Making the Raising Children resource is something that has had a lot of helping hands along the way to make it happen. A project like this needs people to make it, robust guidance on content, a place to play it, networks of trusted people and organisations to get the DVD to people who need it… and of course funding.
Without our family of funders listed here Raising Children in NZ would simply not exist.
TVNZ 7 have both helped fund and provided a platform for viewers to be able see this content in both ‘bite sized’ stories that play individually and also ten half hour episodes on the various ages.
TVNZ 7 is NZ’s non-commercial news and information channel and can be found on Freeview channel 7 and on Sky channel 77.
The Lion Foundation, as one of New Zealand’s oldest and most respected Charitable Trusts, have committed the ‘lion’s share’ of funding for this project as a grant to Barnardos. We are forever grateful for the opportunity they saw to fund a project where many parties who support families and children could come together to work on the same project for the greater good. As they say, they are ‘here for good’.
Barnardos’ vision is that in Aotearoa New Zealand childhood is valued and each child’s hope and potential are nurtured. They do a great job fulfilling that vision through the huge variety of services they offer.
Their guiding principle, Ko Ngā Tamariki I Te Tuatahi – Children Come First, informs everything they do from child and family services, early childhood care and education to residential services and advocacy programmes.
Go here and catch Murray Edridge their inspirational CEO talk about what they do and why…
Barnardos’ funding, on-going support and enthusiasm as well as content guidance have been instrumental in seeing the birth of Raising Children in New Zealand. The DVD will be widely used and accessible for families through their vast network.
New Zealand is full of Plunket babies. We’ve been nurtured for generations by the Plunket nurse as new parents look to their steady guidance. As part of our Advisory Group they’ve looked at the content thoroughly to make sure it’s all good to go for the current crop of parents! Plus given they see 91% of new babies, they’ll be handing a free DVD to new parents come September.
Family and Community Services have a wonderful resource called SKIP (Strategies with Kids – Information for Parents) based on six guiding principles to raise children to be happy, capable adults. As well as providing funding the SKIP team sit on the Advisory Group.
Sitting on our advisory group is The Office of the Children’s Commissioner, an independent crown entity which advocates for the best interests of all children and young people in New Zealand. The OCC works with agencies from inside and outside of Government to ensure the rights of all children and young people are respected and upheld.
Our Advisory… All the video clips you see have been robustly reviewed by an Advisory Group consisting of representatives from Barnardos, Plunket, The Office of the Children’s Commissioner and Family and Community Services. We further consulted with many others including, Ministry of Health, The University of Auckland’s School of Teaching, Learning and Development, NZ Breastfeeding Authority, Centre for Attachment, Resources for Infant Educarers (RIE), Brainwave Trust Aotearoa, Change for our Children, National SIDS Prevention for Maori, Post Natal Distress Support, St John, Safekids New Zealand, as well as the 21 different experts interviewed on camera .
