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Horowhenua Abuse Liaison Team Contact either Delphi or Veronica on: 06 366 0540 Facebook.com/HorowhenuaAbuseLiaisonTeam

Issue 2, August 2012

Tues Aug 28th 1pm 4pm HALT network meeting Introductory domestic violence training.

Welcome to the HALT Network Newsletter!

The HALT newsletter is designed to keep the network up-to-date with our activities, events and important issues in family violence.

Elder Abuse Awareness

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day was held on June 15th and marked locally with Age Concern Horowhenua speaking to the Grey Power AGM.

NEWSFLASH!!! Family Violence Reports Decrease When checking HALT figures we were pleased to see that family violence reports in the months of April, May and June were lower this year than last year. On average there were 2.4 less reports per week over this time.

In conjunction with Age Concern Horowhenua HALT helped to arrange coverage in the local media including articles in The Chronicle, Elderberries and a radio advertisement that played on 4 local stations.

Kit Out Project

Levin Police developed a project to kit out a number of local sports teams with uniforms bearing the Its Not Ok campaign logo and message. These uniforms are now being worn by soccer and touch rugby teams throughout the district as they attend their various matches sharing the message far and wide. Team members and their parents also attended a briefing on the meaning of the message before receiving the kit.

Those working in the intervention of family violence in the Horowhenua are hopeful that this is a result of the excellent work our local groups are doing in this area and that more families are being engaged in effective support. Time will tell if this is just a blip in the stats or a turning point of change occurring

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HA LT Ne t wo rk New s l e tte r

Introductory Domestic Violence Training

At our HALT Network meeting being held on Tuesday 28th August, Rosemary Pitt from HFVIP, will deliver some training around doThis workshop is open to any HALT Network members and their staff or volunteers.

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mestic violence. Rosemary brings a wealth of knowledge from her over 16 years experience in the family violence sector. This training will cover the basics of domestic violence, its dynamics, working with those affected by domestic violence, etc.
Date: 28/ 8/ 2012 Time: 1pm4 pm Venue: Levin Police Station Please register by 20th August by contacting Veronica on halt-events@clear.net.nz

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Childrens Programmes
Children who have been the victims of family violence, either directly or through witnessing it, can access programmes to assist in dealing with the effects of this and/or potentially related behaviours. Some of these are listed below.

Dragonflies Tamariki In Levin, Womens Refuge offer the Dragonflies Tamariki Programme which is a 10 week group programme for children aged 5-12 who have witnessed or been victims of family violence. For information on this programme please contact (06)354 5355

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VOYAGE Voyage is offered by ARCS Manawatu, mostly in Palmerston North and is a 9 week programme for children and their whanau who have experienced any form of abuse. Voyage is for boys and girls between the ages of 5-11 years. For more information contact (06) 356 5848

Go Kidz The Levin branch of Manawatu Supporting Families is offering a 7 week programme to support children of parents who have a mental illness or addiction issues. It is designed for children aged 7-11years. For more information contact Luciana on (06) 368 6116

Living Well Counselling Living Well Counselling offer general support and counselling for all ages, including children aged 5yrs and up. For more information contact (06) 368 2070

There are also many programmes and agencies who offer support and advice to parents in a variety of circumstances. Please feel free to contact HALT, or pick up a copy of the Levin Early Years Hub Directory, 2012, for details of these.