Waikato Resources

Birthright works alongside many organisations in our community.  We have gathered together a list of resources in our community that you may like to utilise:

 

Anglican Action

• Services provided: residential learning and training centre for women and their children (0-12yrs); Transitional Accommodation for Men;  Social Advocacy; access to Hamilton Combined Christian Foodbank; Budget Service; Advocacy and Social work; Referrals to other relevant agencies; Community Counselling Service; Assisting the long-term unemployed to find work.
• Te Ara Hou, 100 Morrinsville Rd, Hamilton.
• Contact: 07 856 5820

Barnardos New Zealand

• Our vision: a society where children can grow up to be caring people and quality parents. Mission: to help NZ children experience a cycle of success through effective care, support and education. Services provided by the Waikato Management unit include: family support service, children's contact service, parenting programmes, KidStart home-based care and education services, Fostercare foster service (respite and care & protection bednights), domestic violence programmes for children and counselling, Footsteps to Feeling Safe.
• P O Box 1500, HAMILTON 2015
• Contact: 07 847 1088 / email

Catholic Family Support Services

• Home based support services for families.
• 100 Morrinsville Road, HAMILTON 2001
• Contact: 07 856 3760

Dress for Success

• Dress for Success provide free work appropriate clothing to women who are entering or re-entering the workforce.
• P O Box 9584, HAMILTON 3240
• Contact: 07 839 1147 / email  / website

Family Start - Kirikiriroa Family Services Trust

• Family Start is an early intervention, preventative, home-based service for families facing challenges in the areas of health, welfare or education.
• Family Start, P O Box 24023 HAMILTON 2030
• Contact: 07 848 0008 / email  / website   

Hamilton Budgeting Advisory Trust

• Provide budget advice, support and education.
• 800 Victoria Street, HAMILTON 2001
• Contact: email

Hamilton Citizens Advice Bureau

• Free friendly, confidential information, on any matter. Advice, advocacy,and support with any concern or problem. Referral to other agencies for specialist advice.
• P O Box 19020, HAMILTON 2030
• Contact: 07 839 0395 / email

Hamilton District Community Law Centre

• Provide free legal service within the Waikato Legal Services District.
• 109 Anglesea Street, HAMILTON 2001
• Contact: 07 839 0770 / email

Hamilton Ethnic Womens Centre (Shama)

• Shama provides info, support, referral &training services for ethnic women and their families. Recognises that ethnic women &their families face many issues including feelings of loneliness being away from extended family, adapting to life in NZ, discrimination, helpless & powerless due to domestic violence, lack of info about services &access to such services. Shama organises holiday programmes for 5-13 year olds, life skills programme for women such as driving, sewing, fitness, English classes, ethnic language maintenance programmes, senior women social network, health workshops, seminars.
• 27 Beatty Street, HAMILTON 2001

Contact: 027 243 3811 / email

Hamilton Parents Centre Inc

• Provides child birth education, parent education and family support.
• P O Box 1494, HAMILTON 2015
• Contact: 07 855 7517 / email  / website     

Family Works Northern

• Family Works Northern (formerly known as James Family) is the child and family services division of Presbyterian Support Northern.  They offer counselling and social work services for children and their families.
• Te Ara Hou, 100 Morrinsville Rd, Hamilton
• Contact: 07 858 4413 / email  / website

K'aute Pasifika Services

• Support, promotion, education & facilitation for Pacific communities.
• P O Box 285, HAMILTON 2015
• Contact: 07 834 1482 / email  / website

Link House

• Link House aims to foster wellbeing and independence in single parent families and offer quality education and counselling to the wider community. Link House Services include: Support for Single Parent Families; Full Counselling Service; Life Skills Education, Personal and Professional Development Courses .
• 2 Dawson Street Hamilton 3216
• Contact: 07 839 1051   

Methodist City Action

• Social services agency - foodbank, social work, senior citizens support group, computer classes.
• P O Box 1388, HAMILTON 2015
• Contact: 07 839 3917 / email

Open Home Foundation Hauraki/Waikato

• In Hamilton, Open Home provides: homes based social work support; foster care services; and counselling.
• 2 Tamihana Avenue, HAMILTON 2001
• Contact: 07 847 2607

Relationship Services Whakawhanaungatanga

• Individual, couple, and family counselling on a range of issues e.g grief, separation, care of children, infidelity. Domestic violence education programmes. Workplace support. Professional supervision.
• P O Box 9295, HAMILTON 2015
• Contact: 07 839 3267 / email  / website

Te Whanau Putahi

• Respite childcare/ social services provider. They provide the community with a toy library, kids clubs, a youth drop-in centre, Respite Care Childcare Centre, literacy programmes, councellors, craft mornings, and they are part of the Hamilton Combined Christian Foodbank.
• P O Box 14058, HAMILTON 2030
• Contact: 07 855 0990

Te Whare Kokonga - Melville Community Centre

• Some of the Services & Programmes Provided: Budgeting Advice, WINZ & HNZC Advocacy, Legal Advice, Smoking Cessation, JP Service, Parenting courses, Holiday programmes, Vege Co-op, Vibrant Living programmes and much more.
• P O Box 8026, Urlich Hamilton 3245
• Contact: 07 843 8811 / email            

The Salvation Army - The Nest

• One stop social services centre offering the following services: counselling, social work, supervised contact, parenting programmes, food bank, ezee meals programme, family home and foster care, family budget service, supervised accomodation, early childhood education centre.
• P O Box 8020, HAMILTON 2030
• Contact: (07) 8434509 / website     

Toughlove (Hamilton) Trust

• Toughlove is a structured self-help programme for parents who are troubled by unacceptable teenager behaviour such as verbal abuse, stealing, lying, getting into trouble at school, or abusing drugs and/or alcohol. It aims to help families resolve crises and conflicts. The organisation offers weekly meetings, where support is given by other parents in a crisis or otherwise troubled by unacceptable behaviour. The programme empowers them to find their own solutions and to take responsibility for their actions. Thispromotes a healthy community.
• P O Box 12286, HAMILTON 2030
• Contact: 07 846 4960        

Union of Fathers

• Many fathers lose contact with their children after a marriage breaks up. This can leave them devastated and depressed. We can share our valuable experience in regards to Family Law. We assist members by teaching them how to represent themselves when dealing with issues such as custody, property and child support.
• P O Box 909, HAMILTON 2015
• Contact: 021 396 728 / website

Waikato Family Centre Trust

• Providing free professional advice to mothers of crying babies, whatever the problem or query may be. We provide teenage mother groups and post natal distress groups.
• P O Box 4214, HAMILTON 2032
• Contact: 07 834 2036 / website     

Lifeline Waikato

• LifeLine Waikato is a professional telephone counselling service. The service  is provided free of charge and operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The reasons people call LifeLine vary greatly and often are multi-faceted. Specific issues include emotional problems, relationships, loneliness, employment stress, grief, finances, physical health, mental health problems and suicide.
• Contact: 07 838 0719 or 0800 543 354 / website