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 >>

Nikki's Story

“Mentoring enabled me to build my confidence, and now I’m able to go out and mix with other people in the community; and able to cope – doing things that I was not able to do before, such as grocery shopping.”

Nikki is very enthusiastic about what mentoring has done for her and would thoroughly recommend mentoring for other people. 

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