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South Auckland Caregivers Association Inc.The South Auckland Caregivers Association (SACA) is a support organisation for foster parents, kinship/whanau carers, grand parent carers, emergency and respite carers that look after children NOT their own, between 0 to 17 years of age on a full time or over night basis. Our area for support includes: Mangere, Otahuhu, All of the Manukau City Council/Counties Manukau Regions, and up to and including the Bombays that is supported by the Franklin City Council. Are you a caregiver that lives outside of the South Auckland Caregiver's Associations area? Or are you NOT a Caregiver, but interested in what we do? Then please feel to join us as an ASSOCIATE member of the SACA. This means that you will receive copies of all of our newsletters etc, be invited to all of our events, but you will not be able to receive a membership card or qualify for any of our discounts. See the SACA membership brochure for more details. The South Auckland Caregivers Association - CC24224 - is a registered charitable entity in terms of the Charities Act 2005. For more information about the South Auckland Caregivers Association, visit the Charities Register at www.charities.govt.nz. It should be noted that due to family and health reasons, I needed to step down as Chairperson for the South Auckland Caregivers Association. If you have any queries with regards to the SACA, then please contact the new Chairperson - Sione on (09) 537 5109, or by email to lona_tohovaka@yahoo.com.au. I will however still be working on this website from time to time. Membership: South Auckland Caregivers Association Membership Brochure - SACA membership application - print of and post back Want to join? Just print, fill in and post to the address on the brochure. We would love to have you join with us. If you are a new Child Youth and Family (CYF) caregiver, then CYF will pay your 1st two years membership fees. Please write 'NEW CYF' caregiver on your membership application and return the form. Newsletters: Past Events: - Foster Care Awareness Week 08 Luncheon - Koru Care 2008 Christmas Cruise - Angela Dixon Seminar - Notes - City Lights 'DIY' Project Days - Ongoing Miscellaneous: Child Youth & Family supporting new Caregivers Please note that CYF will now pay your 1st two years membership to the SACA if you are a new Child Youth and Family Caregiver. Dates for National courses being held in the Auckland/South Auckland Region. For details of when these courses are being held, check out the 'Child Youth & Family Caregivers Training' website at www.caregivertraining.org.nz. Attendance is invited from all caregivers - these courses are not limited to only those associated with the Department or Federation. All courses are of two-days duration. Child Care and travel costs may be able to reimbursed for attendance at courses. Please register online for any of these training courses at www.caregivertraining.org.nz, or by email to info@caregivertraining.org.nz, or by post to the following : - National Caregiver Training Programme, P.O. Box 2620,Wellington. If the above avenues are not available to you, then please phone Allysa on (09) 2670319 and I will take your details and make the necessary enrolment on your behalf. Thank You: - Thank you to SkyCity Cinemas for their continued support of our association by way of a discount for our members and their children when attending 'no complimentary' movies. - We would like to say thank you to both the City Lights Teams and the St Vincent's de Paul teams for their ongoing support of our association. The provision of fun days, do-it-yourself project days, and other special events or activities have just made a huge difference to many of our children in care. - Thank you to all of the following for their support at the end of 2005 and up to July of 2006 - Thank you flyer for our Fun-day 2005 - The South Auckland Caregivers Association held a very successful fun - day to celebrate Foster Care Awareness week and Children's Day towards the end of 2005. Christmas: These Christmas letters were just a little something that we sent out to our caregivers at Christmas time. We feel that it is important for Caregivers to know that we appreciate their hard work throughout the year. |