Tena koutou,
Wow, winter is well and truly here! With these cold days and nights, I hope you are keeping warm and indulging in some yummy winter meals! I have to say winter soups and stews are what I love best about these colder months.
Christine Frost
Central North Regional Coordinator
Ph: 07 281 1137
Mob: 027 501 0393
As you all know we have had a rough few weeks with all sorts of bugs going around in our region and I hope you all have managed to stay free of these bugs or if they did find their way into your homes I hope you recovered well. In my house I have been making ginger, lemon and honey drinks for my tamariki which has helped relieve sore throats and is a nice way to just sit and korero around ways to keep ourselves healthy. A big thing in our home that is encouraged is washing hands and it’s nice hearing my tamariki reminding each other to wash their hands.
We had our first official Matariki holiday on June the 24th, what did you and your whānau/family do? We have started our planning for the coming year and the bigger kids have looked at what goals they want to achieve.
Keeping PACE – National Conference
21-22 September
Have you registered yet for this? It’s a fantastic 2 days of learning, meeting and connecting with other Caregivers and enjoying a fabulous gala dinner. Conference is being hosted in Lower Hutt this year, do consider going, you’ll get so much out of it.
More details can be found on the Caring Families Aotearoa website.
Support Groups
We have two support groups that will be starting fresh this month in Tauranga and Rotorua. If you are wanting to set up a group in your area please let me know and I can support you to make that happen.
Tauranga
- 01 July
- 10.30am
- 56 / 18th Avenue, Tauranga South
Rotorua
- 14 July
- 7pm
- 1192 Pukuatua Steet, Rotorua (Caring Families Office)
Training
This coming term we will be introducing a new training, available online and in-person, called Family Dynamics – ‘Torn Loyalties’ Conflicts for Children in Care. We’ll be exploring the range of emotions and possible tensions experienced by tamariki coming into a care family and how together with their caregiver/s they can navigate their connection with their biological family and any challenges that come with this experience.
Click here for more information or to register.
Our Ako Ngātahi/Learning Together monthly online series is continuing, with this month’s focus on Behavioural Support.
Click here for more information or to register.
Have you joined our closed Facebook Group?
As a member of Caring Families Aotearoa you have exclusive access to our CLOSED Facebook groups. These are only open to caregivers that are members of Caring Families Aotearoa. This allows our members a platform to seek support, information and resources.
Click the link below to join!
Please don’t forget if you need a listening ear, some advice, or if there is anything you need support with, please feel free to contact me. In the meantime, keep warm, stay safe and be the person that puts a smile on someone’s face.
Nga mihi nui kia koutou
Chris