Family/Whanau Network Meeting Venue Announcment
Next meeting will be held in Oamaru the 29th of September 12 pm. Please ring your SF Otago Fieldworker at 455 4973 or alternatively Anne at SF Waitaki 03 434 1130 to RSVP
Staff Updates
We say a fond farewell to Jo Ollerenshaw who has left SF Otago to pursue her passion for gardening and wedding facilitation. Jo was with SF for over 3 years, dedicated to providing very valuable support to the families and organisation. We will miss her and wish her much success in her new ventures.
Welcome to new Fieldwork Team Leader Maria Hamelink . Maria comes to us having just completed her Bachelor of Occupational Therapy at Otago Polytechnic. She is passionate about enabling people to maintain a healthy balanced life and we are excited to have her on board to share her knowledge and skills with the SF Otago families
CUMI & TEENS DATES FOR NEXT TERM
CUMI & TEENS DATES FOR NEXT TERMPlease note these groups will now be on a Tuesday!
Both groups will be on at the same time - 3.45pm-5.30pm
Tuesday 27th of July at SF Otago Office
Tuesday 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th and 31st of August at SF Otago Office
Tuesday 7th and 14th of September at SF Otago Office
New Fieldworker
New FieldworkerWe are very happy to introduce Fiona Panirau to the fieldwork team, she has a wealth of experience working in Mental Health and in particular she was a family member of SF Otago 9 years ago. Since then she has worked as a Team Leader for the 420 Activity Centre (which is funded for Mental Health Consumers - run by the PACT group). Fiona has been working towards completing her Diploma in Counseling and during this time she was working for the ODHB in one of their wards working with Mental Health and Intellectual Disability consumers. She is looking forward to working with the families in her role as a fieldworker.
Otago Regional Family Whanau Network Meeting - Central Otago
Confirmation of the next Otago Regional Family/Whanau Network Meeting.Hi Everyone,
SF Central Otago will be hosting the upcoming Otago region family/whanau network meeting. The meeting is scheduled for 10 June, 1:30-3:30 at
Please distribute widely to your families and networks and encourage them to attend.
Warm Regards,
SF Otago
Family/Whanau Network Meeting
Thursday, June 10, 2010
1:30-3:30pm
Venue:
Purpose of this Meeting: To provide a safe environment for Family/Whanau members to feel confident to express their views and empower one another in advocating for a better quality of life for their Family/Whanau as a whole in mental health. All families and family representatives in Otago are welcome to attend.
Background: This meeting is part of a series of meetings facilitated by Supporting Families Otago as part of their contract with the Southern District Health Board. The Family/whanau Network meetings rotate to different locations in Otago to capture regional information from families to report to the District Health Board.
As this meeting is a family-led initiative, the agenda will be formulated at the meeting. Topics should include: what is working well in mental health for families in Otago and what issues need to be reported back to the Southern District Health Board and the Ministry of Health. All families and family representatives from the greater Otago Region are welcome to attend.
Successful second Family/Whanau network meeting
DATES FOR UPCOMING EVENTS AT SF OTAGO
UPCOMING LIST OF EVENTS AT SF OTAGOSUPPORT AND EDUCATION GROUP - DUNEDIN
Thursday 8th of July 12.00pm and 6.00pm at SF Otago Office.
Thursday 12th of August 12.00pm and 6.00pm at SF Otago Office.
Thursday 9th of September 12.00pm and 6.00pm at SF Otago Office.
Thursday 10th of October 12.00pm and 6.00pm at SF Otago Office.
Thursday 11th of November 12.00pm and 6.00pm at SF Otago Office.
MENS GROUP
Monday 14th of June 6.00pm at SF Otago Office
Monday 5th of July 6.00pm at SF Otago Office
Monday 2nd of August 6.00pm at SF Otago Office
Monday 6th of September 6.00pm at SF Otago Office
Monday 4th of October 6.00pm at SF Otago Office
Monday 1st of November 6.00pm at SF Otago Office
Monday 6th of December 6.00pm at SF Otago Office
BALCLUTHA SUPPORT AND EDUCATION GROUP - BALCLUTHA
Thursday the 17th of June from 1.30pm - 3.00pm at Clutha Mental Health Offices
Thursday the 15th of July from 1.30pm - 3.00pm at Clutha Mental Health Offices
Thursday the 19th of August from 1.30pm - 3.00pm at Clutha Mental Health Offices
Thursday the 16th of September from 1.30pm - 3.00pm at Clutha Mental Health
Offices
Thursday the 121st of October from 1.30pm - 3.00pm at Clutha Mental Health
Offices
Thursday the 18th of November from 1.30pm - 3.00pm at Clutha Mental Health
Offices
Thursday the 16th of December from 1.30pm - 3.00pm at Clutha Mental Health Offices
Successful second Family/Whanau network meeting
On Tuesday the 4th of May the second Otago Regional Family Whanau Network meeting was held at SF Otago. There was a great turnout for the meeting and much was achieved. We were happy to see the families taking an active role in discussing there thoughts and feelings on the support that their loved ones receive.The next meeting will be held in Alexandra on Thursday the 10th of June (time and venue to be confirmed). SF Otago will be taking a couple of vehicles away and we will be happy to transport family to this event.
SUNFLOWER HANDBOOK SPECIAL!!
As an exciting special we at SF Otago are delighted to offer this promotional pack.If you purchase items from the Sunflower Handbook to the value of $25.00, we will give you a Sunflower Handbook folder for FREE!! (folder usually costs $10.00).
The Sunflower Price list is available on our website as well as an order form.