Eldernet
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To empower our community to create safe and healthy lives free of family violence.
An equitable society free of family violence.
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‘Making Life Easier’ is all about supporting older people to live the life they want! We want to empower you to use your voice and to make decisions that are right for your future. Here you’ll discover a huge range of care and support options, community and advocacy groups, and service providers throughout the country – not to mention a raft of information and resources – to help make your life easier.
Together as a team we can make a difference.
We empower, respect and include.
We build collaborative and supportive relationships.
We exercise creativity and resourcefulness.
We walk the talk – we’re responsive and reliable.
There is always more to learn – we continually improve.
Our Support Services
Family Harm Advocacy and Support Service
Whānau Protect – Women’s Refuge National Home Safety Service
Our Programmes
Ministry of Justice Programmes
Not so long ago, family violence was something many people pretended did not exist. As late as the 1970’s, women escaping violent family situations had no support from the law and no access to benefits or community agencies
In 1976, a group of a small group of women got together to do something about it. They started the Battered Women’s Support Group – a non-profit, voluntary support service for women in difficult or harmful relationships or situations.
That group became one of the original 11 Women’s Refuges which collaborated in 1979 to set up a national association of independent refuges – with the goals of providing safety and support for victims and children, and to increase public understanding of the causes and effects of family violence.
Battered Women’s Trust and the declaration of the Trust constitution was formalised in 1986. We opened our first safe house that year.
Over time Battered Women’s Trust has evolved, including it’s name, to offer a range of advocacy and education services as well as emergency safe housing and a 24-hour crisis line.
