Emergency Services Open Day featuring Disability and Community Services

Join us for Emergency Services Open Day featuring Disability and Community Support Services - a vibrant, inclusive celebration of preparedness, resilience & accessibility

Fun for the whole whānau and it’s FREE, but a Koha to Hospice Eastern Bay on the day is appreciated.

What’s On:

🔥 🚑 🚔 Live Emergency Service Demos

🚒 Vintage Fire Truck Rides

🎶 DJ No Hands brining the vibes

🍔 Food Stalls selling amazing kai

🎈 Kids’ Activities, Bouncy Castle & Facepainting

♿ Disability & Community Support Stalls

🗺️ Scavenger Hunt – Be in to win some great prizes

🎙️ MC Interviews with the experts

Bring the whānau, learn, connect & have FUN!

🏆 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!

WAKA EASTERN BAY

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 Maraea Hata, 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.