The Giving Place - Where healing grows wild and hope runs deep
By: Neighbour Paper | Source: Neighbour Media
Something remarkable is blooming in Mount Albert. Lavender fields sway in the summer, breeze, rescue animals roam freely, and handmade hearts dangle from trees.
This is the Giving Place - a sanctuary born not from wealth or ease, but heartbreak, hope, and a vision that refused to fade.
For founder Leanne, life's unravelling became the beginning of everything. A newly-divorced mother of three, pregnant, and on early bed rest, she found herself stripped of stability.
From that stillness, a dream emerged: to create a place where people can give and receive without pressure.
July 1st, 2025