Beautification Trust is a local social enterprise at 38 Holmes Road in Manurewa, working across South and East Auckland since 2001. Its work covers beautification projects, community events, zero waste programmes and environmental education, with a focus on helping communities learn to love and look after the environment. Its programmes include Eye on Nature Creative Arts, in which South and East Auckland children create artworks about caring for the environment, and the Boomer Shed, a programme whose members the trust features in its news.
The trust removes graffiti: residents who report a tag in their community are told it will be removed within one to three days, and the team removes hundreds of tags a week across South and East Auckland. The trust says it took three awards at the 2degrees Auckland Business Awards South and East: Employer of the Year, Excellence in Sustainability and the Supreme Business Excellence Award. It describes its employment practices as including Living Wage accreditation and flexible working as the default. For someone in Manurewa or South and East Auckland who wants a local group working on the environment and on graffiti, the trust is a community organisation to know about.