Foodbank – ADCOSS http://www.adcoss.org.nz Auckland District Council of Social Services Wed, 08 Mar 2017 03:21:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.5 Citizens Advice Bureau Glen Innes http://www.adcoss.org.nz/item/citizens-advice-bureau-glen-innes/ Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:55:48 +0000 http://w2mhosting.net/adcoss/item/citizens-advice-bureau-glen-innes/ 100 Line Road, Glen Innes.

PO Box 18 194, Glen Innes 1743.

CAB Glen Innes is open 9am to 4pm, Monday to Friday, and for booked legal advice service appointments on Saturday morning at 9.30am.

OUR SERVICES

We offer free, confidential, advice, support and information, helping with forms and contacting government departments. We can offer options about consumer rights, family matters, financial issues, employment rights, government department concerns, housing, health services, and information about local organisations and services. If you need us to speak to someone on your behalf, or assistance with writing a letter, we can do that too.

As well as face-to-face, telephone and email help, we offer the following services:-

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE: Monday to Friday 9.30 – 11.30am

A JP Service Desk operates within the CAB. No appointments. JPs are warranted by the Governor-General to: Witness documents; certify copies; take declarations, affidavits and affirmations

FREE LEGAL ADVICE

  • Saturday morning, 9.30am. Brief legal advice with a lawyer. Appointments necessary; call in or phone us on 09 528 3682
  • Wednesday morning, Auckland Community Law Centre legal advisor is available at the CAB by appointment: booked through Auckland Community Law, ph. 09 377 9449.BUDGETING SERVICES

 

  1. There are 2 Budgeting Services offered at the CAB:
  1. Auckland Central Budgeting: Monday, Tuesday & Friday mornings. Contact the CAB to arrange a time. Sometimes clients can drop-in without an appointment, but this cannot be guaranteed.
  2. Tamaki Budgeting: Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday afternoons. Call them on 09 570 9023 to make an appointment.

BURMESE LANGUAGE SERVICE

Mondays 12.30 – 4pm. Ven. Sumana Siri offers a CAB service to clients in the Burmese language

Glen Innes FOODBANK

Provides emergency food assistance to residents of Glen Innes and Pt England. There are limits on the number of food parcels per year, and proof of identity & address required. Enquire in person between 9am and 3pm, Monday – Friday.

Donations of food are very welcome.

 

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]]> Citizens Advice Bureau Remuera/Eastern Bays http://www.adcoss.org.nz/item/citizens-advice-bureau-remueraeastern-bays/ Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:55:48 +0000 http://w2mhosting.net/adcoss/item/citizens-advice-bureau-remueraeastern-bays/ CAB is an organisation, staffed by volunteers, who provide information and advice about how to deal with life’s difficult times: family problems, employment problems, housing issues, financial difficulties and questions, immigration matters, questions about education or health services and many others. If you don’t know who to ask or where to go for assistance, we can help.

Legal Clinics:   Thursday – 6pm to 7pm

These are brief (15 minute) legal consultations with a qualified lawyer.
Appointments must be made in advance and confirmed before the appointment date.

Family Clinic:    Every second Wednesday – 4pm to 7pm

These are private 45 minute consultations with an experienced family mediator, who can explore family relationship matters with clients, assist them to identify options, and identify the specialist services they might need. These are not mediation sessions.
Clients calling the CAB about complex family issues may be offered these appointments.
Appointments must be made in advance and confirmed before the appointment date.

Legal Ear: on request

If you have a legal problem that can’t be answered by one of our interviewers, we may be able to refer you to a legal ear. These lawyers provide very brief advice by telephone.

Justice of the Peace:

A JP service operates Tuesday mornings, Wednesday afternoons, all day Thursday and Friday afternoons.

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]]> Family Works Northern http://www.adcoss.org.nz/item/family-works-northern/ Fri, 19 Aug 2016 02:18:37 +0000 http://www.adcoss.org.nz/?post_type=ait-item&p=1791 Family Works Northern is a professional, not-for-profit organisation that’s here to support families in every way we can. We’re part of Presbyterian Support Northern, a charitable social services provider that’s been around for more than 130 years. We’re passionate about strengthening New Zealand families as they face life’s challenges.

Through counselling and social work in communities and schools throughout the upper North Island (from Northland to Turangi), we champion the causes of children/tamariki in our communities and support them and their families/whānau to flourish. We wholeheartedly believe that:

  • children should feel safe, loved and cared for
  • families can be restored and empowered
  • communities can be places of compassion and support
  • New Zealand can become the best place to raise children.
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