Mental Wellbeing.
We are currently defining our objective in this focus area as we try to better understand what young people in Ōtautahi need from us in this particularly complex and uncertain time. The organisations and movements we support in this area use a systems-change approach and are positioned to create a unique kind of impact.
She Is Not Your Rehab.
Mataio (Matt) Faafetai Malietoa Brown is an internationally acclaimed barber and hair artist. He and his wife Sarah Brown (Ngāpuhi/Te Rarawa) founded My Fathers Barber, the barbershop where men go to heal, and founded the global anti-violence movement She Is Not Your Rehab centred around Matt’s own experiences. Their mission is to create violence free communities.
WFCT supports this humbling movement because of the magnitude of its impact on the mental healthiness of so many across the motu and now, the world.
We are grateful for the opportunity to play a small role in backing Sarah and Matt.
You can read about them and order some of their awesome merchandise including the book ‘She is Not Your Rehab’ co-authored by Sarah and Matt here.
Q-Topia
Q-Topia provides support for rainbow young people in Ōtautahi Christchurch and the wider Canterbury area. They connect their young people with youth groups, whānau support and resources. QTOPIA’s Diversity and Inclusion workshops are for schools, workplaces, and for anyone interested in creating a more inclusive Canterbury. Our Trust provides support for Q-Topia to continue their vital mahi. Read more here.
Pasifika Resiliency Project
This project is a partnership between WFCT, Te Ora Hou Ōtautahi (TOHO) and a local high school to resource and deliver an initiative that addresses the mental health and wellbeing of students by identifying the immediate need and seeking to address the longer term solutions or local systems changes required. The project was successfully piloted, embraced by the school and is at a review stage which means data from the project will be used to enhance the programme going forward.
National Rainbow Sector Collective
The Rainbow Sector Collective (RSC) connects and collaborates with peer-led LGBTQIA+ organisations who provide lifespan service delivery and peer-support services in Aotearoa. The Collective (RSC) was supported to come together in mid-2021 to develop a strategic plan and understand their shared capacity needs. WFCT along with other funders is providing support required by the RSC to continue to realise the benefits that are resulting for members and wider society.
