Services
What we offer:
Porirua Living Without Violence offers various programmes and education designed to assist women children and men make sense of their experiences. These are provided by trained women and men with an extensive knowledge and understanding of family violence issues.
The agency has approval of the Family Court and Child, Youth and Family Service.
The programmes
For Children:
Tamariki: A 10 week individual sibling and group sessions for children aged 5-12 yrs. An empowering and educational programme to assist children work through the
impacts of being a witness or survivor of domestic violence.
For Women:
Programmes for women which provide support, education and wellbeing which help women make wise choices and to increase the safety for themselves
and their children.
For Men:
Programmes for men that provide them with a structural understanding of men's violence, identifying the range of unaccepted
violent behaviors and teaches non-violent alternatives.