Family Support and Advice

Autism New Zealand, Taranaki Branch

Aims: To provide support, resources and information on Autism Spectrum Disorders including Aspergers.

Contact: Dianne Darbyshire
Phone: 06-753 8151
Address: PO Box 5018, New Plymouth 4343
Email: Taranaki@autismnz.org.nz
Website: www.autismnz.org.nz

 
Barnardos New Zealand

Aims: Working within the community to help children receive the care, education and support they need to grow and reach their potential. They need the best start in life.

Contact: Jillian Ridgewell
Phone: 06-753 3484
Fax: 06-753 3485
Mobile: 027 485 3977
Address: 186a Tukapa St, New Plymouth
Postal address: PO Box 4220, New Plymouth 4340
Email: taranaki.amu@barnardos.org.nz

 
Bereaved Parents and Families Support Group

Aims: To assist bereaved parents and families in their time of need.

Contact: Sonia and Peter Keller
Phone: 06-278 4074
Fax: 06-278 4074
Postal address: 7 George St, Hawera 4610

 
Burn Support Charitable Trust Inc, Taranaki Branch

Aims: To provide burn injured persons and their families with support and assistance during and after hospitalisation and to help them to return to normal and satisfactory lives within their community.

Contact: Sue Murdoch
Phone: 06-758 4648
Mobile: 027 624 577
Address: 33 Lyn St, New Plymouth 4310

 
Citizens Advice Bureau, Hawera

Aims: To provide free, up-to-date and confidential information about anything.

Contact: Brian Ramshaw
Phone: 06-278 3156
Fax: 06-278 3156
Address: 22 Union St, Hawera 4610
Email: cab.hawera@xtra.co.nz

 
Citizens Advice Bureau, Stratford

Aims: To ensure that individuals do not suffer through ignorance of their rights and responsibilities, or of the services available, or through an inability to express their needs effectively.

Contact: Gloria Corkill
Phone: 06-765 5250
Fax: 06-765 5354
Address: 270 Broadway, Stratford
Postal address: PO Box 328, Stratford 4352
Email: cab.stratford@xtra.co.nz

 
Community Care Inc, Eltham

Aims: We provide food parcels from our foodbank, and operate the used goods shop 2nd Threads, 10am-2pm Monday-Friday. We also operate a furniture bank in association with the food bank.

Contact: JD Birchler
Phone: 06-764 8080
Address: 80-82 Bridge St, Eltham
Postal address: PO Box 41, Eltham 4353

 
GAIN Family Programme

Aims: Working with young people and their parents/caregivers at the same time to gain some new skills for improving family life.

Contact: Donna Labrum
Phone: 06-756 6150
Fax: 06-756 6145
Address: PO Box 82, Inglewood 4347
Email: desil@xtra.co.nz

 
Heart Children, Taranaki

Aims: To facilitate the best possible care for heart children and their families in Taranaki.

Contact: Cheryl Craig
Phone: 06-762 2707
Fax: 06-762 2707
Mobile: 027 309 0788
Address: 625a Wingrove Rd, RD 23, Stratford 4393
Email: hcnztaranaki@gmail.com
Website: www.groups.msn.com/HeartChildrenNZ-TaranakiBranch

 
Idea Services North Taranaki

Aims: To provide support and information for people and their families with disabilities.

Contact: Cathie Ward
Phone: 06-759 8970
Fax: 06-759 8980
Address: 17 Constance St, New Plymouth
Postal address: PO Box 4076, New Plymouth 4340
Email: cathie.ward@idea.org.nz
Website: www.idea.org.nz

 
Kindergarten, Puketapu

Aims: To provide quality education for three to five-year-old children. Government run.

Contact: Alayne Shearer
Phone: 06-755 1366
Fax: 06-755 1366
Address: Dillion Dr, Bell Block, New Plymouth 4312

 
Offroad Club, Taranaki

Aims: Promote offroad racing, friendship and improved driving skills.

Contact: Jeff Barton
Mobile: 021 252 224
Email: j.j.barton@xtra.co.nz

 
Open Home Foundation, NZ Inc

Aims: Families helping families. Teen home in Bell Block for at-risk youth. Social work and foster care agency.

Contact: Robyn Edmonds
Phone: 06-758 9971
Fax: 06-758 1969
Mobile: 027 472 443
Address: 97 Gill St, New Plymouth
Postal address: PO Box 208, New Plymouth 4340

 
Parents Centre, South Taranaki

Contact: Heather Jones
Phone: 06-278 7782
Address: 34 Fairfield Rd, Hawera
Postal address: PO Box 470, Hawera 4640
Email: sth.taranaki@parentscentre.org.nz

 
People's Activity Centre

Aims: To initiate preventive projects in the community in accordance with local needs and priorities. To provide services to at-risk youth. To develop and maintain support services in the community. To implement a variety of approaches which promote the range of society support networks which cater for the needs of family groups and individuals.

Contact: Lovey Read
Phone: 06-765 7005
Fax: 06-765 7505
Mobile: 027 251 096
Address: PO Box 403, New Plymouth 4340
Email: stfsw@xtra.co.nz

 
Plunket Sub Branch, Manaia

Aims: Child health and family support services.

Contact: Lesley Landers
Phone: 06-274 8511
Address: Main St, Manaia
Postal address: Lower Glem Rd, RD 28, Manaia 4678

 
Plunket, Kaponga

Aims: Supports Plunket Nurse service by operating and maintaining the Plunket Clinic. Provides assistance and activities for mothers with young children.

