About The Trust
Kiwi
Family Trust was formed in February 2002 and is a registered
incorporated charitable trust with the express aim of ‘Helping
People to Help Themselves.’
The
key purposes of the organisation are:
To
develop and maintain services for training and education
to promote the health and welfare of children, youths,
young adults and family/whanau throughout New Zealand.
To
provide training and services to promote the health
and welfare of children, youths, young adults and family/whanau
throughout New Zealand.
To
encourage and support services in the community
which meet any of the previously mentioned objectives.
To
encourage and support services which provide
services to reduce suicide, accident and abuse of children,
youths,
young adults, men and women.
What
geographical area does the trust service?
The
trust delivers services throughout New Zealand. This is
coordinated through the Central Office in Christchurch.
How
is the trust funded?
The
Kiwi Family Trust is primarily donation based. This occurs
by way of phone and public donations, philanthropic trusts
and sponsorship. The trust has also been contracted to
deliver training and education programmes for individual
agencies, community organisations etc.
Who
uses our services?
Youth
and Adults.
Family/whanau,
friends, partners, teachers and carers.
Individuals
with a disability, injury, chronic illness, addiction
and/or have experience of mental illness.
Community,
social and health service employees and volunteers.
Government
and Non-Government Organisations.
What
services does the trust currently provide?
Currently
the Kiwi Family Trust provide a range of educational and
training workshops and programmes targeted at family/whanau
and the organisations, groups or individuals that support
them e.g.
Life
Skills
Workshops |
Target
Groups |
Self-
Respect |
All |
Poverty
Consciousness |
All |
How
to understand Teenagers |
Family/Whanau
and people who work with or support youth |
Positive
programming for teenagers |
Youth
and Family |
Precognitive
Power |
All |
Teachers
and Carers |
People
who work with or support youth and adults |
Self-Awareness
Programmes |
Target
Groups |
Tri-Impact |
Employers
and employees providing services to family/whanau – community,
social and health sectors |
The
Youth Matrix |
Youth |
Barrier
Breaking |
People
with a disability, injury, chronic illness, addiction
and/or have experience of mental illness |
Self-Discovery |
Family/whanau,
youth and people who work with or support family/whanau
or youth. |
Parents-To-Be |
New
and expectant parents |
Kool Kidz Anti-bullying/Self-awareness |
10 years and up |
All
our training has been designed to give family/whanau the
necessary tools to achieve the following outcomes:
To
improve communication and understanding.
To
be empowered to move forward.
To
be able to recognise and use their strengths and
abilities.
To be able to reduce their own stress at
home and in the
workplace.
To
increase their self respect, self worth and
self confidence.
To make positive changes in their lives.
To
be stronger, happier and better equipped
to cope
with
the day to day challenges in their lives.
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