Across Te Kotahitanga O Te Wairua

Mental Health Awareness Week starts today! 🤝🧘🌱❤️

This year’s theme is "Community is what we create together" – a reminder that when we come together, we build stronger, more supportive spaces for everyone. Our connections matter, and sometimes the smallest gesture can make a big difference.

Ideas for how you can help someone today:
Do you know someone who has a lot going on at the moment? Take some kai over for dinner to save them cooking, or offer to take their dog for a walk. 💙

To support a small neighbourhood business or community organisation today, you could:
Spend some time clearing out that forgotten cupboard. Donate toys, books, sports equipment or clothes you are no longer using to a local charity.💚

You could connect with the important people in your life today, by:
Sending them a message, having a kōrero, arranging a catch up in person, or using our postcard resource to get in touch with a loved one you haven’t talked to in a while. 💜

To get to know someone new in your community today, you could:
Introduce yourself to a new kaimahi/employee at mahi. Ask them if there’s anything you can do to help them settle in, and invite them to join you for morning tea or lunch. You could even use our kōrero card set to learn more about each other. 💛

You could express gratitude to those in your community today, by:
Leaving a note on a hoamahi/colleague’s desk to thank them for their help at mahi. You could even throw their favourite treat in, to make their day that little bit better. 🧡

Triple P Positive Parenting Programme

Register now at the following link: https://forms.office.com/r/t0vw5xxqLy?origin=lprLink or look under Find A Provider at www.triplep-parenting.net.nz/north-island.

Kia ora e te whānau!

It’s Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori | Māori Language Week, and this year’s theme is Ake Ake Ake - A Forever Language’. It represents the resilience, adaptability and endurance of our language. It also reflects the commitment New Zealanders have to embracing and learning te reo Māori long into the future.

We encourage you to join us in embracing te reo this week by using these kupu (words) and kīwaha (phrases) in your conversations. ❤️

Kia kaha e hoa mā – we can do this, forever and always! 💪

🌼 It's Daffodil Day! 🌼

Today, we come together to show our support for the incredible work the Cancer Society does for those affected by cancer. The daffodil is a symbol of hope, strength, and resilience – just like the many individuals and families who face this battle every day.

By donating to Daffodil Day, you’re helping provide essential services, from research to support for patients and their whānau. Every contribution, big or small, makes a difference in the fight against cancer.

Donate now! https://daffodilday.org.nz/donate-now

Let’s wear our daffodils proudly and spread hope today! 💛

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Newsletter August/September 2024 - https://mailchi.mp/1e88e1613308/newsletter-augustseptember-2024

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Triple P ‘Overcoming Fears’ Course
(Helping parents support their children to overcome fears)

Julie, our awesome Triple P facilitator is running a FREE 2-hour, in-person course for parents/caregivers of children aged 2 -12.
Date: Thursday 22nd August at 7pm
Venue: Palmerston North City

Does your child sometimes struggle with fears, shyness or anxiety? This course will help you positively support tamariki social and emotional development. You will learn how you can teach tamariki skills that will help them at school, at home, and in life. A FREE, brief, personal, and practical session, with proven Triple P – Positive Parenting Programme tips and ideas you can use straight away.

Register now at the following link: https://forms.office.com/r/t0vw5xxqLy?origin=lprLink or look under Find A Provider at www.triplep-parenting.net.nz/north-island.

🗣️ You do have the right! If you, your whānau, or someone you know has experienced racial profiling or harassment in our community, we encourage you to share your story. Your voice matters, and by speaking out, we can work together to create a more inclusive and understanding environment for everyone. Let’s stand up for what’s right—together. ✊

FREE 2-hour Positive Parenting courses for parents/caregivers who live in Palmerston North, Manawatu, Feilding, and Horowhenua.
We offer these as live ZOOM meetings and in-person sessions. A few of our most popular topics are:
Cooperating with Instructions
(Helping parents teach their children to cooperate and managing difficult behaviours)
Bedtime Routines
(Helping parents develop healthy, independent sleep patterns for their children)
Mealtimes
(Helping parents teach their children good mealtime habits and manage mealtime problems)
Fighting & Aggression
(Helping parents teaching their children to interact positively and manage aggressive behaviours)
Fears
(Helping parents support their children to overcome fears)

To indicate your interest, course preferences and consent to participate in a course please complete the online form at the following link: https://forms.office.com/r/t0vw5xxqLy?origin=lprLink.

