Family Mentoring | Helping Assist Families


Parents,
You’re Not Alone!
Mō ngā Mātua,
He tautoko mā koutou

Everybody needs a little help at some time in their lives. This is especially true for parents and caregivers raising young families. Whether it is learning about managing a child’s behaviour and providing boundaries, feeding your family well on your weekly budget, managing challenging family situations, connecting with others in your community or just needing someone to talk too. Fresh Perspective is there to help.

Ahakoa te hiahia o ngā mātua me ngā mātua whāngai kia whakapakari ā rātou mōhio ki te tiaki tamariki, ngā aukati pai, ā rātou whakarite ia wiki, hohou I te rongo, te tūhonohono tangata I roto I te hāpori me te mea whai hoa mō rātou ko ngākau rānei, ānei te Kapua Pipī, te āwhina me te tautoko mā koutou.

Fresh Perspective is a subsidiary service of the Open Home Foundation developing a network of family mentoring services in partnerships with various Christian churches throughout New Zealand. This free mentoring service aims to help parent(s)/caregiver(s) in families to recognise their strengths and abilities and to link them with supports that are available in their community to improve their lives and their parenting. More >>

Jane's* story

*name changed by request

My contact with Fresh Perspective was a result of my complete desperation. My daughter had a health issue that was severely impacting on her emotional wellbeing and although support for her was quickly able to be instigated, once identified as necessary, support for those left in her wake was not. Two and half years of Cyclone Daughter had left our family, self esteem and belief in my ability to mother, in rubble.

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