Heartland Community Hub adds fresh heft
Courses on smart phone use, helping people connect with government agencies, joining under-5s with old codgers, visiting outer settlements, providing blood donation and financial support services, interfacing with Age Concern and hosting Digital Seniors _ part of a long list already stacked up by a new service in Martinborough.
Heartland Community Hub duo Hana Makin and Pip Maynard are pleased with progress in helping the community make connections across the board in their first four months of operation.
Hana: “It’s been very well received and people coming in have been pleased to have somewhere and someone local to talk to.
“Obviously we’re still getting to meet people, we’re still new so there are still plenty of people who still don’t know that we’re here – and some people who do know we’re here don’t (yet) need our help.
We’ve got a few services that are available weekly now so that helps people knowing what we can do. So we’ve got Digital Seniors in here once a week, the building and financial capabilities team here once a week, doing free budgeting advice and education so they work with people to help them get on top of their finances.
We’ve got Youth to Work once a week and they help people into sustainable employment – so they work with young people and with businesses to help them employ young people as well.
Pip: “We have Te Hauora Runanga o Wairarapa, they’ve actually held two 8-week courses here since we opened (in January).
“They’ve been rongoa (Maori health) courses and really well received as it’s been more traditional harvesting and things like that, some sometimes here and sometimes (fieldwork) out in the district. … Continue Reading
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