A big thanks to our community delivering Taranaki's not for profit legal and wellbeing services

At Legal Plus and the Accessible Justice & Wellbeing Trust we believe, in a fair Aotearoa New Zealand, that everyone deserves to get the affordable, accessible legal and wellbeing help they need.

Pioneering affordable law and wellbeing support is not easy (or cheap!). Fortunately the challenge is resonating across business, community wellbeing organisations and individuals with generous commitments of time, materials, service discounts and expertise. Today’s blog acknowledges this awesome commitment from Taranaki individuals, community organisations and businesses.

First thank you to the community organisations, participants at social justice and wellbeing workshops from the social services, legal, iwi and health communities, those leading justice and criminal system reform and the individual social/ health workers and defence lawyers at the coal face. Your amazing insights of the everyday pain people experience provide the objective (but heart rendering) evidence to back what our emotions tell us; that when legal and well being problems are left too late (or entirely) people and their families suffer and our welfare, health and justice systems pick up the pieces. Your shared experiences are helping us to map out a better answer.

The business community have been generous with advice, office furniture, weekend work, connections and not for profit pricing. We have no doubt a few individuals have gone the extra mile to make this happen but to credit a few firms: After Disaster, Silk Advisory, Legal Solutions, Black Sanz, TGM Design, ABMM, and The Accounting Room. It is also exciting to see businesses approaching us about legal services that innovatively help them, their staff and deliver a fairer community as we reinvest our income in helping people access justice and support.

Individuals have been attending working bees painting, cleaning and clearing to transform an accessible space in the heart of town for people; opening doors around the community; sharing stories; surveying and market testing; assisting the first clients and providing time, money and expertise. Our star of the month thank you goes to teenager Olivia for her wonderful office painting!

Interested to help us deliver access to justice and early wellbeing support – or simply need our services? Please give us a call or pop in to 19 Robe Street and say hello.