Our patron is Avenal McKinnon, the Director of the NZ Portrait Gallery. Avenal has an MA Hons in English Literature, MA Art History from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London UK.
Avenal has been the Ambassador for the YWCA of Greater Wellington since 2008.
“The needs are great but the team at the ‘Y’ have all the willpower and
determination to make a difference and to stay relevant, to improve the
dialogue, to collaborate with other organisations and to ensure financial viability”.
“We at the YWCA have a responsibility to prepare and position ourselves to become more active in terms of facing many of the problems facing our community. We are challenged to think creatively about how we might improve upon and extend our scope for fresh and more productive ways of helping our society”.
