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In Danger? Emergency?


​If you are in immediate danger, please call:
Emergency Services, call ​111

For further help, contact: 

Women’s Refuge: National Helpline - Crisis line: 0800 REFUGE or 0800 733 843
Child, Youth and Family Line: 0508 FAMILY or 0508 326 459
Family Violence Information Line: 0800 456 450  (available 9.00am -11.00pm daily)
Family Services Directory: A directory of service providers that can help you and your family
Supporting Families Marlborough: Mental Health & Addiction Services

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Telehealth Portal  - Connect to 39 Services

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Government launches family violence online tools​.

At the end of last year the government has launched a suite of digital tools to combat family violence, including a 24/7 phone and online chat service, an assessment tool, and a service finder.

​A 24/7 phone and online chat service would be delivered by Whakarongorau Aotearoa, in partnership with the National Collective of Independent Womens Refuges and specialist domestic violence service provider Shine.

https://whakarongorau.nz/telehealth-services

A website called Are You Okay, building on the It's Not Okay campaign, would focus on support for victims and survivors of family violence, including with a relationship assessment tool and a service finder tool.

https://www.areyouok.org.nz/

Another website, In Your Hands, was also set up to help those who may have used violence access information and support to change their behaviour.

https://www.inyourhands.org.nz/
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Puāwaitanga (blossom, flourish, to break through)!
Phone and web-based service to support emotional wellbeing

  • Book your session times to suit
  • Choose your counsellor
  • Sessions from 9am - 9pm, 7 days a week
  • Multiple languages offered (including Te Reo Māori)
  • Unlimited sessions and online portal access for 12 months
  • Individual counselling, easy access, where you are.

Speak with a counsellor over the phone and use the web portal to book sessions and complete questionnaires.

Get support for anxiety, low mood, relationships, grief, stress and general wellbeing.​Individual counselling, easy access, where you are.
Speak with a counsellor over the phone and use the web portal to book sessions and complete questionnaires.
Get support for anxiety, low mood, relationships, grief, stress and general wellbeing.

0800 782 999 
https://whakarongorau.nz/puawaitanga
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Sign up to  - The Mullet Matters!
Business in the front, hero in the back.

Make a statement with a mullet this March, connect with someone you care about and raise funds to support a million conversations about our mental health.

https://themulletmatters.co.nz/
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Child Matters Online Courses
NOTE: Child Matters online training is pre-recorded and can be viewed at any time.

Introduction to Child Protection in New Zealand - $45
Every New Zealander should have a basic understanding of the issue of child abuse. This course blends theory with the voices of people who have lived through child abuse and provides a good understanding of the types of child abuse and how to respond appropriately to concerns about child safety. 1 hour.

ENROL NOW

Understanding Childhood Trauma - $45
This course weaves growing up in a family immersed in violence with expert teaching about how childhood trauma is directly linked to behaviour. Understand how trauma effects children’s decision making and learning, and what you can do in support. 1 hour.

ENROL NOW
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4 Ways Parents Teach Kids that Consent Doesn’t Matter
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New Service to Support Male Survivors of Abuse

  • Marlborough now has a visiting kaimahi able to support Male Survivors​
  • Louis Chapman (from the Male Room Nelson)  
    PH  0273081215 or 03 5480403  
    Louis will be coming over on an as needed basis
    Contact with Louis if you need more information.
                  
  • www.maleroom.co.nz 

Our funding allows us to support them in a range of ways:
  • from talking through the trauma
  • helping with referring on
  • support during police interviews
  • ​legal help etc. 

Free Phone Counselling for Relationship Issues
  • Free phone or web-based counselling (donation appreciated) with qualified counsellors for Men, Women or Young People in Marlborough provided by the Male Room Nelson.   
  • There will possibly be a wait.       
  • Contact Louis via Facebook page  
    https://www.facebook.com/maleroominc/ 
  • or on 027 308 1215 or 035480403, between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday to set up an appointment with one of their counsellors.

​The Nelson Male Room Supports Men.
The Male room is all about offering hope when you have little left of your own. We are here to help you make changes and to sort out the challenges and issues you maybe facing.

Sometimes life doesn’t work out the way we planned. Relationships come unstuck; past abuse inflicted on us eats away at our self-esteem, we fall foul of the law; unemployment drags us down, accident or illness take their toll, addictions take over and sometimes we feel beaten and kicked all at the same time.

