Cholmondeley is a place full of acceptance, caring and hope. Cholmondeley supports the children of Canterbury when their parents cannot. The children Cholmondeley cares for are aged between 3 and 12 years. They come from families with issues ranging from severe illness, substance abuse and addiction, financial stress, mental health issues even death of one parent. Cholmondeley has been supporting the children of Canterbury for 85 years.

Cholmondeley is the only community based respite provider left in New Zealand and one of a few international facilities of its kind left. This makes Cholmondeley truly unique. This means that parents can contact Cholmondeley direct to ask for assistance. They don't have to go through any another social service provider or state provider.

An average of 20 children a day stay at Cholmondeley for an average of 10 days. Usually around 80% of referrals are from Christchurch, the rest coming from wider Canterbury and other South Island provinces.

Over the last 85 years Cholmondeley estimates it will have looked after around 25,000 children.