You can also contact ACROSS Triple P Facilitator Julie Forman via ACROSS reception 063567486 or [email protected] for further information.

Roslyn Community Hub—a place where our community can come together, share resources, and thrive. 🏠✨

Join us in supporting this transformative project! Together, we can create a vibrant space for learning, connection, and support. Your contribution can make a lasting impact on the lives of our Roslyn community.

👉 If you wish to donate or have any questions, please get in touch with our Community Development Facilitator, Gail - [email protected]

Fear-Less Parenting programme to “Reduce your child’s anxiety” (Starting 16 May 2024)

6 sessions delivered on ZOOM. Available to parents/caregivers living in Palmerston North, Feilding, Horowhenua and Tararua regions (MidCentral). This programme is FREE.

If your 7 to 12-year-old child is often worried, scared, fearful, nervous and/or anxious, you can sign up for this programme. (We also have a programme for parents of 4 – 6 year olds). The programme supports parents to create a parent plan that works to reduce their child’s anxiety. Sessions run in the afternoon from 12.00 – 2.30pm and in the evening from 7pm – 9.30pm (Parents choose which time works for them).

Parents who have completed the programme, want you to know:
• “It's a game changer - do it! You'll learn lots about your child, yourself, and others around you. Your relationships and life will improve.”
• “It actually gives you the HOW.”
• “It’s a great step by step approach that you can immediately put into action.”
• “It not only helps your child but your whole whanau”.
• “It also helped my own individual life journey”.
• “It is well worth it. The amount of knowledge you absorb that you can easily apply to everyday life is refreshing!”
• “I would absolutely recommend this course because of the tools and strategies that you learn. They are so simple yet as parents, we just don’t naturally gravitate towards them. This is most helpful in creating a calm and positive relationship between yourself and your children.”
• This has been a lifechanging experience not only for myself but for all of my family and it is as close to the missing handbook on parenting as you can get.

Here is the link to register - https://forms.office.com/r/DUesrYMWes

Phone ACROSS on 06 356 7486, or email [email protected], and ask for the Fear-Less information to be emailed to you or let us know if you would like the course for parents of 4 to 6-year-olds.

Have a safe and lovely long weekend whānau.

The owners of Streetwise Coffee Sanson, Adrienne Foote and her daughter Lizzie, are two amazingly generous people. They organised a charity drive last December and encouraged their customers to donate money, toys, board games, and books to ACROSS.
The generosity of the Sanson Streetwise customers nourished the spirit of Christmas giving.
We want to acknowledge that Adrienne and Lizzie have organised this charity drive for the second year because they saw a need to give back to the community.
If you are passing through Sanson, stop by the Streetwise Coffee Cart and enjoy some of the best coffee.

Our office will be closed tomorrow for Waitangi Day and will reopen the following day on the 7th.

We had an awesome time at Freyberg High School and Community Festival held at Freyberg High School on the 8th of December 2023.

There were sports, games and giveaway hampers. It was fun for the whole whānau!

Word has it that this will become an annual event at the School!

We would like to take the time to thank the community of volunteers, and organisations for donating their time, goods and services.

Across Te Kotahitanga O Te Wairua - for the time out of the office to organise and run this event
Gilmours Central PN - for the food for the hampers
Mission4Men Charitable Trust - for their donation
Rowena Gotty - for her donation
Wider Wood Whanau - for their donation
Sport Manawatū - for the equipment for some of the Games
Palmerston North City Council Community Play Advisor - for organising equipment
Youthline - for sending volunteers to help with the games
Freyberg High School staff - for keeping the young people on track
Māori Wardens - for keeping everyone safe
Manawatu, Taranaki, Whanganui-Ruapehu Police - for their help in the organization of the event and for bringing a very popular Police Dog to be a part of the event.
McAninch Family - donation for face paint and equipment

We would also like to say a huge thank you to Ange O'Connor for her organisational skills that got the job done. Ange is very passionate about the children at Freyberg High School, the pastoral care she provides for these children goes far beyond her job.