At the Male Room, we are against all violence towards men, women, and children. We work with families, and as such regardless of gender, race, orientation or creed, we will do our utmost to deliver the best possible service for the situation and individual and family.

Primary Services
  1. Are you going through divorce or separation?
  2. Police safety orders; how we can help
  3. Domestic Violence
  4. Other Services
Sexual Support Services
  1. Sexual Abuse Survivors
  2. Sexual Addictions

Contact the Male Room 
Louis Chapman (from)  PH  0273081215 or 
03 5480403                www.maleroom.co.nz

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Vaxxed or not vaxxed? What side of te taiapa do you sit on?

TAIAPA is the Māori word for fence. This collaborative piece between The Hori and Ngahere Communities was made to look at both sides of this vax kōrero. The Hori asked some of their friends in the Ōtaki community who sit on both sides of the fence to come in and have a kōrero but also to build te taiapa together as an art installation. There were tears and laughter and even though everyone had their different whakaaro/thoughts on the vax chat, we were able to come together to build something beautiful, as a community. He hapori, he whānau kotahi tātou.
https://www.taiapa.nz/

​Thanks to the Hori and Ngahere Communities for sharing their journey.
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Keep up-to-date HERE with up coming EVENTS listed on the NZ Family Violence Clearinghouse Website

Visit the website for information on numerous upcoming events.

Foundational training for non-specialists - ECLIPSE - Online
When: 14 - 15 November 2022.  1-3pm, each day 
Where: Online
Organised by ECLIPSE: Family Violence Services Ltd.
Cost: $65 + gst

Event Details
This training aims to increase understanding of family violence dynamics, indicators and impacts. It is developed for more non-specialist practitioners who work across the social sector and wish to develop their family violence knowledge and response capability.

This training explores Child Protection in the context of Family Harm and will provide all participants with clear and concise understanding of the multiple aspects of what Child Protection looks like in Aotearoa, New Zealand, governing legislation, our practitioner obligations, and how child abuse is even further complicated when Family Harm is present.​

More information and Registration: 
https://nzfvc.org.nz/events/foundational-training-non-specialists-eclipse-online​
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Breaking Silence - Stuff interactive - Stories of hope and survival beyond domestic abuse

Everyone has the right to safety yet this is not the reality for 1 in 3 women in New Zealand. At some point in their life, they will experience physical or psychological abuse from an intimate partner.

Eight Episodes - Eight True Stories

​https://interactives.stuff.co.nz/2020/06/breaking-silence/
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Active Dads Marlborough

​Free activities aimed at Dads/Father figures and their children (aged up to 8 years) organised by Barnardos Marlborough.
  • Movie trips
  • Outdoor Adventures
  • Cooking Sessions
  • Pizza in the Park
  • Educational events
  • for Dads & more
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​If you have a child or children 8 years and under and want more information or to register in the activities please contact us on:

EM: [email protected]
PH: 03 578 6491
FB: ActiveDadsMarlborough
WB: barnardos.org.nz  ​
active-dads-flyer-dl.pdf
File Size: 1261 kb
File Type: pdf
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Tools  to Support   Mental Wellbeing

Think Ladder
Thinkladder is a New Zealand based startup working on providing wellness tools. Right now we have turned our attention to working on specific insights and practices for those suffering due to Covid19. So far we have contributions from over 50 mental wellness professionals around the world.
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Thinkladder’s unique tools are designed to help you rewrite the script in your subconscious mind. When we replace our limiting beliefs it changes our old thought patterns which helps us feel better and do better. As we practice these new beliefs and actions with focused concentration and perseverance, they become our new normal.
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Groov App
The Groov app gives you the tools to make small daily steps that create big changes for your daily wellbeing. Free to all New Zealanders.

Get a boost to your daily mental wellbeing
Find and stay in your Groov with our mental wellbeing app. Packed with fresh content and tools to help you every day.

Tried & tested tools delivered in bite sized chunks
Feeling tired? Overwhelmed? You’ve got a whole range of tools to explore. Tackle the stressors in today’s connected world with Sir John Kirwan as your guide.

Positive daily content that inspires
Backed by a world-leading team of wellbeing experts, here’s a trusted source of thought provoking, mood boosting information to spark curiosity and action.

