Children stuck in long-term cycles like family violence and poverty need long term support to find a new path.

Our Longitudinal Whānau Support Programme works by creating layers of support within the family, in schools and in the wider community, building trust and opportunities for children to thrive.

It’s the ongoing support from our network of generous, engaged doners that makes this possible.

Our LWS supports Christchurch’s most vulnerable whānau through crisis, to stability, by:

• Working with partner schools to identify the children they are most concerned about, who don’t have pathways to thrive.

• Placing whānau support workers alongside the whole whānau for up to 15 years, to build trust and support through crisis times.

• Providing Opportunity Hubs at local schools, where children can access activities that bring joy and motivation to pursue success in life through academic, cultural, sports and academic clubs, and linking them with groups and resources in the wider community.

• Supporting young people to create individualised pathways, supporting them long-term to find their strengths, overcome barriers and challenges, and follow a new pathway to thrive.