Fear-Less Parenting programme to “Reduce your child’s anxiety” is starting 14 March 2024.

6 sessions delivered on ZOOM. Available to parents/caregivers living in Palmerston North, Feilding, Horowhenua and Tararua regions (MidCentral). The programme is FREE.

If your 6- to 12-year-old child is often worried, scared, fearful, nervous and/or anxious, then you can sign up for this programme. The programme supports parents to create a parent plan that works to reduce their child’s anxiety. Sessions run in the afternoon from 12:15 – 2:30pm and in the evening from 7 pm – 9.30 pm (Parents choose which time works for them).

Parents who have completed the programme, want you to know:
• “It's a game changer - do it! You'll learn lots about your child, yourself, and others around you. Your relationships and life will improve.”
• “It actually gives you the HOW.”
• “It’s a great step by step approach that you can immediately put into action.”
• “It not only helps your child but your whole whanau”.
• “It also helped my own individual life journey”.
• “It is well worth it. The amount of knowledge you absorb that you can easily apply to everyday life is refreshing!”
• “I would absolutely recommend this course because of the tools and strategies that you learn. They are so simple yet as parents, we just don’t naturally gravitate towards them. This is most helpful in creating a calm and positive relationship between yourself and your children.”
• "This has been a life-changing experience not only for myself but for all of my family and it is as close to the missing handbook on parenting as you can get."

Here is the link to register - https://forms.office.com/r/ZTGmSSSz2R

Phone ACROSS on 06 356 7486, or email [email protected], and ask for the Fear-Less information to be emailed to you.

Shoutout to the Manawatu Woodworkers Guild for the fantastic donation of wooden toys for our whānau and tamariki at ACROSS. The amount of toys and the quality of the work is wonderful! Thank you so much for your generous donation and hard work.

If you are looking for something free to do this weekend have a look at the Craft & Food Fair.

Saturday Dec. 2 from 10am-3pm
Sunday Dec. 3 from 10am-3pm

Free entry - Barber Hall, Waldegrave Street, Palmerston

The Manawatu Craft and Food Fair is back again!
The Manawatu Craft and Food Fair showcases the great talent
of our local people through craft and food!

With over 85 stall sites this is an event not to be missed!
Remember to bring Cash as not all Stall Holders have Eftpos facilities.

Jewellery - Children's Clothing - Cards - Artwork
Soy Candles - Kids Decor - Quilts - Skincare
Conserves - Woodwork - Fudge . . . and more!!!

Many thanks to Deni Rangkuti for installing the window frosting donated by Capture Signs Ltd. Deni organised and frosted the playroom windows during his weekend. The families and staff at ACROSS appreciate it. Thank you very much.

St. Peter's College has a Spring Market tomorrow 18 November from 8:30 am - 12 pm.

"It's a time for cleaning up and planting out your garden - and we've got the perfect combo with our Spring market, incorporating a car boot sale, plants, baking and coffee!

We've had plants donated from garden centres as well as lots of seedlings from school supporters, so we're expecting a great range of plants to top up your spring garden.

If you need to have a clear out, don't faff about putting all your stuff on TradeMe. Bring along your car and sell your stuff, or wander through and grab a bargain.

There'll be baking, a sausage sizzle, coffee cart and some great bargains to be had!

If you'd like a stall, please pre-register, so we can let you know if there are any changes to the event (or cancellations because of weather etc). Please be at the location and setting up by 8am at the latest.

Please check the St Peters College PTFA page for any updates or cancellations.

Get in touch if you have any questions or see you there!"

The ACROSS 2023 Annual Report is available for you to read on this link. You can read about all the mahi we have done over the past year.

ACROSS Annual Report 2023

FREE 2-hour ZOOM parenting course for parents/caregivers who live in Palmerston North, Manawatu, Feilding, and Horowhenua
“Getting your child listening to instructions and following them straight away”
To book in click on this calendar link -
[email protected]/bookings/" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/[email protected]/bookings/
The course is run by Prue Savill, the Triple P Practitioner at ACROSS.
You can also contact ACROSS on 06 356 7486
This session is a Triple P “Positive Parenting Programme” topic. Triple P is all about “Small changes that make big differences”.

