Community support groups
Find free mental health support in your area. See listings of support groups by region and type of support.
West Coast Suicide Loss Group
Monthly support and shared activities for all people affected by bereavement due to suicide.
Meeting monthly and alternating between Greymouth and Hokitika for shared activities. The group meets at 6.30pm on the first Friday of every month for shared activities such as walks and pot luck meals.
Region
West Coast
Contact Information
Phone: (03) 762 5812
West Coast Waves Group
A programme designed to support adults who have been bereaved by suicide.
Waves is an eight-week programme that aims to support adults 18+ years old who have been bereaved by suicide.
Next group to be confirmed. To register interest in attending or for more information, contact Annabel Gosset.
Group
West Coast
Contact Information
Contact Name: Annabel Gossett
Contact Number: 027 463 9059
Email: annabelgosset@yahoo.com
Whanganui support group for those bereaved by suicide
Support group for people bereaved by suicide.
The group welcomes in confidence immediate family, relatives, friends and others. We are here to support others by understanding their pain as we still walk our lives.
Contact Bonnie Lethaby or James Forrest for more information.
Region
Whanganui
Contact Information
Contact Name: Bonny Lethaby
Contact Number: (06) 343 7573
Contact Name: James Forrest
Contact Number: (06) 349 0202
24-hour helpline: 027 684 3386 (texts are welcome)
Whatever It Takes Trust (WIT)
Support for anyone who has mental health and addiction issues.
Support for anyone who has mental health and addiction issues. Community support, social housing, residential services, advocacy, day centres, recovery programmes, return to work programmes and anything else our whaiora need. All sevices operate Monday–Friday and residential services are 24/7. The group is based in Napier but works throughout Hawkes Bay.
Region
Hawkes Bay
Contact Information
Phone: (06) 835 2154
Email: team@witservices.co.nz
Website: https://witservices.co.nz/
Women's Centre Rodney
Women’s Centre Rodney aims to help you to feel empowered, supported and resourced to face life’s challenges.
The Women’s Centre Rodney, based in Warkworth, was first established in 1987 by a group of Rodney women who recognised the need for a women-only space in the community.
Thirty years on and the charity still focuses on supporting all women as autonomous, self-determining, and inter-dependent within their families, work, cultures, and communities.
Region
Auckland
Contact Information
Address: 10 Morpeth Street, Warkworth
Phone: 09 425 7261
Freephone: 0800 2 dropin (0800 237 674)
Hours: Monday–Friday, 9:30am–2:30pm
Email: info@womenscentrerodney.org.nz
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/womenscentrerodney/
Workbridge
Helping thousands of Kiwis with disabilities or health conditions connect with great employers, every year, for free.
Workbridge is a professional employment service for people with all types of disability, including people who have lived with the long-term effects of injury and illness. A Workbridge client will have been living with the effects of their disability, injury or illness for more than six months. Workbridge works at no cost for jobseekers and employers to match people to the right job.
Region
Nationwide
Contact Information
Website: https://workbridge.co.nz/
Workwise
Workwise works with people who are facing personal or health challenges and supports them to return to or stay in employment.
Workwise works with people who are facing personal or health challenges and supports them to return to or stay in employment.
Region
Nationwide
Contact Information
Email: info@workwise.org.nz
Website: https://www.workwise.org.nz/
Yellow Brick Road
Supporting families towards mental wellbeing.
We will walk alongside any family in New Zealand who needs support, knowledge, and advocacy. If you are concerned about a whānau member experiencing mental health challenges, our whānau support workers can help you by providing a range of family mental health support, information, education and advocacy services.
Includes the Gaining Ground programme for people who are supporting someone with emotional dysregulation(ED).
Region
Nationwide
Contact Information
Northern Region - 0800 732 825
Central North Island - 0800 555 434
South Island - 0800 876 682
Website: https://yellowbrickroad.org.nz/
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