Home and Family - Te Whare Manaaki Tangata
Measurable Change to Ensure all Children are Safe, Cherished and their Potential is Nurtured
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Our vision is that all tamariki experience a safe and positive childhood. In service of this, we build the life skills, confidence, and self-belief to live lives free from anxiety, stress, depression, and behavioural and mental health issues.
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Reach out to us
By post:
Home & Family Charitable Trust
PO Box 287
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand
Telephone: 021 101 1438
Email: contact@homeandfamily.net.nz
Nā te raranga te kete tuatinitini e waihanga hei tiaki i ngā taonga e kawea
Through weaving many strands a basket is formed to protect what's within
As New Zealand’s second oldest charity, our services result in measurable change to ensure all children are safe, cherished and their potential is nurtured. We provide direct, measurable change to the lives of over 1300 children and their parents/caregivers annually. Our work reduces the systemic cycle of maltreatment, violence and abuse of children.
Mā wai rā te tautoko nei - Who we help
Pēpi
We support pēpi from newborn to 5 years old through our SafeCare programme.
https://www.homeandfamily.net.nz/who-we-help/pepi/
Tamariki
Tamariki aged 5 to 12 years old receive support through our Child & Adolescent Wellbeing services and Whānau Safety services.
https://www.homeandfamily.net.nz/who-we-help/tamariki/
Rangatahi
Rangatahi aged 12 to 18 years old receive support through our Child & Adolescent Wellbeing services and Whānau Safety services.
https://www.homeandfamily.net.nz/who-we-help/rangatahi/
Whānau
We create strong, resilient families through our Kōmanawa, Child & Adolescent Wellbeing and Whānau Safety services.
https://www.homeandfamily.net.nz/who-we-help/whanau/
Me pēhea te awhiu atu - How we help - click links below
Haumanu Tamariki - Child & Adolescent Wellbeing
Kōmanawa - Parenting Services
Te Whakahihikotanga - Why we help
The need for family-focused, holistic, evidence-based services such as ours in Canterbury is well documented. The significant events of the Christchurch earthquakes in 2011 and the March 15th terror attacks of 2019 have had a lasting effect on our children’s lives.
Research by the University of Canterbury in 2017 found that 80% of Christchurch primary school children exhibit at least some symptoms of PTSD; this is a marked difference from the rest of the country and can reduce children’s readiness to learn. While this is linked to the earthquakes and subsequent anxiety and instability which surrounded most Christchurch children’s early lives, these problems are exacerbated in children in the East of Christchurch. Statistics show that among this group of children and youth, 43 per cent suffer from low self-esteem, 28 per cent have self-harmed, 36 per cent suffer from high anxiety or depression, and 36 per cent felt no sense of belonging.
In our more than 120 years of operation, we have consistently adapted to meet the needs of our community, meaning our services play a unique, essential and relevant part in protecting childhoods and creating stronger families and communities.
Did you know?
295000 children in Aotearoa live beneath the poverty line
On average, 15 children a day in New Zealand are placed in care
Police in Canterbury receive a domestic violence call out every four minutes
Nearly half the people living in women’s refuges in Aotearoa are children
New Zealand has the highest youth suicide rate in the developed world
In 2017, 80% of primary school-aged children in Christchurch displayed symptoms of PTSD
Children with a parent in prison are five times more likely than their peers to commit crimes