The 6th annual Light Party is happening at the Esplanade this Saturday 28 October from 5-9 pm for you and your whānau to enjoy.

Light Party is a free fun event for everyone. Bring your picnic blanket and chairs to the Esplanade (Car park next to the train station), for an evening full of family-friendly live music and performances, sausage sizzle, bouncy castles and more!

The alternative venue in the case of wet weather is Gateways Christian Fellowship (across from the Warehouse on Church Street).

The ACROSS Annual General Meeting

You are cordially invited to attend the ACROSS te Kotahitanga o te Wairua Annual General Meeting being held on 8 November 2023, from 12 noon to 2 pm at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit Lounge located at 197 Broadway Avenue Palmerston North. Refreshments will be provided.
Please RSVP to [email protected] or phone (06) 356-7486.
Everyone is welcome.

FREE 2-hour ZOOM parenting course for parents/caregivers who live in Palmerston North, Manawatu, Feilding, and Horowhenua
“Getting your child listening to instructions and following them straight away”
To book in click on this calendar link - [email protected]/bookings/" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/[email protected]/bookings/
The course is run by Prue Savill, the Triple P Practitioner at ACROSS.
You can also contact ACROSS on 06 356 7486
This session is a Triple P “Positive Parenting Programme” topic. Triple P is all about “Small changes that make big differences”.

Fear-Less Parenting programme to “Reduce your child’s anxiety”. (Starting 19 October)

6 sessions delivered on ZOOM. Available to parents/caregivers living in Palmerston North, Feilding, Horowhenua and Tararua regions (MidCentral). The programme is FREE.

If your 6- to 12-year-old child is often worried, scared, fearful, nervous and/or anxious, then you can sign up for this programme. The programme supports parents to create a parent plan that works to reduce their child’s anxiety. Sessions run in the afternoon 12.15 – 2.30pm and in the evening 7pm – 9.30pm (Parents choose which time works for them).

Parents who have completed the programme, want you to know:
• “It's a game changer - do it! You'll learn lots about your child, yourself, and others around you. Your relationships and life will improve.”
• “It actually gives you the HOW.”
• “This will equip and give you confidence for yourself and your child!”
• “It’s a great step by step approach that you can immediately put into action. It’s amazing how small things applied deliberately, have a significant impact.”
• “It not only helps your child but your whole whanau”.
• “It also helped my own individual life journey”.
• “I felt supported and empowered”.
• “It is a small price to pay (in terms of time) for rewarding and beneficial outcomes for both child and parent.”
• “This is a great course which helps you understand anxiety and how to help your child learn the skills to increase their resilience and manage their anxiety.”
• “I would absolutely recommend this course because of the tools and strategies that you learn. They are so simple yet as parents, we just don’t naturally gravitate towards them. This is most helpful in creating a calm and positive relationship between yourself and your children.”
• This has been a lifechanging experience not only for myself but for all of my family and it is as close to the missing handbook on parenting as you can get.

Here is the link to register - https://forms.office.com/r/yi9ZndEtfU

Phone ACROSS on 06 356 7486, or email [email protected], and ask for the Fear-Less information to be emailed to you.

The Manawatu Craft & Food Fair is on again this weekend.

The Manawatu Craft and Food Fair showcases the incredible talent
of our local people through craft and food!

With over 85 stall sites this is an event not to be missed!

Free entry - Barber Hall, Waldegrave Street, Palmerston North

Remember to bring Cash as not all Stall Holders have Eftpos facilities.

Jewellery - Children's Clothing - Cards - Artwork
Soy Candles - Kids Decor - Quilts - Skincare
Conserves - Woodwork - Fudge . . . and more!!!

A Night Market is on at the Museum from 5 pm to 8 pm. Go along with the whānau to check it out. It is free!

A Youth Hub is open at the Awapuni Community Centre for rangatahi (youth) aged 12-18 years.

Here at ACROSS we are inclusive and supportive. Megan (the newborn lamb) came into our office this morning with one of our workers as she was in distress. She needed some time to decompress and some kai. She's feeling much better after the bottle feeding. Back home to join the other lambs tonight. Thanks for the visit, Megan!