Sands Wellington-Hutt Valley Support Meetings
Kia ora Sands WHV whānau, we are pleased to announce that we have recommenced in-person support meetings. We will be holding one meeting per month (on the first Wed of the month), at either our Johnsonville venue (Plunket Rooms*, Rotoiti Street, Johnsonville) or our Lower Hutt venue (Alicetown Community Centre, 38 Victoria St, Alicetown). See maps below for precise details of venue locations.
Meetings start at 7:30pm and finish at 9:30pm. Please feel very welcome to join us for a cuppa and a chat :-)
Here is the schedule for early 2023:
Wednesday 5th April 2023 - Alicetown Community Centre
Wednesday 3rd May 2023 - Johnsonville Plunket
Wednesday 7th June 2023 - to be confirmed
Please email us on sandswgtnhutt@gmail.com or text us on 022-3983917 if you have any questions.
*Why do we hold our meetings at Plunket Rooms? We are lucky to have a long-lasting relationship with Johnsonville Plunket and they provided us with a free venue for many years and now only charge us a nominal fee for using the rooms. We try to remove or cover any images of babies; and there aren't too many as it's a relatively new building and there are a small number of noticeboards etc. We also feel strongly that we fit the criteria for using the building as we are all parents - some of us just don't have our babies physically present with us <3. However, we do understand that coming to a meeting in a Plunket building might be very hard, and also triggering for some bereaved parents. Please do let us know if this is the case for you.
Kia ora Sands WHV whānau, we are pleased to announce that we have recommenced in-person support meetings. We will be holding one meeting per month (on the first Wed of the month), at either our Johnsonville venue (Plunket Rooms*, Rotoiti Street, Johnsonville) or our Lower Hutt venue (Alicetown Community Centre, 38 Victoria St, Alicetown). See maps below for precise details of venue locations.
Meetings start at 7:30pm and finish at 9:30pm. Please feel very welcome to join us for a cuppa and a chat :-)
Here is the schedule for early 2023:
Wednesday 5th April 2023 - Alicetown Community Centre
Wednesday 3rd May 2023 - Johnsonville Plunket
Wednesday 7th June 2023 - to be confirmed
Please email us on sandswgtnhutt@gmail.com or text us on 022-3983917 if you have any questions.
*Why do we hold our meetings at Plunket Rooms? We are lucky to have a long-lasting relationship with Johnsonville Plunket and they provided us with a free venue for many years and now only charge us a nominal fee for using the rooms. We try to remove or cover any images of babies; and there aren't too many as it's a relatively new building and there are a small number of noticeboards etc. We also feel strongly that we fit the criteria for using the building as we are all parents - some of us just don't have our babies physically present with us <3. However, we do understand that coming to a meeting in a Plunket building might be very hard, and also triggering for some bereaved parents. Please do let us know if this is the case for you.
Sands NZ Online Support Meetings:
Sands NZ has two regular online support meetings that use the Zoom platform.
Sands NZ has two regular online support meetings that use the Zoom platform.
- Open meeting for all bereaved parents and whānau- first Thursday evening of the month, 8:00-9:15pm
- Empty Arms - for bereaved parents with no living children, second Wednesday evening of each month, 8:00-9:15pm
