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December 2024 Lower South Caregiver News
December 2024 Lower South Caregiver NewsStacey Penrose Mobile: 027 501 0392 Email: southsupport@caringfamilies.org.nzKia Ora Otago and Southland! Christmas is nearly here already, how fast has this year gone? It has been a busy year with so many highlights including...
The Christmas Conundrum
The Christmas ConundrumChristmas can be confronting. Triggering, as well as joyful. Testing and exhausting, but heart-warming too. The business of Christmas has a habit of invading our senses, pulling up a comfy chair and settling in from the beginning of November...
December Self-Care
December Self-CareWhat are you doing this busy season to look after yourself? Here are some simple ideas, that don’t take up too much time, but can make all the difference to your wellbeing when the days become frantic! 🎄Buy yourself a Christmas gift. 🎄Indulge in a...
Face Your Future 2023
Face Your Future 2023From 27-28 September 2023, we held a fantastic Face your Future event in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland). It was a busy, but fun two days for rangatahi in care, hosted by our corporate partner L’Oréal with support from VOYCE Whakarongo Mai and Caring...
CEO Message November 2024
CEO Message November 2024Kia ora It is hard to believe we’ve arrived at November and Christmas is just over seven weeks away! We have had some lovely warm weather lately, a real taste of summer and the long, lazy days to come. I hope you all enjoyed Labour weekend and...
November 2024 Upper North Caregiver News
November 2024 Caregiver News: Upper North RegionNyvonne Krause Acting Care Manager M: 027 501 0395Kia ora koutou, Oh crikey where has the year gone? Is it really only 8 weeks until Christmas? I promised myself last year that I would be better organised, but organised,...
November 2024 Auckland Caregiver News
November 2024 Caregiver News: Auckland RegionChristie McGiven Auckland Regional Coordinator 0800 693 323 or 027 538 9691 Kia ora e hoa mā, There’s been a lot of highlights over the last month or two for me: I enjoyed a relaxing wander on Browns Bay Beach with our...
November 2024 Auckland South Caregiver News
November 2024 Auckland South Caregiver NewsNyvonne KrauseActing Auckland South Regional Coordinator027 501 0395Kia ora koutou katoa, Well, what a whirlwind of a year it has been. We have had Summer in Winter and Winter in Spring - it seems even mother earth is feeling...
November 2024 Central North Caregiver News
November 2024 Central North Caregiver NewsChristine FrostCentral North Regional CoordinatorPh: 07 281 1137Mob: 027 501 0393With all the changes happening around our country and the day-to-day difficulties we face in this most extraordinary role as a caregiver, it is...
November 2024 East Coast Caregiver News
November 2024 East Coast Caregiver NewsMegan Fitzgibbon Care Manager 0800 693 323Kia ora East Coast caregivers! Please join us in wishing the very best to James Uri, our Regional Coordinator for the East Coast, as he leaves Caring Families Aotearoa. We know that James...
November 2024 North West Caregiver News
November 2024 North West Caregiver NewsEbony Phillips North West Regional Coordinator M: 027 501 0394Tena Koutou Katoa What a full-on couple of months we have had at Caring Families Aotearoa! Conference was a blast! It was a privilege to be hosting our members and...
November 2024 Lower North Caregiver News
November 2024 Lower North Caregiver NewsEbony Phillips Lower North Regional Coordinator M: 027 501 0394 lowernorth@caringfamilies.org.nzTēnā Koutou Katoa What a full-on couple of months we had at our Caring Families Aotearoa National Conference, it was a blast! It was...
November 2024 Canterbury Caregiver News
Canterbury Regional Coordinator Lisa Watson 03 470 1277 / 027 501 0005Kia ora Caring Families Aotearoa Canterbury! I am thrilled to be introducing myself as the new Canterbury Regional Coordinator for Caring Families Aotearoa. I came onboard at the perfect time; I was...
November 2024 Lower South Caregiver News
November 2024 Lower South Caregiver NewsStacey Penrose Mobile: 027 501 0392 Email: southsupport@caringfamilies.org.nzKia Ora Otago and Southland! What a winter we have had this year with the cold temperatures, massive amounts of rain and to top it off some amazing...
CEO Message October 2024
CEO Message October 2024Kia ora I am writing this column on my return from Ōtautahi Christchurch after a very busy, but hugely successful Caring Families Aotearoa national conference. We hosted over 160 caregivers and professionals over two days, creating...
CEO Message September 2024
CEO Message September 2024Kia ora Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads who are raising their children with love, patience and a good dose of fun. You’re doing such an important job - we all need fathers and father figures in our lives and what you say and do will mean...