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ISSUE 2 March-April-May 2019

26 Percy St Blenheim

03(5780302) and 0275754750

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PANUI

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CHAIRMAM’S REPORT

Kia ora koutou,

The last couple months have been very busy and it is only the beginning of the year. As we have done fundraising for our trip to Kaikou-ra. I have to say thank you to all the people who took the time to come out and help with that, I would especially like to thank Rangi who came and helped all day for a whole weekend even though he could not make it to the trip. A lot of things coming up, I am happy to say that with Warren’s knowledge and expertise that we will be undertaking the task of doing our back yard. I am looking for-ward to it and hopefully we will all support him this task. It is good to see more people walking in off the street to have a look at our house and it is good to see people volunteer-ing to come and support our charity. We have finally had some feedback from jenny about how and what is happening from the enquiry from the DHB– more to come about that.

Since our mental health awareness week there has been nothing but positive feedback from people in the community and the busi-nesses. Through all of this CARE Marlbor-ough has made quite a few connections to other services which is great and which can help our members and other service users out in the community. It is good to have peo-ple like Carla, Anne and Jac out sitting in our corner and Jelena keeping track of all of us in the house.

Ngā Mihi,

Donna Hapakuku

ADVOCACY SERVICE

Hi Everyone,

Our service reopened after the Christmas break in

the middle of January 2019. Both January and Febru-

ary have been extremely busy, and it doesn’t look as

if it will be slowing down any time soon.

We have continued to build good working relation-

ships with Work and Income, probation, St Marks

and Witherlea. These services have been very wel-

coming of our service as we plan and discuss how we

can best meet the needs of our clients together.

This month alone we have had 26 referrals from the

services in our community.

Emergency housing is still a high need for a lot of our

clients who are either on the benefit or working. Our

housing crisis effects all families, single men and

women, and young people of all ages and all walks

of life. To have some where to call home is very im-

portant for our clients to be warm, dry and safe as

well as for our mental wellbeing. For those living in

Emergency housing, some are becoming more un-

well as they remain in the emergency housing pro-

cess and the pressure to find a house and meet all

the expectations of the process of housing and Work

and Income. Work and Income are being pushed by

government to put our clients into adequate housing

outside of our region as emergency housing be-

comes harder to find within the Marlborough region.

This creates more unwellness as our clients lose

their support network, family/whanau support and

professional services. Our services are advocating

more and more for our clients to stay in Marlbor-

ough with good reasons as to why they should.

Our community is becoming more aware of our Ad-

vocacy Service and the professional service and care

we give to our clients.

Our Advocates Anne and Jac will continue to build

the advocacy service within our community and

work collaboratively and professionally with all ser-

vices in the area of mental health.

Anne and Jac

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NEWS

There is a question-

naire that consum-

ers can respond to

regarding discharge

planning from men-

tal health services,

which is Witherlea

and the MH unit in

Nelson. You can

find this question-

naire at CARE Marl-

borough– ask the

staff

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Activities Well firstly—tena koutou - "Hallo" to all! Thank you to everyone for welcoming me to CARE Marlborough! I have been here now for just over three months - my trial/assessment period is over so I am thrilled to say I am continuing in the position of Activities Officer. I have wanted to be involved in this kind of work for many years! (+relieved to say al-so that I haven't yet damaged the van!!) While I have met many of you who are regulars here, there are still some I look forward to meeting in the near future. Hopefully I'll remember your names! - but I'm happy to be corrected and realise it takes time to get to know everyone. Our Activities calendar has been full of varied situations where we meet together and interact to support one another in go-ing forward with our lives. Batty's Rd Sports centre continues on Tuesday and Thursdays (plus Tai chi at the house on Tues afternoons), while we have bocci and petanque at Pollard park weekly on a Wednesday morning. Deb is incredibly supportive of us there, as are those who attend regularly. It is good fun, is outdoors, near the trees and gives mod-erate exercise. Come and join in !! AQUA Fitness is a new activity that is pop-ular on Mondays and we have enjoyed be-ing in a new environment, even though we gave up playing Pool at Clubs Marlbor-ough for this. We are looking at having more Art-related times and possibly watercolour painting tuition will be one of these in the next few months. Some of you are keen to sew/ knit etc. I see there are MANY talented and inter-ested people here at CARE-so I'm all for encouraging you to use YOUR talents and skills, and to also try some new things! Pelorus will be our "main event" in March- when we meet with those from Nelson and

hope to have a great day together! (Our Friday outings are quite popular and relaxed). Let me know if there are ideas for ac-tivities/pursuits you feel would benefit us as a group-and also individual inter-ests/goals you want help in achieving. You are important!! Thanks to all of you again for your en-couragement and support to me in my role here- my Goal is to support you! So let's continue to participate in what's happening and make good choices. Kia kaha! Nga mihi ~ Fiona (for those who are interested I have Scottish and Maori ancestry– Ngaati Kahu Ngunu)

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Support Manager’s Report Mana/Manaaki

Last year CARE coordinated with a number of commu-nity groups particularly St Marks, Marlborough Youth Trust and Creative Kids to profile Mental Health Awareness week (MHAW). This proved very successful with the Exhibition “The Art of Wellbeing”. We are looking to repeat this again this year and planning is already underway, we have applied to the Marlbor-ough District Council for funding through their creative community’s fund. This is an opportunity to educate the community of mental wellbeing, we are planning an even bigger event this year.

