Changing Minds saw their brand spanking new website go live on Monday 17 December 2012.
Pop along to changingminds.org.nz to find out more about Changing Minds, link in with a community forum, sign up for their newsletter, join the Reference Advisory Group, meet the team and join in on upcoming projects to increase self-determination and service-user leadership.
PRESS RELEASE: 15 December 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Rainbow Youth
Have you been wondering what happened to the website curious.org.nz? Well ponder no more as the cat’s out of the bag: Aotearoa New Zealand’s premier hub of information, resources and cool stories for queer and trans* youth, curious.org.nz, is completely revamped and back online.
Rainbow Youth website committee and staff have spend the past six months restructuring the website – which was taken down due to technical issues – into a forward thinking site which is accessible to young people across the country.
Rainbow Youth Board Chair Duncan Matthews says over the last few years curious.org.nz has established itself as an important resource for queer and trans* youth. “The relaunched hub retains this original purpose but is now completely designed around regional management by youth for youth. I hope everyone enjoys using curious.org.nz as much as I’ve enjoyed being part of its creation.”
Curious.org.nz has a new visual layout and is fully integrated with social media for better engagement. Features include a search bar and a map of Aotearoa New Zealand which clicks through to blog rolls in each region of the country. These are to be facilitated by groups in each area and will include info on local meet ups, resources, events and news.
Rainbow Youth Executive Director Thomas Hamilton says it’s exciting to see curious.org.nz running again. “It’s important that the website is sustainable and manageable for our small organisation, and that the information, resource and content comes from a youth perspective.
“We fully intend to incorporate the health and well being promotion that was included in the previous version of curious.org.nz, but this platform will grant more national collaboration from youth organisations and be more sustainable economically.”
And the best part? Keeping with Rainbow Youth’s youth run, youth led model, curious.org.nz will continued to be developed and shaped by the people who use and engage with it. “Our volunteers have started the project,” says Hamilton, “And more work will be needed to successfully integrate the regions nationally. This will be fun!”
So what are you curious about? Rainbow Youth urges you to check out the site, share the information with friends and family, and if you’ve got a suggestion or would like to add information to a region, then email info@curious.org.nz to put your request forward.
Rainbow Youth thanks @clintyminty for his effort and experience designing the website, Webwise for turning the design into a website, and 247hosting.co.nz for hosting the website free of charge. Curious is funded thanks to the generous donations received through wtf.org.nz.
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For interviews or more information, contact:
Thomas Hamilton – thomas.hamilton@rainbowyouth.org.nz – 021529778
Duncan Matthews – duncan@rainbowyouth.org.nz
Dispute Resolution Services Limited (DRSL) is a specialist dispute resolution Crown Entity company. It provides services and systems to solve disputes between organisations and the people they come into contact with.
DRSL operates throughout New Zealand, and across a range of industry sectors. It is the primary dispute resolution service for settling disputes between consumers and the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), and it operates independent dispute resolution schemes for phone and internet providers and for mortgage, finance and insurance companies or advisers and many other types of financial service providers.
DRSL also provides dispute resolution services to other industry sectors, including in employment, health and disability, real estate and environmental areas.
The Telecommunication Dispute Resolution service (TDR) was established as an independent dispute scheme for consumers. The majority of phone and internet providers are members of the scheme, so that TDR covers approximately 98% of the residential and small-to-medium market. The scheme was established in 2007, and has received thousands of calls since it was launched. (Contact Freephone 0508 98 98 98). A typical complaint is about unexpected phone charges.
DRSL also operates the Financial Dispute Resolution (FDR) scheme. FDR was established as part of the regulations introduced to the financial industry by the Government in 2010, which were designed to encourage consumer confidence in the industry and improve the practices of financial service providers and advisers.
DRSL set up and operates FDR, which is the Government’s scheme for consumers who have a dispute with mortgage, finance and insurance companies or advisers that are FDR Scheme Members. (Contact Freephone 0508 337 337). A typical complaint is about unexpected finance charges or actions by a finance company Recent research suggests minority groups are under-represented as complainants. People who speak languages other than English, or are not confident readers, are less likely to use specialised complaint handling services.
