🏆 Disabilities Resource Centre Trust has been named Member of the Year 2025! 🏆

Our CEO Bronwen and Information Services Co-Ordinator Naomi were honoured to attend the Federation of Disability Information Centres Conference in Auckland this week and they did not come home empty-handed!

🏆 Disabilities Resource Centre Trust has been named Member of the Year 2025! 🏆

This incredible recognition is a testament to the hard work, dedication, and compassion that Bronwen and our entire team pour into everything they do. It reflects our unwavering commitment to supporting our community and advocating for inclusive, accessible services for all.

Well done, team and thank you to the Federation for this honour!

Congratulations to our Graduate Learners

All of our Support Workers are encouraged to complete study for their NZ Health and Wellness Certificate Level 4 as part of their training, keeping them up to the latest industry standards in infection control, safety, communication skills and medication assistance amongst others. Last week those Disabilities Resource Centre Trust staff who have completed their study were honoured at a special celebration with Whakatane Mayor Tony Bonne at Te Koputu a te Whananga a Toi.

Please join us in recognizing the achievements of our great Support Staff, from left to right:

DRCT Graduates Marea Hats, Fiona Davis, Margaret Rowland, Miriama Wilson and Leroy Ram, DRCT Trainer Lynne Pollard, DRCT graduate Anaru Haereroa and Careerforce Advisor Pauline Ruff.

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Disabilities Resource Centre Trust Supporting the Creative Ideas Art Show!

Thanks to our great Tutor, Marie Dixon at Creative Ideas, we are all set to celebrate the artistic achievements of our Vocational Art Class attendees.

Please come along and marvel at some of the fantastic work that has been produced and maybe you could even take a piece home for your own walls. At DRCT we have  been enjoying the paint, mixed media and print artworks while they wait to be hung at the exhibition and there are some fabulous creations!

All Welcome:

7pm Tuesday 25th September

Baptist Church, 67 Keepa Road

Whakatane

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Horizon Energy Group Business Awards 2018

Disabilities Resource Centre was very proud to be a finalist in the Horizon Energy Group Business Excellence Awards, hosted by the Eastern Bay Chamber of Commerce in Whakatane on Staurday night.
We were even more proud to win the Large Business Excellence award! One of these beautiful stone carvings was accepted by CEO Bronwen Foxx on behalf of all of the 200 hard-working staff that make our organisation great, every day.

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