Individualised Funding, for empowered people – Karen’s story
Meet Karen, a member of the Health & Disability Team at Lifewise and a keen advocate and user of Individualised Funding. This is her story. The power of choice is a…
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180
Children
Every day, we have up to 180 children in our Early Childhood Education Centres.
500
Older people
On any given day, we have 120 carers giving in-home support to 500 older people.
53
Street whānau
In 2020, over the first COVID-19 lockdown period, we supported 53 street whānau into emergency housing through Lifewise Merge Community.
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