To help overcome this issue DRSL and other specialised complaint handling organisations have developed resources for teaching the language of complaint to these groups. The resources are available free online. Anyone can download the information from www.complaintline.org.nz or www.fdr.org.nz or www.tdr.org.nz
You can also contact DRSL on:
Auckland: 09 915 8200
Wellington: 04 918 4900
Christchurch: 03 962 9000
The following articles were recently published on BMC Psychiatry Online
Research article
Is there a negative impact of winter on mental distress and sleeping problems in the sub-arctic? Findings from the cross-sectional population Tromso Study
Johnsen M, Wynn R, Bratlid T
BMC Psychiatry 2012, 12:225 (12 December 2012)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]
Research article
Volunteering in the care of people with severe mental illness: a systematic review
Hallett C, Klug G, Lauber C, Priebe S
BMC Psychiatry 2012, 12:226 (13 December 2012)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]
Study protocol
Infant and childhood neurodevelopmental outcomes following prenatal exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors: overview and design of a Finnish Register-Based Study (FinESSI)
Malm H, Artama M, Brown AS, Gissler M, Gyllenberg D, Hinkka-Yli-Salomäki S, McKeague I, Sourander A
BMC Psychiatry 2012, 12:217 (4 December 2012)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]
Research article
Long-term healthcare costs and functional outcomes associated with lack of remission in schizophrenia: a post-hoc analysis of a prospective observational study
Haynes VS, Zhu B, Stauffer VL, Kinon BJ, Stensland MD, Xu L, Ascher-Svanum H
BMC Psychiatry 2012, 12:222 (5 December 2012)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]
Research article
Clinical consequences of switching from olanzapine to risperidone and vice versa in outpatients with schizophrenia: 36-month results from the worldwide schizophrenia outpatients health outcomes (W-SOHO) study
Hong J, Novick D, Brugnoli R, Karagianis J, Dossenbach M, Haro J
BMC Psychiatry 2012, 12:218 (4 December 2012)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]
Debate
Amphetamine-induced psychosis – a separate diagnostic entity or primary psychosis triggered in the vulnerable?
Bramness JG, Gundersen ØH, Guterstam J, Rognli EB, Konstenius M, Løberg E, Medhus S, Tanum L, Franck J
BMC Psychiatry 2012, 12:221 (5 December 2012)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]
Eliminate Cling-ons (Disqualifiers)
Whanau Marama’s Facebook Campaign
Eunmi from Whanau Marama writes, “I was pretty bad at saying cling-on’s to others including my child. When my child showed me her drawing or homework or writing, I used to say “Well done or good, but it doesn’t look like your best.” Or “I can see you have tried hard, but I don’t think it is very good.” Some times I’ve even added “I think you should find something you are better at.”
I did not realize what I said was hurting my child’s feelings. She was only trying to show me what she had done. How I responded prevented my child from connecting with me. I thought I was giving her good advice. I just wanted her to do better. I was wrong. It had the effect on my child that she did not want to show me what she had done any more.
Sometimes we inadvertently punish good behaviour like I did. This can lead to our child feeling discounted and often quite angry. In our parenting course, we call this a “cling-on”. So let’s eliminate cling-ons out of our vocabulary. Let us become more aware of the times we are saying cling-on’s and then try not to say them again. We can make our children smile. We can make a positive change in our family.”
Please share the group with your friends on Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/351148201563452/
HEALTH LINK NORTH WEBSITE LIVE 1st JANUARY 2013
Health Link North are in the process of building their new website and are keen to link to your website and include your information on their database of health and disability services in the north of Auckland and Rodney district.
Information they would like for the database is a brief description of your service and service area, logo, address, phone, fax and email numbers and web address.
Please email anne@healthlinknorth.org.nz with approval to link to your website.
Chatters is the newsletter from Crossroads Clubhouse in Grey Lynn, Auckland. Click here to read the Nov-Dec 2012 Issue of Chatters and find out what’s been happening at this awesome community resource for people who have experienced mental health problems.
Earlier this year you may have provided feedback on the Human Rights Commission’s Wider Journey Discussion Document. The Commission would like to thank everyone for taking their time to share their knowledge, expertise, advice and pointers, all of which were considered in drafting the final reports.
As a result of feedback and further development of this work the Wider Journey document has been split into three separate reports. These reports were launched on the 3rd of December 2012 to help mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
The three reports are:
1 Better Design and Buildings for Everyone: Disabled People’s Rights and the Built Environment
2 Better Information for Everyone: Disabled People’s Rights in the Information Age
3 Political Participation for Everyone: Disabled People’s Rights and the Political Process
The full reports and short summaries of each report are available in Word, PDF, Easy Read and NZSL on the Commission’s website here. Braille copies are available on request.
Information in these reports has also informed the Commission’s first annual monitoring report on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, also launched on the 3rd of December.
Toi Ora Live Arts Trust demonstrates the power of creativity for mental health recovery, and culminated 2012 with long time Toi Ora artist Andrew Blythe winning the Attitude Artistic Achievement Award this month. Hear from Andrew and others about the power of creativity on Take It From Us on Tuesday 11 December at 12:30.
Listen live on 104.6FM at 12.30pm every Tuesday or online www.planetaudio.org.nz
OR if you missed the broadcast, listen for the next seven days @: www.planetaudio.org.nz/takeitfromus
Catch up on the last four shows online: www.likeminds.org.nz
And don’t forget our new Facebook page @ Facebook.com and type take it from us in the search box;
email takeitfromus@mail.com for any feedback and comment/suggestions for shows.
The Big reTHiNK is now online for your viewing pleasure on the reTHiNK Youtube channel.
Visit www.rethink.org.nz for more information about the Like Minds Big reTHiNK and how you can still get involved.
Don’t forget to share your favourite clips around and help spread the message.
