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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.

Sands NZ Online Support Meetings:

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



If you would like to join one of the support meetings or find out more about them, please email the Sands NZ Secretary on secretary@sands.org.nz
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