"LIKE MINDS TARANAKI IS A REGISTERED CHARITABLE TRUST INCORPORATED IN 1995.
IT IS ONE OF 27 REGIONAL PROVIDERS CONTRACTED BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH TO DELIVER THE LIKE MINDS NATIONAL PROGRAMME."
WHAT DO WE DO?
In Taranaki we have five main aims:
1. To promote mental health:
Via advertising, promotions, presentations and projects to promote positive mental health thinking and activities such as;
- Mental Health Awareness Week
- 'Korero Mai' - a Newsletter for those providing services for people with experience in mental illness
- Employment Guidebook - A guide for jobseekers with health issues
- 'Whakaaro Pai' - 'Thinking Positively' Newsletter by Service Users for Service Users
- 'What's On' - Newsletters promoting freely available educational and recreational activities - written by people on limited incomes for people on limited incomes
- Taking a co-coordinating and leadership role in the mental health sector
2. To 'de-mystify' mental illness:
Via advertising, articles and presentations to relevant organisations such as;
3. To Counter Stigma and Discrimination whenever and wherever it occurs:
Via presentations, articles and promotions such as;
- Mental Health Awareness Week
- Employment Guidebook
- Presentations to groups and organisations
4. A range of specific projects that cover all the above such as;
- Employment Guidebook
- Mental Health Awareness Week
- Newsletters and newsletter articles in other newsletters
- Stress in Rural Communities Projects
- Taranaki Mental Health Sector Directory
- Taranaki Mental Health Sector Website
If you want to learn more about mental illness, and discuss ways of responding to discrimination...Contact us
LIKE MINDS TARANAKI TOIORA HEALTHY LIFESTYLES LTD
Third Floor BNZ Building Kaupapa Maori - Like Minds Provider
Devon Street West, 117 Powderham Street,
P.O. Box 5015, P O Box 992,
New Plymouth. 4343 New Plymouth. 4340
Tel: 06 759 0966 Tel: 06 769 9188
0800 4 like minds(0800 454 536)
Mob: 021 133 7224
Fax: 06 759 0386 Fax: 06 769 9178
Hours of Operation: Hours of Operation:
Monday - Thursday 8.30 - 4.30pm Monday - Friday 8.30 - 5.00pm
Friday 8.30 - 3.00pm
LIKE MINDS TARANAKI TRUSTEES AND STAFF:
PATRON/TRUSTEE: Wayne Morris:
Director - Future Edge - former Service User
TRUSTEES: Kelvin Stephens (Chair):
Regional Advisor:
Health MSD-Taranaki/Wanganui
Chair - Taranaki Suicide Support Project
Wayne Samways:
Qualifications Assessor - MSD
Lisa Franklin:
Service User
Nic Magrath:
Consumer Advisor - TDHB Mental Health Services
Jo van Leeuwen:
Registered Nurse - TDHB - MH Services
Manager - Supporting Families - Taranaki
ADVISOR: Dr. Samir Heble
Executive Clinical Director
TDHB Mental Health & Addiction Services
STAFF:
Manager - Gordon Hudson
Project Manager / Admin - Frances Rookes
Office Manager - Stephanie Mapley
Volunteer - Tony Spencer
Quality Assurance / Volunteer - Cecily Bull
Click here for information about Like Minds National Programme
Like Minds Taranaki gratefully acknowledges the financial support of this website by
The Ministry of Health
Feedback is always welcome
Like Minds Taranaki, 06-759-0966, email: mental.health@xtra.co.nz