The North East Valley Community Project, an initiative close to John's heart, was mentioned in Annette King's Congress Speech - "It's About our Kids"
Annette King | Saturday, May 21, 2011 - 15:00
'Labour in Government, will place priority on full implementation of the Child Health Information Strategy.
Since the last conference further work has also been done on developing the concept of community Hubs based either at Early Childhood Centres or at schools.
Several successful projects already exist around the country.
The latest one I visited was the North East Valley Community Project based at a local school in Dunedin.
In a very short time they have:
• Got social workers on site
• Run seminars and workshops
• Connected people in need, to helping agencies
• Run an activity club for kids
• Established an education council; and a community garden.
The leaders of that project said “Schools like ours are fast becoming the only reliable lens into the community….
“Those who work in schools see what’s happening inside families and inside neighborhoods.”
“We are the front line.”
They believe through early identification and support to families, children are safe, strong and happy; their families equipped and the community a safe place to live.
“One child, then one family, then a whole community” is their approach.
And it’s working. Even more exciting it costs almost nothing at all.
It’s about coordinating what is already there and motivating a community to join in.
Under Labour we want to see more projects like these developed.'
http://www.labour.org.nz/news/annette-king-congress-speech-its-about-our-kids
Annette King | Saturday, May 21, 2011 - 15:00
'Labour in Government, will place priority on full implementation of the Child Health Information Strategy.
Since the last conference further work has also been done on developing the concept of community Hubs based either at Early Childhood Centres or at schools.
Several successful projects already exist around the country.
The latest one I visited was the North East Valley Community Project based at a local school in Dunedin.
In a very short time they have:
• Got social workers on site
• Run seminars and workshops
• Connected people in need, to helping agencies
• Run an activity club for kids
• Established an education council; and a community garden.
The leaders of that project said “Schools like ours are fast becoming the only reliable lens into the community….
“Those who work in schools see what’s happening inside families and inside neighborhoods.”
“We are the front line.”
They believe through early identification and support to families, children are safe, strong and happy; their families equipped and the community a safe place to live.
“One child, then one family, then a whole community” is their approach.
And it’s working. Even more exciting it costs almost nothing at all.
It’s about coordinating what is already there and motivating a community to join in.
Under Labour we want to see more projects like these developed.'
http://www.labour.org.nz/news/annette-king-congress-speech-its-about-our-kids
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