Head to Shed 6, this Sat­urday 4 August, 8am-6pm,  for the DCM Book­fair  (the largest of its kind in Wel­ling­ton) sup­port­ing an amaz­ing cause – end­ing home­less­ness. Yes, go shop­ping for books and every cent you spend helps most mar­gin­al­ised people in our city.

DCM Bookfair 2018

Book­fair is full of solu­tions to bore­dom at spec­tac­u­lar prices. Yes there are books, so many books, but you’ll also find CDs, DVDs, Vinyl, Games, Stamps, Jig­saw puzzles, vin­tage com­ics & a delight­ful kids sec­tion.  For 22 years DCM’s Book­fair has grown and become an icon­ic event. But just like the people DCM sup­ports – for whom there are not enough houses – DCM’s Book­fair has found itself without a place to sort books with the redevel­op­ment of Shelly Bay. So this could be the last ever Book­fair.

DCM exists because Wel­ling­ton needs them. Home­less­ness is increas­ing in our city. Last year more than 1000 people came to DCM for sup­port; over the last five years, the num­ber of people com­ing to DCM who are exper­i­en­cing home­less­ness has ris­en by 38 per­cent. Even more con­cern­ing, the num­ber of people who are “without shel­ter” (sleep­ing rough or liv­ing in cars) has more than doubled.

Book­fair is DCM’s most sig­ni­fic­ant annu­al fun­drais­ing activ­ity.

If you can­’t make it to Book­fair but want to sup­port the work DCM does here’s a handy link to all the ways you can sup­port DCM includ­ing easy online dona­tions