Due to this collaboration with St Marks, we are work-ing together with SF to pilot a support group for Wha-nau living with family members with addictions. These families are under a lot of stress financially and emo-tionally supporting a family member. They may also be providing care for grandchildren. These fortnightly meetings will be facilitated by staff from our services to provide education and open discussion of the is-sues.

CARE’s new website-www.carem.nz and a Facebook page are online, we also have a new pamphlet.

The Peer support workers are wearing their new t shirts.

Turangawaewae

The house is having a concrete pad in the back yard for those that sit under the trees done by members in the next couple of weeks. Painting the office will happen in the next couple of weeks with outside window sills and doors also getting a spruce up.

The Marlborough Property Trust is working with an engineering firm Smart Alliance to rectify the piles is-sue at Percy st. They have been identified as a poten-tial earthquake risk and this will require the property trust applying for funding as they are looking at $30,000 to re-pile.

Whanangatanga/Wairua

The activities coordinator, Fiona has a new goal setting form to complete with members, this will be useful to meeting the needs of the members. This year we are endeavouring to have an agency to visit the monthly members meeting to introduce their service. We have had Te Ara Mahi and Volunteer Marlborough. The Tai Chi classes are proving very popular and we have ex-tended this class. We have Caroline Della Porta, a local

artist, booked in to facilitate art classes which will be every Thursday until the exhibition from June. The ad-vocates are now coming to Percy St every week to pro-vide information and advocacy support. The Board just approved Percy St being set up as a Wifi hot spot, this will allow members to use their phones and devices at CARE. We will look at getting someone to provide train-ing around different devices.

Last month we had Brenda Chilvers from Te Piki and she left nicotine replacement products for us to give to members. Although we have always discouraged the sharing of cigarettes, now PSW can offer gum or lozeng-es instead.

Mana/Kawa

Finally we have a new draft constitution which the board has agreed to it, now we will be putting this out to members to consider. The reason for reviewing our constitution, some parts are outdated and it has a num-ber of inconsistencies which now have been tidied up. This is an opportunity to review CARE’s purpose and benefit to the community.

We visited Takahanga Marae in Kaikoura on 1 March, we had a group of 20 members and staff, who enjoyed themselves immensely. We were welcomed by a num-ber of students from the local college and enjoyed a very healthy but yummy lunch. This was an opportunity for everyone to visit a very beautiful marae, which I hope we can visit again soon.

Ngā mihi nui

Carla Brownie

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What you can expect from the

Mental Health Advocacy Service

A free service which works in partnership with

you to advocate on your behalf or support you

to be respected, to have your rights heard and

obtain the services you need…

Support from qualified advocates with

Meetings and Appointments

Health Professionals

Benefit issues

Finances

Housing

Lifestyle and/or work support

Letter writing

68 Seymour St

Ph 03 5795304

What can you expect from

Percy St Day Activity

Program

Support from trained peer

support workers

Information and access to

a range of community

resources and services

Access to daily ’get active’’

activities

Health and wellbeing talks

Fun social outings

Free computer, phone and

internet access

Yummy cooked meals 5

days a week (cost $3)

Access to books and

information pamphlets.

Free tea and coffee daily

Regular C.A.R.E

Marlborough newsletter/

panui

Arts and Crafts

Family/Whanau

afternoons (Saturdays)

Pick up and drop off

service

26 Percy St

Ph 03 5780302

CARE Marlborough is a community

based mental health agency provid-

ing two services. MHAS at 68 Sey-

mour St and a day activity program

at 26 Percy St that is comfortable,

warm and safe which provides

opportunities to meet and share

common experiences. CARE Marl-

borough embraces and promotes

the principles of recovery and works

from a strengths/wellbeing model

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WHAT’S ON

Consumer Collective Meeting

CARE Marlborough will be going to

Nelson for the Consumer Collective

meeting on Tuesday May 14th. This

will be at a cost of $3pp,We will

be shopping first. Please register

your interest as soon as possible

as these trips to Nelson fill up

very fast.

Introduction to Tai Chi and Qui

Gong

We are excited to have Nancy

Sherwood continuing with this

programme here at CARE every

Tuesday at 1pm until April 16th

Baking Anzac

Biscuits and games

April 17th @CARE

Vision:

Dynamic empowered

community achieving mental

wellbeing

Mission:

Enabling empowerment

and self determination in

a safe environment for

adults striving for

mental wellness

Our annual Mid Winter Feast

We would love to you all here at

CARE Marlborough for lunch

on

Wednesday 19th

June

Visit to Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre to

view the WW2 exhibit on Wednesday 17th

July. Please let us know if you would like

to come

Aqua Jogging at Stadium 2000 on Monday

mornings at 10am.

