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Canterbury

 

Greetings from the Canterbury Area

The Canterbury Branch covers Canterbury and the West Coast as well as the northern part of the South Island.

Number of Families Supported: 310

Contact People:   

Secretary/Treasurer   

Family Support

 

Judith Wakelin

Karen Hand & Debbie Kopa

Phone:

03 343 3902

03 940 9430 or 027 630 4648

Email:

 heartcanterbury@paradise.net.nz

The Canterbury branch is well established with support being provided from about 1991.  We are a big branch with over 300 families.  Many are in the Canterbury area but we also have families in most parts of the north of the South Island.  We provide a variety of services and try to meet everyone’s needs.  Our main service is information and support through our family support workers, especially when your child needs to go up to Starship.  We also provide a travel subsidy to enable an extra support person to go up to Starship with the parent and heart child.  We arrange special toiletry packs and gifts for children and try to help families in a variety of ways through this stressful time.

We hold monthly “Murmurs” coffee groups for our parents of babies and younger children, “Cardio-youth” events for our teenagers and heart children adults as well as family events for everyone.  These help you meet other heart kids and parents to help build communication and informal support networks.  We also hold Education Evenings on topics suggested by members.

Contact Judith, Karen, or Debbie if you would like any information on any of these activities or on any of our services.

 

Events & Dates

Next Event: 
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Family Day: 
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AGM
Monday 23 February 2009 at 8pm
Phone Judith on 343 3902 for information

 

Heart Stopper Challenge
Sunday 24 May 2009
Location

Committee Meetings: 

Are held on the second or third Monday
each month, at 7.30pm. 

Location and date can sometimes change
so please ring Judith on 3433902 to confirm
details of the next meeting.

 

 

Branch Newsletters

Canterbury newsletter August 08.pdf   (1,668.69 KB)

Canterbury newsletter October 08.pdf  (1,470.87 KB)

 

Contact Details

Canterbury Branch  - All correspondence
Heart Children NZ - Canterbury Branch
Christchurch Community House         
141 Hereford Street
Christchurch 8011
Ph: 03 940 9430 Office or 03 343 3902 Judith
heartcanterbury@paradise.net.nz

 

Secretary/Treasurer
Judith Wakelin
Ph: 03 343 3902
judith@wakelin.net.nz

Regional Family Support Coordinator
Karen Hand
Ph: 03 940 9430
(Monday to Thursday 9am to 3pm)
Mob: 027 630 4648
karen@heartchildren.org.nz

 

Family Support Worker          
Debbie Kopa
Ph: 03 940 9430 Office 
  or 021 848 745

Chairperson
Lisa Stanley
Ph: 03 327 5602
slandss@clear.net.nz

 

Board Member - HCNZ Vice-Chairperson
Ross Blackler
Ph: 03 338 1611
Mob: 025 774 071
rossuz@clear.net.nz

 

Contact Judith for membership details or enquiries