Struggling with a young family or pregnant and facing challenges? Waitakere Family Start is able to help. The Family Works...
Staying curious, not furious the key to parenting teenagers
Finding parenting a teenager a nightmare? Social services provider Family Works has some simple ground rules to help parents support...
Call for more funding for parenting programmes in prison and probation services
There’s a huge need for parenting education and support in the community, but there is not enough funding to provide...
Tips to help parents manage children’s anxiety after the floods and cyclone
Even if you haven’t been directly affected, the recent floods have given us all a bit of a jolt. Graphic...
Blankets needed to beat the winter chill
Family Works Northern, which provides various budgeting, counselling, food support and social worker services, says families are struggling to keep...
Family Works Angels running Round the Bays 2020!
Supersaver Early Bird prices end midnight, 30 November! This is an opportunity to get involved, share the vital work Family Works does in the community, and raise funds to support that work.
Maori TV Features Family Works’ Housing Guru
Maylene Harrison, a Housing Family Worker who has helped hundreds of children move to safer, drier homes this past year alone, talks to Renee Kahukura about advocating for the families.
Family Works Appoints Northland’s First Early Childhood Education Social Worker
Northland’s first Early Childhood Education social worker has been appointed to work with preschool children and their families – thanks to a ground-breaking Family Works Northern initiative that is also believed to be a first for New Zealand.
Congratulations to our winners
Congratulations to all the winners of the Love Reaches Out Art and Writing competition and a big thanks to everyone who entered. We had hundreds of entries to choose... and it was not an easy task for our judges Rev. Malcolm Gordon and Tom Barter.
Love Reaches Out Art & Writing Competition
It’s time to sharpen your pencils again for our annual art and writing competition. The theme this year is “Love in Action” so get creative and show us what inspires you – whether through a painting, drawing, sculpture, poem, or story.
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