Barnardos provide a range of care, education and support services developed specifically for New Zealand children and their families. The services we provide reflect our commitment to ensuring that all children are able to receive the very best start to life.
Last year Barnardos:
Provided more than 6,000 children with quality early childhood education and out-of-school care
Provided help and assistance to over 13,000 children, adolescents, parents and families.
Barnardos believe that all young people have the right to a happy and healthy childhood. We work with children and their families, helping them towards a positive future through:
Safe, reliable and professional educational childcare
Care and protection of children at-risk of emotional, physical or sexual abuse
Support, information and advice for children, young people and their caregivers
Barnardos provide community services which represent our belief that people need services which are appropriate to the changing local needs. Our services are developed to reflect the cultural diversity of New Zealand society and ensure we are sensitive to these cultural differences. All of our services operate to nationally established standards.
These services include:
High quality early childhood education and care for children under five
Out-of-school care for older children before and after school
Family support for families under stress
Family counselling for families coping with grief or crisis
Support for sole-parent families
Programmes for at-risk children
Programmes for children with special needs
Services for children who are distressed or disadvantaged
Matua Whangai means that we are committed to returning children to their whanau, hapu, iwi.
Criteria for Services - Children between the ages of 0 - 16 years in need of
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