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In Aotearoa New Zealand, we are part of a collective who are fighting for the voices of children to be heard, who support children’s rights and who want more families to stay together. Are you looking for community? Looking for events and webinars? Or, are you a practitioner looking for connection? These organisations in Aotearoa are doing incredible work to support children, young people and families with care-experience.
Webinars
We’ve been collaborating with The Children’s Rights Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand on a number of important webinars. Watch the most recent recording, and sign up to join the next one, below.
Past
Strengthening kinship care: upholding the rights of children and their families/whānau
This webinar featured our two head researchers Dr. Michelle Egan-Bitran and Dr. Braden Clarke, Dr Luke Fitzmaurice-Brown and Dr Kerri Cleaver, as they dove into the findings of our recent research report into Kinship Care in Aotearoa. The hour included engaging discussions and insights to dive into our research, and raise awareness for the importance of kinship care and more. Watch it below!
Community
These organisations in Aotearoa are doing incredible work to support children, young people and families with care-experience. Looking for support? They can help.
VOYCE
Whakarongo Mai
VOYCE – Whakarongo Mai are officially a member of the Family For Every Child network. VOYCE believes every young person is a taonga. They help tamariki and rangatahi in care to live with the aroha, safety and respect they deserve. They also support young people to have their voices heard, their needs met, and their rights upheld.
Pillars Ka Pou Whakahou
Pillars Ka Pou Whakahou is a charity that actively supports the tamariki and whānau of people in prison or those serving a community-based sentence. Their Social Workers and Mentoring Coordinators are committed to supporting children and young people to work towards their goals and stride into the future with confidence.
Children’s Rights Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand (CRAANZ)
Family For Every Child are a part of CRAANZ, the collective voice for children’s rights in Aotearoa, working towards a New Zealand where all our children and tamariki are cared for, respected and protected. All children deserve to have what they need, and participate in their own lives, families, whānau, communities and wider society.
Caring Families Aotearoa
Caring Families Aotearoa (formerly Fostering Kids New Zealand) is a non-government organisation, formed in 1976 to help caregiving families. They exist to support the thousands of children in care in Aotearoa, by supporting their caregivers. Caring Families Aotearoa helps children heal.
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (GRG)
GRG have a vision for a community where grandparents raising grandchildren are empowered to provide a safe, secure and nurturing home for their grandchildren. They are a critical support network for kinship carers in Aotearoa.
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