Visions of a Helping Hand Charitable Trust is a Rotorua charity at 320 Malfroy Road in Pomare. It was set up in 2017 after one of its founders saw a mother and her children living on the shores of Lake Rotorua. The trust runs on donations and government funding, and it provides housing and wraparound support for whānau in Rotorua, including mental health support, addiction treatment, cooking, parenting and budgeting advice. Its team includes social workers, youth mentors, counsellors, kaimahi Māori and navigators. The trust's values are whakawhanaungatanga, manaakitanga, pono, aroha, whakamana and rangatiratanga.
The trust says it has helped whānau move from motels into safe homes and parents into work, and that it visits families once they move into permanent housing. During the COVID-19 lockdown it rented motels in Rotorua and Taupō for temporary accommodation. The trust received a Lion's International Award and a Global Humanitarian Award in 2020. Its founder, Tiny Deane, stepped down as CEO after eight years.