Government Resources - New Zealand
Department of Internal Affairs - Individuals with
Disabilities
Health & Disability Commissioner
Mental Health Commission
Early Childhood Development - Ministry of Education
Crown Public Health Limited
Manufactured Food Database
Department of Internal Affairs - Individuals
with Disabilities
www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-Lottery-Grants-Individuals-With-Disabilities?OpenDocument
The sub-committee allocates grants for mobility and communication equipment
to help people with disabilities achieve independence and gain access
to the community.
For funding purposes, an individual with a disability is defined as:
"a person who has a permanently reduced capacity to be transported,
to be personally mobile or to communicate, as a result of a physical,
sensory, psychiatric or intellectual disability."
Priority is given on the basis of:
- the severity of the disability
- the contribution the vehicle/equipment would make to the applicant's
quality of life
- the financial circumstances of the applicant with the disability
and their family
- the availability of alternative transport or assistance
- the family situation of the applicant
- the applicant's locality
- any lottery assistance received in the past.
Availability:
About 40-45% of applicants receive funding.
Timing:
Applications may be made at any time. (There are no set meeting dates
or closing dates for applications.) Decisions are made six to 16 weeks
after applications have been lodged.
Application forms for Individuals with Disabilities grants are available
from your nearest Community Development office, by email lotterygrants@dia.govt.nz
or freephone (in New Zealand) 0800 824 824. They come in a folder that
will help you decide whether you could be eligible. Complete the application
form and return by mail to: Lottery Grants, Department of Internal Affairs,
PO Box 805, Wellington.
For more information and application details, Email: lotterygrants@dia.govt.nz
or Freephone: 0800 824 824 (New Zealand only).
Health & Disability Commissioner
www.hdc.org.nz
The purpose of the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994 is to
promote and protect the rights of health and disability consumers, and
to facilitate the fair, simple, speedy, and efficient resolution of
complaints.
Mental Health Commission
www.mhc.govt.nz
Our vision is for New Zealand to be a place where people with mental
illness have personal power, full participation in their communities
and access to a fully developed range of recovery-oriented services.
Early Childhood Development - Ministry of Education
www.ecd.govt.nz
Providing information on Parenting, Early childhood education for your
child, parents as first teachers, Atawhaingia te pa harakeke (Nurture
the family)
Parenting:
The Ministry of Education early childhood staff use their knowledge
and expertise to support parents and strengthen families. This section
provides articles on parenting and other valuable resources and links
including:
- Helping families cope with tragedy and loss
- Family Start
- Behaviour and emotions
- Being a parent
- Toddler tantrums, etc.
Early childhood education for your child:
Provides links and resources on choosing and locating an early childhood
service in New Zealand.
Parents as First Teachers (PAFT) programme:
PAFT in New Zealand is a parent education and support programme that
helps parents understand how their infant develops and learns and how
best they cnhelp their child reach his or her full potentional.
Atawhaingia Te Pa Harakeke:
Based on Maori history, this programme supports prison inmates to
identify the impact of their own experiences and the way they were
parented on their attitudes and behaviours towards their own children.
Participants are then equipped with skills to give their children
a better start in life.
Crown Public Health Limited
www.cpublichealth.co.nz
Community & Public Health delivers public health services in Canterbury
(from Kaikoura to the Waitaki River) and the West Coast. Public Health
Services are population - based health promotion and health protection
activities that are concerned with whole populations, or groups such
as children or elderly people, rather than individuals.
The site offers information covering:
- Staying Healthy
- Nutrition
- Communicable Diseases
- Smokefree/Alcohol
- Safety
- Environmental Health
- Mental Health
- Food Safety
- Maori Health Issues
- Pacific Health Issues
Manufactured Food Database
www.mfd.co.nz/
The Manufactured Food Database (MFD) has been compiled by Nutrition
Services, Auckland Hospital from information voluntarily supplied
by New Zealand Food Manufacturers. Categories: egg free, gluten free,
legume free, low lactose, milk/lactose free, peanut free, soya free,
wheat free.
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