring for Our People and Your Environment
Our Environment
A large proportion of Abilities’ work involves resource recovery and recycling of paper and cardboard, metals, plastics and waste electronic components. Our technical division Abmech is involved in the refurbishing and reuse of electronic equipment.
Recently, we have played key roles in both national and regional government recycling initiatives of analogue TVs, other electronic waste and soft plastics waste. We also service many private enterprises in the Auckland region.
Our People
We currently employ 120 people with disabilities and 30 highly dedicated support staff. Each of our staff members has different needs and abilities. This determines the kind of work and environment each is best suited to.
Our staff are our most important focus, as are their ongoing wellbeing and development so they can be effective and content in their work and livelihoods. Each year we undertake a number of programmes aimed at the health and wellbeing or our staff.
Our Services
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Abilities Group is one of the foremost organisations when it comes to the proper recycling of old electronic and electrical equipment (E-Waste). Currently, Abilities Group diverts in excess of 4000 tonnes of material from landfill through this process
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Packing of products, imported or locally manufactured; from bulk shipping to retail manufacturing. Assembly of your products from. parts supplied. Examples of this include gift hampers, accessory kits and more.
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Certified secure destruction of branded items, customs-rejected import loads, damaged products, returns, etc.
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Abilities also provides the service to recycle clean and dry polystyrene
Connect With Us
91 Hillside Road,
Glenfield, Auckland 0627
Hours
Wednesday–Friday
7.00am–4.30pm
Phone
+64 (9) 444-0611
Facebook
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