Contact: Deborah Collins
Phone: 06-764 6829
Address: Victoria St, Kaponga
Postal address: c/- Rowan Rd, RD 29, Kaponga

 
Pregnancy Help, Taranaki Branch

Aims: Pregnancy Help supports the well-being of pregnant and recently pregnant women, new mothers and their families/whanau with care, concern and confidentiality.

Contact: Tracey Harrison
Phone: 06-765 5042
Fax: 06-765 5062
Mobile: 027 212 5304
Address: 4 Romeo St, Stratford
Postal address: PO Box 81, Stratford 4352
Email: tkipreghelp@xtra.co.nz
Website: www.pregnancyhelp.org.nz

 
Prisoners Aid and Rehabilitation Society, Taranaki

Aims: To help with the rehabilitation of inmates and their re-integration into the community. To provide support to inmates and their families.

Contact: Vonny Roche
Phone: 06-758 1361
Fax: 06-758 1347
Address: 163 Devon St West, New Plymouth
Postal address: PO Box 172, New Plymouth 4340
Email: taranakipars@xtra.co.nz

 
Public Health Nurses

Aims: To provide a community nursing service that improves and protects the health of children and young people in Taranaki.

Contact: Dorothy Horwell
Phone: 06-753 7794
Fax: 06-753 7791
Mobile: 027 285 0901
Address: Child and Adolescent Centre, Tukapa St, New Plymouth
Postal address: Private Bag 2016, New Plymouth 4342
Email: dorothy.horwell@tdhb.org.nz

 
Rock of Life Outreach

Aims: Reach the youth and young people of Inglewood with the Christian message. Offer them a safe, caring environment, e.g. camps and youth group, so they can learn and grow and develop self-esteem and confidence and overcome fears and life's problems.

Contact: Paul and Maria Hitchcock
Phone: 06-756 7767
Fax: 06-756 7767
Mobile: 025 249 545
Address: 39 Rata St, Inglewood 4330
Email: therock@rolo.org.nz

 
Royal NZ Plunket Society Inc

Aims: Plunket's vision is to ensure that New Zealand children are among the healthiest in the world.

Contact: Rodney Scott
Phone: 06-769 5453
Fax: 06-769 5458
Address: 74 Courtenay St, New Plymouth
Postal address: PO Box 8051, New Plymouth 4342
Email: taranaki@plunket.org.nz
Website: www.plunket.org.nz

 
Salvation Army, North Taranaki

Aims: To care for people, transform their lives and work for the reform of society by alleviating poverty, deprivation and disadvantage and by challenging evil, injustice and oppression.

Phone: 06-758 9338
Fax: 06-758 2325
Address: 128 Powderham St, New Plymouth
Postal address: PO Box 384, New Plymouth 4340
Email: salvationarmy.northtaranaki@xtra.co.nz

 
Shufel

Aims: To provide household chattels to the lower income group.

Contact: Brian Eriksen
Phone: 06-759 0019
Fax: 06-759 0029
Address: 28 Young St, New Plymouth
Postal address: PO Box 5015, New Plymouth 4343
Email: brian@taranakidic.org.nz

 
SPELD, North Taranaki

Aims: To support people with dyslexia who learn differently.

Contact: Mary Hogwood
Phone: 06-754 4496
Fax: 06-754 4496
Address: Barrett Building, Taranaki Base Hospital, Tukapa St Entrance, New Plymouth
Postal address: PO Box 4283, New Plymouth 4340
Email: mary.rex.h@clear.net.nz
Website: www.speld.org.nz

 
Supporting Families Taranaki

Aims: To provide support, education and advocacy to carers/family of people suffering from major mental illness.

Contact: Shirley Vickery
Phone: 06-757 9300
Fax: 06-757 3670
Mobile: 027 416 9632
Address: Third floor, Devon Centre, 44 Liardet St, New Plymouth
Postal address: PO Box 8291, Central, New Plymouth 4342
Email: sf.newplymouth@xtra.co.nz

 
Truancy Service, New Plymouth District

Aims: Supporting and promoting partnerships between schools, family/whanau, students and the community.

Contact: Ewai Maha Waiariki
Phone: 06-751 2416 extension 725
Fax: 06-751 2418
Mobile: 027 243 151
Address: c/- Spotswood College, PO Box 6116, New Plymouth 4344
Email: truancy@spotswoodcollege.school.nz

 
Unique Conditions Support Group

Aims: To provide support, information and friendship to families in Taranaki who have a child with a condition/syndrome, which is a 'one off' in this region.

Contact: Sharin Jordan
Phone: 06-757 5151
Address: 28 Young St, New Plymouth 4310

 
Victim Support South Taranaki

Aims: To empower victims of crime and accidents and those impacted by sudden deaths. Provide 24-hour emotional support, personal advocacy and information to people affected by crime and trauma. To ensure victims are in control of their own lives.

Contact: Barbara Taylor
Phone: 06-278 0274
Fax: 06-278 0274
Address: Hawera Police Station
Postal address: PO Box 12, Hawera 4672

 
Victim Support, New Plymouth

Aims: To provide a confidential, 24-hour, seven days a week, personalised service to victims of crime, accident and emergency.

Contact: Jenny Judd
Phone: 06-759 5519
Fax: 06-759 1600
Mobile: 027 444 9274
Address: New Plymouth Police Station, Powderham St, New Plymouth
Postal address: PO Box 344, New Plymouth 4340
Email: new_plymouth@victimsupport.org.nz

 
Work and Income (Ministry of Social Development)

Aims: To assist people into work and provide financial support.

Contact: Linda Paterson
Phone: 06-968 6615
Fax: 06-968 6018
Address: 60 Gill St, New Plymouth
Postal address: Private Bag 2005, New Plymouth 4342
Email: linda.paterson007@msd.govt.nz
Website: www.workandincome.govt.nz