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South Taranaki Whānau Centre

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Providing a safe

and supportive friendly environment for the empowerment of Families and Whānau

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The South Taranaki Women’s Centre was established in 2001. The centre was renamed in 2018 to the South Taranaki Whānau Centre, to move with the times and be more inclusive to all our Whanau and community. The centre has a warm inviting friendly atmosphere, which we pride ourselves in, so our clients feel comfortable and relaxed when entering.

 

Our purpose and strategy at the Whānau Centre is to provide a safe and supportive friendly environment for the empowerment of our families and Whānau. Our focus is on our clients and what is happening for them currently, supporting their choices in a non-judgmental way with the decisions they make.

 

 We are located at 56 Disraeli Street in Hāwera. 

Centre hours are: 

Monday 9am- 4pm

Tuesday 9am - 4pm

Wednesday 9am - 4pm

Thursday 9am - 4pm

Closed Fridays

Phone 06 278 3260 or 0272399831

Email: admin@stwc-hawera.org

Web: www.stwc-hawera.org

You can find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/stwchawera

South Taranaki Whānau Centre

Surviving Parenting

 Mums, Dads, Caregivers, Grandparents.

Covers from 1 upwards.

This is a 8 week programme which covers: What messages did we receive from our parents?, Effects of Family Violence on our children, Nutritional needs: Ages and stages, Keeping our children safe, Your Rights as a parent, Natural and Logical consequences, Parents united in Parenting, 

We can get Taranaki Community Law in to talk around court terms like day to day care and guardianship and other family court terms.

 

 Raising Complex kids

This is a 4 week programme offering tools and strategies for parents raising complex kids  and tackling common misconceptions. 

 Pre/Teen Self Confidence

This is a 3 week programme for Teens to learn accepting themselves as they are, how to say NO to peer pressures. 

Programme Covers:

What is self confidence - My strengths and goals

Safety using the internet/Social media

Dealing with Bulling and so much more

 

 Women's Self Confidence

This is a 4 week programme is for Women looking to boost their Self Confidence to reach their goals and dreams.

What is Self-Confidence - Our Strengths and goals, Practice Self care, Combating Self Consciousness, Assertiveness.

 

 Managing my Anxiety programme for Adults and Teens

This is a 4 week programme. We have a separate programme for Adults and Teens that are coping with anxiety. The programme covers how we see our anxiety and gives us tools on different ways of managing day to day events and situations. Please give us a call for dates and times for this programme. 

 Free services and programmes we offer at the Centre

Social Work Support 

Covers Family Harm, Mental Health, Emotional Wellbeing,

Anxiety / PTSD

Support for Men/Counselling

Covers Family Harm, Mental Health, Emotional Wellbeing,

Anxiety / PTSD

 

Couples Counselling Service

Needing some support around relationship, communication

We can provide a Male or Female Specialist

Fee $50 per session

Payment required on the day by either Cash or Direct Credit

By appointment only

Clients feedback about our services 

Teen Self Confidence:

"We talked about bullying and how social media impacts us"

"I learnt some good strategies, if your friend is encouraging you to do something that you should not do"

"I learnt tips about what to do if you are being bullied or peer pressures from friends"


Women Self Confidence:

"Thankyou for the time you have put into this and for making us feel safe and comfortable"

"What I say is valuable and I can say No"

"I have learned how to have empathy and compassion towards others"

"When I started I thought I did not need this and thought my self esteem was good, but I found I needed a little bit more of a push"

"I really enjoyed meeting other ladies and getting out of the house"

"The programme has been great and helpful"


Positive Relationships:

"Thoroughly enjoyed this, very informative and insightful, an improvement within myself"

"More confidence in defining positive points verses negative points"


Surviving Parenting:

"Was interesting and helpful"

"I have achieved what I wanted from the programme"


 

Rooms for Hire:

We have 2 small meeting rooms available and a large meeting room that can be used during the day or at night and even the weekends. Rooms are available to groups or anyone that is needing a place to run a workshop or meeting. We have casual or permanent spaces available at very reasonable rates. 

The room cost covers, power, Wi-Fi, consumables like tea, coffee etc. 

We have a TV and DVD, HDMI available to be used in the meeting room which can hold up to 15 people.  

The smaller offices can hold 3 people to 6 depending on which office you are requiring. 

Please give us a call or email to enquire about room hire.

Meeting room pictures are the first three. Last picture is the small meeting room picture. 

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