Kites.org.nz

Kites purpose is to ensure people who experience mental health and/or addiction problems have equal opportunities as all citizens to live, work and participate in the community.

Kites core belief is that consumer leadership is the key mechanism to achieving our ultimate goal of social inclusion for people who experience mental health problems.

We believe consumers are ‘experts’ and know what will work best for them so at Kites we ensure the consumer voice is integral to everything we do. This may be for specific project work, or via networking and consultation within our local community.

We seek to work in partnership with a range of government, community and consumer organisations and individuals. Kites has formal Memorandum of Understandings with Wellington region based consumer led advocacy and networking services, Kapiti Choices and Oasis Network, along with New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses Inc - Te Ao Maramatanga.

We use our networks to find out about issues that affect people who experience mental health problems and their communities. We then develop initiatives to investigate and/or respond to these issues.

Our involvement includes:

• Seeking the views of people who experience mental health problems
• Facilitation and mediation
• Feasibility studies
• Researching, trialling and supporting new initiatives
• Evaluating existing projects against service user expectations
• Skill and knowledge sharing Connecting and building networks

We are proud to say that Kites is
not an acronym, our name reflects
the concept of flying ideas

NEW!!!

On-line Mental Health and Addiction Services Directory

Kites Trust Annual Report 2009

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