Te Rito Rodney Family Violence Prevention Project

To foster and nurture a safe, healthy and violence free community and to educate the general public in relation to prevention of family violence and the particular objects of the Trust are: 1) Enhance collaboration between all agencies currently providing services to families at risk of and/or currently experiencing or have experienced family violence in Rodney and the Hibiscus Coast. 2) Support agencies to address family violence and to access appropriate services for their clients. 3) Ensure all Te Rito Rodney services are accessible to Tangata Whenua and other ethnic populations. 4) To increase community ownership of family violence. 5) Support and encourage all organisations to develop consistent policies and practices which assist them to identify and act on suspected cases of family violence. 6) Advocate at a local/national level for family violence to remain a top priority for this region. 7) Development of community wide family violence strategies. 8) Run effective network.