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Family services

Family services and organisations that help family/whānau navigate the practical, emotional, social, and cultural impacts of disability so families feel informed, connected, and empowered to make decisions that work for them.

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Family Support Services

Below is a list of services and organisations that offer various types of support to family/whanau raising disabled children or supporting a sibling or partner with a disability.

Springboard

Springboard is a Rodney-based New Zealand not-for-profit that creates opportunities for vulnerable young people to achieve positive outcomes and choose pathways to success. It provides wraparound support in areas including wellbeing, employment preparation, alternative education, driving, and youth services, with a strong focus on belonging, acceptance, whānau engagement, and community connection.

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St Columba Special Kids Playgroup & Family Support Group

St Columba Church in Botany hosts a long-running Special Kids Playgroup and Family Support Group for families and caregivers of children with autism and related needs. It provides a welcoming, low-cost play and support environment in East Auckland.

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Starship Child Health

Starship Child Health is New Zealand’s national children’s hospital and a major teaching and research centre based in Auckland. It provides a wide range of complex medical, surgical, cardiac, and mental health services for children and young people from across New Zealand and the South Pacific, with care delivered in inpatient, outpatient, day-stay, and community settings.

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Starship Family Information Service

Starship’s Family Information Service provides families, whānau and caregivers with free, up-to-date, easy-to-read health information about children’s medical conditions and disabilities. It can also help with information about hospitalisation, support groups, coping with illness or bereavement, parenting issues connected with health conditions, and mental health concerns.

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Starship Foundation

Starship Foundation raises funds to help give children access to world-class healthcare through Starship Child Health. It supports equipment, research, family support, staff training, and projects that improve outcomes for children and young people from across Aotearoa New Zealand and the South Pacific.

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SWIFT Mortgages – Valentina Pereira | Insurance Adviser

Valentina Pereira at SWIFT provides insurance advice with a specific focus on special needs planning guidance as well as personal and business protection. This includes planning around long-term care and financial wellbeing for a loved one with special needs, and working through the considerations and insurance-related solutions needed so they are provided for in the future.

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Talking Works

TalkingWorks is a New Zealand-wide online directory of counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists, and arts therapists. It helps people find qualified mental health professionals and search by location, need, and therapy type.

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Te Ata Peer Led Community Wellbeing Centre

Te Ata is a peer-led community wellbeing centre supporting adults in West Auckland who experience mental-health challenges. It provides a welcoming place to connect with others and take part in free peer-support, creative, wellbeing, activity and practical groups led by staff and volunteers with lived experience.

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The Angelman Network

The Angelman Network is New Zealand’s support organisation for Angelman syndrome. It provides information, advocacy, awareness, and connection for people and whānau affected by Angelman syndrome in Aotearoa. The network connects families with support, resources, gatherings, newsletters, and online communities, including support for newly diagnosed families.

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The Anglican Trust for Women and Children

The Anglican Trust for Women and Children is a long-running Auckland family charity supporting mothers, children, and whānau through whānau services, education, and engagement support. It has been operating since 1858 and focuses on strengthening family wellbeing and child outcomes.

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