Helping you see & feel the change
Just like your physical fitness, your mental fitness goes up and down. See and understand the triggers and track your progress over time.
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Staying on Track
Our new Staying on Track course, along with the resources on this webpage, have been created to support New Zealanders with their mental and emotional wellbeing through this time of uncertainty.

This free online course introduces easy-to-use, practical strategies to cope with the stress and disruption of day-to-day life as an impact of COVID-19.

The course will teach you how to support your mental and emotional health through learning how to look after your worry and choose behaviours that will help you and your whānau stay on track.

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Melon
A safe space to connect and support each other with self-care resources for our emotional wellbeing. In this unusual time, finding ways to manage our days at home will be really important. Our thoughts, actions and behaviours will help us get through. This community is made up of people like you as well as support workers, gathered in one place to walk alongside you and get through this together. Join us.

What to expect on Melon
  • Health Journal (Rātaka)
  • Check how you’re doing
  • Coping tools (Mātauranga)
  • Community Support (Pāpori)

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Mind APPs - a helpful tools to help you find a mind app that suits you.
Of the thousands of apps, many are poor quality - but there are a few gems you can trust..
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Three Methods of Conscious Breathing - to help  with Stress & Anxiety.
​https://www.wimhofmethod.com
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LIVE LINKS BELOW
How to register for a group:

Contact Paul Martin, Nelson Marlborough Health Suicide Prevention Coordinator:
Email: [email protected] or phone 03 548 2798 ext 5
 
For more information:
Talk to Paul (contact details above) or read about the programme here: https://www.skylight.org.nz/build-resilience/waves
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Addressing the impacts of COVID-19 - Part II
Full article HERE
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CLICK HERE - Top tips for looking after mental health and wellbeing during COVID-19 and beyond. 
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Download a list of where to go for Mental Health help in Nelson/Marlborough HERE
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Jackson Katz asks a very important question that gets at the root of why sexual abuse, rape and domestic abuse remain a problem: What's going on with men?
Why you should listen and share.
Jackson Katz is an educator, author, filmmaker and cultural theorist who is a pioneer in the fields of gender violence prevention education and media literacy. He is co-founder of Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP), which enlists men in the struggle to prevent men’s violence against women. Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, MVP has become a widely used sexual and domestic violence prevention initiative in college and professional athletics across North America. Katz and his MVP colleagues have also worked extensively with schools, youth sports associations and community organizations, as well as with all major branches of the U.S. military.

​Katz is the creator of popular educational videos including Tough Guise: Violence, Media and the Crisis in Masculinity. He is the author of The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help and Leading Men: Presidential Campaigns and the Politics of Manhood. He has also appeared in several documentaries, including Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes and MissRepresentation.
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NZers Talking about Family Violence
​The Male Room
The Male room is all about offering hope when you have little left of your own. We are here to help you make changes and to sort out the challenges and issues you maybe facing.

At the Male Room, we are against all violence towards men, women, and children. We work with families, and as such regardless of gender, race, orientation or creed, we will do our utmost to deliver the best possible service for the situation and individual and family.

Primary Services
  • Are you going through divorce or separation?
  • Police safety orders; how we can help
  • Domestic Violence
  • Other Services
  • Sexual Support Services
Visit the WEBSITE
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​Organizations dedicated to sexual and domestic violence:
International and online groups:
  • Just Detention International
    www.justdetention.org
  • National Sexual Violence Resource Center
    www.nsvrc.org
  • National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
    www.ncdsv.org
  • RAINN
    www.rainn.org
  • National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
    www.ncadv.org
  • National Domestic Violence Hotline
    www.thehotline.org
  • Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community
    www.idvaac.org
  • National Latin@ Network for Healthy Families and Communities
    www.nationallatinonetwork.org​
  • Mending the Sacred Hoop: Working to End Violence Against Native
    American Women

    www.mshoop.org
  • Equality Now
    www.equalitynow.org
  • Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
    www.catwinternational.org
  • Stop It Now!
    www.stopitnow.org
  • Hollaback
    www.ihollaback.org
  • Prostitution Research & Education
    www.prostitutionresearch.com
  • V-Day
    www.vday.org

Source & More Detailed Information HERE
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READING FOR RESILIENCE - BOOK LIST
​Together with the Marlborough Libraries we’ve come up with another great list of books on Resilience! You can find it here:
READING FOR RESILIENCE.
Available from the Blenheim Library 😊
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