Community Health and Social Services in Southland
Advocacy services can support you or work on your behalf when you are accessing health or social services. This can include listening to your concerns, talking through options with you and coming with you to appointments.
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Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) - Invercargill
Free and confidential advice, information, and advocacy for services in the Southland region
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Kia Haumaru - Personal Safety Education
A network of trained and accredited Personal Safety Educators providing women, girls and persons of marginalised genders with the skills and strategies to keep safe.
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Gore & Clutha Women's Refuge
Our aim is to work together to eliminate family violence in our communities by providing support, advocacy, education and awareness.
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Hospice Southland
Hospice Southland provides specialist palliative care to those with a life-limiting illness in Southland and the Wakatipu Basin, free of charge, and ideally in their
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Jubilee Budget Advisory Service
Budgeting advice and education, to empower those to be good stewards with their own finances
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Fiordland Community House
We are a "hub of community services" providing the Te Anau and Fiordland area with a host of social services.
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Advance Care Planning
Advance care planning helps you, the important people in your life and your health care team plan for your end-of-life care.
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Stroke Aotearoa NZ
We are here to help and support people and their families/whanau affected by stroke.
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Caring Families Aotearoa
Caring Families Aotearoa supports families who open their homes and hearts to tamariki (children) and rangitahi (young people) in need of care and protection.
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The Meningitis Foundation Aotearoa NZ
Our aim is to prevent meningitis by ensuring families have accurate information, early diagnosis and quick treatment
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RainbowYOUTH
RainbowYOUTH is a national organisation dedicated to providing support, information and advocacy for queer, gender diverse, takatāpui and intersex youth.
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SafeMan SafeFamily
SMSF works to help men break the cycle of violence through a process of recovery which is life-changing, life-long and transferable.
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Complex Chronic Illness Support
Supporting people impacted by Complex Chronic Illness - empowering people towards wellness.
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Shine
Shine is a leading New Zealand provider of specialist domestic violence help and support services.
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People First New Zealand
We are a Disabled Peoples Organisation (DPO) and a national self-advocacy organisation that is run by and for people with learning (intellectual) disability.
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Asian Network Inc. (TANI)
TANI supports Asian New Zealanders to enjoy optimal quality of life and wellbeing and to develop strong and healthy Asian communities in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Taumarunui Police Family Harm Team
Ruapehu Community Support Trust/Whakakotahitanga is a total wrap-around service for families involved in domestic violence situations.
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Otautau and Districts Community Charitable Trust
Provision of integrated family support services for older persons, parents, and children through a one-stop shop
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Connected Eastern Southland
Connected Eastern Southland is a one-stop-shop for your community needs, across the Eastern Southland region.
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Gut Cancer Foundation
The Gut Cancer Foundation (GCF) is dedicated to improving the outcomes for patients with gastro-intestinal cancer.
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Te Kupenga Whakaoti Mahi Patunga / National Network of Family Violence Services
We provide support to family violence prevention and intervention services - we do NOT provide services and programmes directly to clients but can refer people
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Gore Counselling Centre
Providing general counselling, crisis sexual and family violence abuse counselling, and Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) services to Gore and surrounding communities in Eastern Southland
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Cancer Society Otago and Southland
Working to improve community well-being by reducing the incidence and impact of cancer - any cancer, any question.
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Alzheimers New Zealand
A dementia friendly New Zealand, Aotearoa, he aro nui ki te hunga mate wareware
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Te Whare Hou Invercargill Women's Refuge
At Invercargill Women’s Refuge, we provide the support and information you need when you're dealing with domestic violence in your life.
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Disabilities Resource Centre Southland
Disabilities Resource Centre Southland provides disability information and advisory services for the Southland region.
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Head Injury Southland Charitable Trust
We provide support, information, education and advocacy for head-injured people, their families/whanau, carers and the wider community
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Multiple Sclerosis & Parkinson’s Southland
MS & Parkinson's Southland provides information, education, home visits and support for people with MS, Parkinson's or Huntington's, their caregivers and their families
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Epilepsy Association of New Zealand
Information and support – for people who have epilepsy and their families/whānau.
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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Trust NZ
GRG provides caregiver support, information, education and advocacy services to full-time grandparents or whanau caregivers throughout New Zealand
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Pacific Island Advisory & Charitable Trust (PIACT)
Support the health, educational, social and cultural needs of persons of Pacific descent now resident in Southland
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Age Concern Southland Inc
We support older kiwis to have a healthy lifestyle, full of opportunities and protection from harm.
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Arthritis New Zealand
Arthritis New Zealand aims to improve the life of every person affected by arthritis.
