SkillWise

14/07/2025

Aotearoa Gaming Trust! Thanks so much for your support. We really appreciate your generosity.

13/07/2025

These three organisations have helped us in our transition to Adult Community Education. Thank you so much!

13/07/2025

We are so lucky to have an awesome local council - thank you CCC!

11/07/2025

Pub Charity has donated a lot of money to our kaupapa this year - thank you so much! Let's keep collaborating in the year to come.

10/07/2025

Thank you so much National Assistance Fund! Our Community Facilitators were buoyed by your generosity.

10/07/2025

Ngā mihi nui to our sports supporters! Thanks to the Burrow Bros and Mainland Foundation for all your support this year.

30/06/2025

SkillWise and The White Room Creative Space will be at Next Steps this Friday. We hope to see you there! 👋

We’re counting down to the Next Steps Expo 2025, just 4 sleeps to go! This year’s line-up is our biggest yet. Organised by Aspire Canterbury with support from Helen Anderson Trust and Enabling Good Lives Christchurch / Ōtautahi this FREE community event brings together nearly 60 providers and enterprise stalls to explore opportunities, supports, and connections for disabled people and their whānau considering the transition from school.

What are the details?
🗓 Friday 4 July
📍 Haeata Community Campus
⏰ 11am -4pm

What can you expect?
☕️ Margs little cup of joy will be there to keep you caffeinated
👩‍🍳We can't wait to try some sweet treats from the Te Roopu Tuhono Kapa Haka Group, Jessica's Jewelry and Baking, Judiths Homemade treats and maybe even some samples from My Home Chef cooking school
🎶Amazing tunes from DJ Ramanui, and music fans will love Southern Music Therapy and Friendship Choir and Humdinger Singers
🎨Artists can connect with The White Room Creative Space, Arts Integrated and don't forget to check out Kate's Art Shed
📚Talk about education options with Ara Institute of Canterbury and Risingholme Learning
💪Get active with Taylor Lowson Personal, Outward Bound Trust of New Zealand, Recreate NZ - Christchurch and Learn Active
💼Explore employment options with Kilmarnock Enterprises and Workbridge
🏡Consider options for where you want to live with Hawksbury Community Living Trust, Donaldson Residential Trust, Brackenridge, Claddagh Haven Trust

Plus so many amazing organisations who can support you on your next steps, including Vaka Tautua, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Te Wana Ltd, YES Disability Resource Centre, I Lead, Christchurch City Council, IHC New Zealand, Disabled Persons Assembly NZ - DPA, Ali's Home Healthcare, NZCL Florence Nightingale Agency, People First New Zealand, Horizons Day Options Trust, IDEA Services, CCS Disability Action, Therapy Professionals Ltd, SkillWise, Choices NZ, Volunteering Canterbury, Tech Ability, Driving Miss Daisy North Canterbury, A Change for Better, Parent to Parent.

If the awesomeness of all these amazing organisations in one space gets too overwhelming don't worry! The amazing Kylee & Co and Access Community Health have sponsored a sensory space where you can rest and recharge.

Try to bring some cash to support our awesome enterprise stallholders. We look forward to seeing you there!

14/06/2025

The Kiwi Gaming Foundation have been a big ally to SkillWise in recent years. Thanks again for your support this year!

Here's Anna working on a print-making project. 💚💜

12/06/2025

The Rātā Foundation is a long-time supporter of SkillWise, and their generosity extends to The White Room Creative Space too.🎨 Ngā mihi nui, Rātā Foundation. We can't imagine life without you. 💚💜

10/06/2025

Thank you to audience members, supporters and sponsors for your support of Many Hats this year. A special thanks to John Ilot Charitable Trust, The Lion Foundation and Maurice Carter Charitable Trust for their generosity. 💚💜

08/06/2025

Ngā mihi nunui Holdsworth Charitable Trust! Your support spans almost every arm of SkillWise. Thank you so much to Mark and all the trustees. 💚💜

06/06/2025

As our person-driven practice develops, these organisations have believed in our vision: 'disabled people living their self-determined good life'.

Thank you so much for your support, Blogg Charitable Trust, David Ellison Charitable Trust and Philip Brown Fund. 💚💜