Ka Puta Ka Ora Emerge Aotearoa

What we do

Personal Connections and Skills for Life offers peer-led workshop programmes to people who identify as having experience of mental distress and/or addictions. The Concrete Jungle and PeerZone programmes cover topics such as:

• Leading our Recovery
• Understanding Trauma
• Confidence and Self Esteem
• Self-awareness and Resilience

 
Facillitators support and encourage participants by rolemodelling recovery and nurturing community connectivity.
One-to-one peer support is available throughout each series with participation certificates awarded at graduation.
Sessions are held once a week for 8-12 weeks at community centres, marae and other local and accessable sites across the Hutt Valley, Wellington, Porirua and Kapiti Coast.
 
Stigma and Discrimination Consultancy:
Works with whānau and individuals to resolve discrimination issues associated with mental distress and/or addictions.
Provides informed consultancy; an inclusive lens for working groups and networks; development of thinking systems to improve service and practice responsiveness; support for policy development.
Delivers bespoke and ready-made education sessions to build whānau, individual and community capability in areas such as:

• Ngākau Reka - Positive approaches to hauora, our mental health and our wellbeing
• Stigma and Stigma Interventions
• Inclusive Language as Everyday Language

A free, mobile service, meeting with people at their preferred venues to deliver information, education sessions and support covering Hutt Valley, Wellington, Porirua and Kapiti Coast.
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Our contact details

Street Address:

Tawa
3/10 Surrey Street
Tawa
Wellington 5028

Lower Hutt
71-73 Port Road
Seaview
Lower Hutt 5010
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PO Box 30229
Lower Hutt 5040
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Phone:  (04) 589 9442

Our email address

[email protected]

Our website

www.emergeaotearoa.org.nz