Home & Family/Te Whare Manaaki Tangata has been in Christchurch for over 120 years and have consistently adapted to meet the needs of the community, while working closely with children and families affected by family violence and poverty. Today we provide a parenting programme, which helps keep families together by giving parents skills in safe, effective and nurturing parenting. It is a residential programme which runs 24/7, 365 days a year and typically families stay for two months, although there is no time limit. Very often we work with families where out of home placements are being considered for the children. We also offer child-centred play therapy for children as young as three. Lastly our Refocus programme offers a child-focused intervention, which aims to break cycles that can result in young people entering the youth justice system. The programme is a holistic service which recognises how the ’bigger picture’ contributes to young individuals becoming offenders and works with the whole whānau for up to five years.