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Kaikoura Trip

On Friday 1st March CARE Marlborough

went and visited the Marae in Kaikoura. It

was a wonderful opportunity to further devel-

op Cultural Understanding amongst our

members and to be in the beautiful surrounds

of Kaikoura. Here is what our members have

to say about the trip-

I went on a trip with 19 members and staff to

the Kaikoura Marae. Scott, Leicester, Carmel

and me went down with Jelena in her car.

We stopped at Kekerengu for a coffee to wait

for the others, but we had to carry on as we

were supposed to be at the marae by 11am.

There were quite a few stops for the road

works.

In the end we all met in Kaikoura to go up to

the marae. We were welcomed onto the ma-

rae with a Powhiri. We had a late morning

tea, sat around talking, then had lunch. I

found the meeting house very interesting as it

records the history of the Ngai Tahu tribe.

Afterwards we went for a walk around the

grounds and there was snow on the Kai-

kouras. It was a beautiful sunny afternoon,

with the sea in the foreground, the Kaikouras

in the background. That is where we had a

group photo taken. I would have liked a pho-

to without the group to paint but I will not

paint the group. On the way back we

stopped at Ward to have an icecream. Then

we went on

our merry

way home. It

was a most

enjoyable

day- Marion

Clements

I really enjoyed myself.

It was an awesome day.

They were really wel-

coming at the marae

and I really had a great

feeling of peace and

belonging there-

Liz Koppert

It was an awesome day. It was nice going to

the marae and learning about Maori culture

and the Ngai Tahu tribe. They were very nice

to show us around the marae-

Scotty Armstrong

It was an awesome trip. I think we should go

back again.- Ardy Davis

Group photo before the powhiri welcoming us on-

to the marae

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Balance Aotearoa and the Wellbeing Coali-tion Aotearoa were contracted by the Min-istry of Health to gather feedback from peo-ple with lived experience of mental distress and addiction and whānau on the Report of the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction. Around 100 people respond-ed to questions via an online feedback and voting platform and a group of 28 leaders lived experience and whanau leaders re-cently met to discuss the report.

Overall support for the report but it has gaps and shortcomings

Overall, people responded to the report with feelings of ‘hope’ and ‘optimism’. They believe the report presents an opportunity for whole of system transformation. But they also expressed concerns that some of the key messages in the report were not reflected in the recommendations and that some of the ‘big issues’ that matter to peo-ple with lived experience and whānau were not emphasised enough.

The 16 big issues that need more Attention

In the transformation process people with lived experience and whānau want to see more emphasis and priority given to the six-teen big issues: 1. Ending forced treatment rather than just ‘minimising’ it. 2. Developing advocacy and better pro-cesses to ensure system accountability. 3. Ending the health-led system and mov-

ing towards cross-sector and community led funding and delivery. 4. Developing community-based replace-ments to acute inpatient services. 5. Defining and providing easy access to a broad range of responses. 6. Giving priority to developing peer sup-port. 7. Funding and equipping whanau and communities, not just services. 8. Honouring Ti Tiriti o Waitangi with tangi-ble actions to develop Māori for Māori solu-tions and equitable outcomes. 9. Developing and funding lived experience and whanau roles and a national lead agen-cy. 10. Ensuring people who use services have decision-making power with the involve-ment of trusted whānau. 11. Focusing efforts on children and young people. 12. Preventing and responding to adverse childhood events (ACEs). 13. Stopping inequities and discrimination. 14. Creating a zero-suicide target. 15. Ensuring people with lived experience lead the Mental Health and Wellbeing Com-mission. Developing a full co-production process for the transformation, not just co-design.

The full report is available on the Changing

Minds and Balance Aotearoa websites

Feedback on the Mental Health and Addiction Inquiry Report and priorities for the transformation

from people with lived experience and whānau

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Members enjoying Ripeka’s guitar playing after Xmas

The CARE Bocce team seem to have lost Donna???

Dan enjoying the pool down at Stadium 2000

Ardy at the Marae in Kaikoura

Saul, Wayne and John at the marae Enjoying the view from the Marae

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CARE Marlborough would like to

acknowledge the following

organisations for their continuing support

CARE Marlborough

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Photocopier (Black & White only)

One side A4 sheet: 10c

Double: 15c

Computer Printer

Color 50c

Black 10c

Color Printing on Photo paper $2

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Sender: CARE Marlborough

26 Percy St,

Blenheim.

To:

Address:

Mid Winter Lunch June 19th at CARE Marlborough

12pm -$5 for lunch

We would love to see you all here. Please let us

know if you would like to come by June 12th