Has your organisation signed up to the Taranaki Road Safety Workplace Charter yet? If not, we would love to get your business on board, alongside the 100+ local organisations that we currently have as charter members. It’s free to
The Taranaki Local Falls Working Group(LFWG), consisting of ACC, Sport Taranaki, New Plymouth Injury Safe, Pinnacle Health and Te Whatu Ora Taranaki, are planning a Healthy Aging Forum, which is going to be held at TSB Stadium on Thursday November
The mission of Ngā Tohu Whakaora e 3 (3 Steps for Life), is to empower members of the community to step forward when help is needed and increase out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates in your local community. In 2021, over
Do you, or someone you care about worry about falling? Q Do you use your hands to get out of a chair Q Do you walk slowly, or use small steps Q Do you feel you need to look
Spring signals the start of the motorcycling season We see more than half of all motorcyclists start to get their bikes out of the garage and back onto the roads after winter break. September is an important time to deliver
COVID has changed the way we live and has made leaving home all the more challenging due to its nature Social isolation has been both normalised and advised in order to protect ourselves and others from becoming unwell, leading to
Pictured above: Jo Hoogenberg cutting the celebratory cake with team leader Jenny Cavaney The Tainui Centre run from St Barnabus Church in Opunake is supported by The Bishops Action Foundation (BAF) and is led by the centre’s coordinator, Jenny
As part of the psychosocial response to COVID-19, the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) has implemented a nationwide Community Connection Service. With the aim to promote and achieve equity, the connection service directly supports the welfare needs of whānau and
Kia’ora from Kidsafe Taranaki Trust We have continued to support the Taranaki community to reduce injuries to tamariki under 5. In the south of Taranaki, one-to-one falls prevention korero delivered by Ruanui Health has seen over 38 whanau in the
The construction industry is losing one person a week to suicide on average, and a local charitable trust, Building Wellness Taranaki, has been established to help address this. Part of the trust’s initiatives is offering a platform for knowledge sharing