Supporting best practice for organisations working alongside children of prisoners and their families
Verna McFelinChief Executive
PILLARS
Haere mai, Talofa lava, welcome to Just Us -- the support website of PILLARS, a non government, national organisation that provides unique and specialised support for children/tamariki and families/ whanau of prisoners/tangata mouhere, in Aotearoa / New Zealand.
PILLARS has a strong commitment to supporting organisations working with the children of prisoners, and encouraging best practice. Click to read the Effective Practice Guide.
On-site training
PILLARS offers onsite training on a number of different topics for organisations working with children of prisoners and their families. We can tailor the workshops around your agency needs.
Training can be arranged at whatever venue works best for you and your team, or at our training centre in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Contact our Programmes Manager on 0508 PILLARS (0508 745) or email enquiries@pillars.org.nz
Useful support links
Click through to resources for organisations.
Children's voices
Click through to hear stories of children's experiences.
Research News: The findings of "The Study of Children of Prisoners in Aotearoa / New Zealand"
A Study of Children of Prisoners. PILLARS' first year of research "Invisible Children" and second year research "Causes of and solutions to inter-generational crime": the final report of the study of the children of prisoners September 2011.
Our services
PILLARS provides a Helpline Service, family support for parent / caregivers and a mentoring programme for children of prisoners for children of families of prisoners who live in Christchurch or South Auckland.
Just Us blog
Discussion and enquiry about the issues.
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Make a referral to us
You may refer children to the PILLARS Programme if they live in South Auckland or Christchurch.
Please download the referral form, print it out, and obtain consent from the family. You can either post or fax it back. You can also directly fill up the referral form on the site.
For other enquiries please use the form below. Please fill in all the fields in the contact form. All information you provide will be kept confidential, and we will get back to you as soon as possible.