Welcome to Spectrum Care
We're an independent charitable trust that provides support for children, young people and adults with disabilities and their whanau.
We offer a wide array of personalised and flexible support options for people of all ages and stages in the Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Wellington regions.
This includes 24-hour residential support, a variety of flexible respite support options, and specialised Home support, Transitions support and Aspirations support. Our popular School Holiday, After-school and Weekend programmes of activities for children are available in Whangarei, Auckland, Hamilton and Wellington - talk to us today to find out more!
Our independent living support is specifically focused on empowering people to their lives of choice - lives like any other - in the community, and our person-focused, person-directed Business Enterprises programme aims to support people towards their employment goals.
Call us today on 09 634 3790 to find out more about our support options.
Click the frame below to view a segment which appeared recently on Tagata Pasifika, telling the story of a person we support - Hakai - and his Mum, and their long-term support person Lucy.
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Increasing independence – micro-enterprises!
Joseph started his vegetable garden in November 2018 as part of his goal-planning around being more active and managing his internet time.
When we noticed that Joseph was becoming more interested in his garden, we started looking for funding to support his new-found interest. Joseph's Mum and Dad helped with this and, from January, his gardening project started to expand.
We talked about the possibility of creating a micro-enterprise around harvesting and selling his tomatoes, Bok Choy and silverbeet in the head office. Once we started doing that, Joseph got even more motivated to spend time in his garden.
Joseph is very fond of his vegetable garden and enjoys looking after it with the support of his staff. He's selling his vegetables regularly now and is always excited to get the money, which he uses to buy anything he wants.
While we've been encouraging Joseph to save some of his money in the bank, he's been enjoying spending the all fruits of his labours so far, which is fair enough!
On February 14th, Mixed Ability Rugby New Zealand received some very special guests during their most recent match! Such a wonderful sight seeing the joy and enthusiasm in everyone's faces. A huge shout out to Vodafone Warriors for joining the match and thanks to Michelle Hyslop Photography for the amazing pictures.
