Kia ora to you all,
July is here! Hopefully your house is warm and dry as winter makes her presence felt. With July comes the school holidays! Now is the time to start planning for those winter activities and the “Plan Bs” for those wet inside days. If any of you have some great ideas to share with others, please feel free to post them on our closed Facebook group. You will find the link and more information about our group further on. I encourage everyone to become a member of this group to stay updated on notices and support group meetings that are available. It is a safe and inclusive place to ask questions of other caregivers too.
Rayleen Hubac
Lower South Regional Coordinator
03 470 1277 or 027 501 0005
Upcoming Events
Matariki
Matariki Festival – Invercargill
Join us at Queens Park on 2 – 6 July as we celebrate Matariki.
5:45 pm – 10 pm Daily
- Light installations
- Food, Trucks
- Entertainment,
- Live workshops,
- Interactive Features
- Community art installations
- Kapahaka
For more information visit us on Facebook@murihikumatariki. Koha Entry.
Matariki Celebration – Dunedin
Come along to a free whānau event to celebrate Matariki!
Date and time: 2 July at 5.30 pm
Location: 20 Parry Street West, Dunedin
Please RSVP to 021 607 389 or abbie.muir@voyce.org.nz
There will be kai and activities for the whole family.
National Conference – Keeping the PACE
Caring Families Aotearoa’s National Conference – Keeping the PACE is coming up on the 29th and 30th of September, 2021 in Lower Hutt.
We recommend you start planning for it now. Perhaps you could organise with your Social Worker for some respite over those two days. Come get recharged while learning some transformational ways of parenting children in our care. Caregivers also love the opportunity to connect with one another.
Support Groups
Southland Foster Care Association Invercargill
Meeting on July 28th at 11 am
Location: Buster Crabs coffee and cake
Contact Rose Rhind on 03 206 4458 if you have any questions.
Central Otago Support Group
Contact Tracy Canning 027 654 1977 for more information.
Dunedin Support Group
Meeting on Thursday 8th July 8th at 10 am
Location: Doughbin café, 377 King Edward Street, Dunedin.
I will be attending so hope to see you there. Call me if you have any questions.
Training
We have new training developed by Caring Families Aotearoa starting next term. I am really excited about the new topics we are offering. Please check out our training calendar below to see details of upcoming courses.
The first up next term is “What’s Behind the Behaviour – Healing Centred Engagement”. This newly developed training explores the importance of emotional connection with children. The idea is to parent in a way that meets the behavioural, developmental, and therapeutic needs of the child. This DDP informed workshop has an emphasis on ‘connection with correction’ to provide a secure and safe base for the child. I look forward to seeing you there!
Click the button below for more details and to register.
Kia kaha, kia hauora, me kia atawhai /
Be strong, be healthy, and be kind,
Rayleen
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.
If you are a member of the Otago Support Closed Facebook Group, please joing the Lower South Support Closed Facebook Group.
Click the link below to join!
Lower South Support Closed Facebook Group