Information Providers
Tenants Protection Association (TPA) is a community agency which works to promote the rights, interests and welfare of tenants: General advice and information Education for tenants SVT Supporting Vulnerable Tenancies Support for mediation and tribunal applications/hearings Rental Clinic at Linwood Community Link – New Brighton Work and Income. Please ring for an appointment
The Pink Pages is a gay, lesbian, bisexual, intersexual and transgendered directory of queer and queer friendly services available in Otautahi Christchurch.
Healthline is a free telephone advice service staffed by registered nurses. Healthline is available for all, from the newborn to the elderly, and is accessible from either a landline or a cell phone.
The 24 Hour Surgery is open 24 hours a day, every day for you and your family when your own doctor is not available. The surgery provides urgent medical and accident care, a fracture service, radiology facilities and an observation unit.
A network of gay and lesbian health workers who seek to promote the health of GLBTQ (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer) communities in Christchurch through education and advocacy with those communities and the people who work with them.
Confidential information, advice and referral service for people with questions about their own or someone elses drinking or drug use. Callers can access brief interventions while those needing ongoing counselling are referred to appropriate local services.
We provide support to families, carers and professionals who have, or work with, children or adults with Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Services Include: Support group meetings in Christchurch, Darfield, and Timaru Social Activities Newsletters Workshops, training opportunities, parent education/information Monday night Young Adult Support Group Lego groups for children with autism spectrum disorder.
Awareness is an independent group of people with personal experience of mental illness, distress or addiction who want to make a difference to the way mental health services and society treat people with lived experience. We meet on the second Monday of the month at 12.30pm to share information and provide a forum for discussion, and action on issues that impact the mental health and addiction communities. Some issues we have been a collective voice on include: seclusion, synthetic cannabis, youth issues, child custody decision making, crisis peer support, and the Mental Health Act. We provide feedback to the Canterbury District Health Board and other organisations on policy and practice, write submissions and organise forums and events. Membership for Awareness is free and open to all Canterbury consumers/people with personal experience of mental illness or addiction. Awareness and the Mental Health Advocacy and Peer Support Trust (MHAPS) work in partnership on many projects. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/awarenesscanterbury
The Christchurch Budget Service (CBS) is Christchurch’s only independent charitable budget service that is not aligned to any political party or religious organisation. CBS is strictly private and confidential and does not disclose client’s private and personal information with any Government ministry or agency. CBS provides free budget and debt management assistance, education, advocacy and advice for Cantabrian wage & salary earners, self- employed, independent contractors, superannuitants and students.
The Christchurch City Mission supports, cares and advocates for people marginalised by social and economic factors and who are at risk through poor mental health, family breakdown, unemployment, inadequate housing, financial mismanagement and drug/alcohol abuse. The City Mission works in both crisis and preventative ways to improve the quality of these people’s lives and to enable them to become more self-sufficient in the community. Services: Night shelter for men Wahine Whai Ora (day programme for women in recovery) Budget advice/advocacy Governors Bay gardens Thorpe House residential detoxification Alcohol and drug counselling Foodbank Social work Walsh House Drop-In Centre for Women