WAKA Eastern Bay Community Transport have officially launched! Members of the community that would like to use their service can register by contacting them by phone, email,Facebook or via their website. A fantastic initiative for the District.
Social Media Update
We now have social media on Facebook & Instagram. Follow us to keep up to date with what is going on at the Disabilities Resource Centre. As well as useful information and what is happening throughout the District. Facebook Link Instagram Link
Nicholson Autos sponsor a new Suzuki for the Disabilities Resouce Centre 2021
The Disabilities Resource Centre would like to thank Nicholson Autos for sponsoring a slick new Suzuki in 2021.
We are super grateful to the team in Whakatane for keeping us on the road in style, all the better to serve our community.
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.
Thanks Nicholson Autos Whakatane!
Nicholson Autos have done it again, sponsoring a slick new Suzuki for the Disabilities Resource Centre Trust.
We are super grateful to the team in Whakatane for keeping us on the road in style, all the better to serve our community.
DRCT CEO Bronwen Foxx
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
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.
Dancing Good Times!
Come along to support Steps Dance School on their way to WORLDS this year - their will be great raffles, food, and of course dancing.
This is Bananas!
Thanks to the good people who organize the Going Bananas Show, some of our staff and clients will be enjoying this family performance on the 10th of September in Whakatane.
We have five tickets left to give away to our DRCT whanau - just call Carol or Amanda on 07 307 1447 and ask for details.
New Children's Books in Our Library
We have a fabulous little library at DRCT with all sorts of books covering all sorts of health and disability topics. Recently we added a children's and young person's section with a disability focus.
If you have a child with a disability and you would like them to see 'kids like them' represented in books, or your child has a friend with a disability and would like to know more about 'how it works,' feel free to come in and borrow from our small collection.
All books can be borrowed for a month free of charge, and there are plenty of take home pamphlets on a variety of topics as well.
