By Jodi Bryant
Whangārei residents now have little excuse for not getting their five-plus a day with a new home delivery service and at more affordable prices.
NZ Herald: New Training Opportunities for Whangarei's Disabled Youngsters
By Mike Dinsdale
New training pathways have opened up for young people in Whangārei with a training academy set up in part with Government funding.
In September last year, the Government's Provincial Development Unit announced that Taimahi Trust would get a grant of up to $995,000 to set up a training academy to support 30 people aged 18-25 with intellectual disabilities and/or high social needs into employment in horticulture, hospitality and social care…
Read moreNZ Herald: Government invests $2.2m of funding for Northland skills training
Taimahi Trust will receive a grant of $970,000 over two years for its Can-do Catering programme which will support 30 people aged 18-25 with intellectual disabilities and/or high social needs into employment in horticulture, hospitality and social care…
Stuff NZ: Northland men with Down syndrome thriving thanks to coffee cart employment
A pair of mums who just wanted their sons to have meaningful work are now on a mission to make their coffee cart start-up into a functioning business.
Northland mothers Rachel Hill and Alison Faithful started the Taimahi Trust with the aim of giving their sons, who both have Down syndrome, worthwhile employment.
"My son was turning 21 and her son is 20, and we were looking at a pretty bleak future for our kids," Hill, from Whangārei, said…
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