We’d like to welcome several new staff members.

Every day a group of people are working behind the scenes in Nelson to ensure that vulnerable families in distress don’t slip through the cracks and become further victims of family harm.

Clinician Mark Banks tells us that in his work as a specialist family violence clinician, he makes use of his time decades ago in club life when working with clients who are currently involved with it.

Are you a dad or about to be a dad? If so, come take a free course with other dads to learn what it’s like to be a parent and to learn helpful tools and new skills to make your experience more fulfilling.

Our Board has just completed a strategic planning process that provides focus to our work over the next five years, including an internal and an external focus.

We were impressed by Kay Douglas’ new book Men Making Changes.

Hear from some of the women who have experienced significant distress who have made a journey back to themselves and safety.

Alex Ness from New Zealand Rugby (NZR) is the Te Hurihanga Advisor supporting the delivery of education sessions and Rugby’s response to incidents of harm. He visited the Nelson office during a tour of the region.

General Manager Dee Cresswell comments on the weekend’s news that the Government created a new ministerial role to deal with one of New Zealand’s most troubling problems, family violence.

Several family violence agencies in the TOTS are working together and sharing knowledge to create new services for clients.

Read about an initiative called Whānau Resilience and funded by MSD that is helping us develop a new service for clients.

RISE clinician working with youth clients sees a worrying trend.

“When I first met Taylor, he had just started at an alternative education programme after being advised to leave high school. He felt on the outside of the school system, was highly anxious and struggled containing strong anger impulses. He was only 13.”

Too few of the men who use violence overlap enough with stopping violence programmes, says a recently published report.

Recent non-violence programme graduates say the course provided them skills to safely manage their lives, their family’s lives, and to engage in a more respectful relationship.

Men who attended our non violence programme who were charged with a criminal offence filled out a survey after ending the programme; read what they had to say.

The Sixth report from the Family Violence Death Review Committee addresses the the life trajectory of the men involved in family violence deaths and there’s much to learn.

“My wife said if I didn’t sort my crap, it was over. She had said this before, but I brushed it off. But my kids and my wife gave me an ultimatum this time, and so I decided that I needed to do something. “

Surveys from men recently departing our non-violence programme show positive outcomes.

Find out what youth took away with them after completing our youth programme and what they are doing to make themselves safe.