With our organisation growing and becoming more influential, it is important that we approach everything that we do from a recovery focused perspective. A holistic approach to recovery includes looking at our environment and the world in which we live to assist in its protection for future generations.
We recently began on our organisational journey to becoming “green” and asked staff to send us their thoughts and ideas on how to achieve this. We were inundated with many great ideas of things we could do to ensure of organisation becomes as eco-friendly as possible.
One idea from a staff member was to introduce the utilisation of eco shopping bags within all of our residential services. After a quick calculation we realised we need a few more bags than initially anticipated…268 to be exact.
Our Fundraising Manager contacted Foodstuffs and they were only too happy to assist us with our venture. We would like to take the opportunity to thank Foodstuffs for the very generous donation of…300 eco shopping bags for our services.
Theodora Despotaki
Projects Officer
Testing Board Report Category
On the 6th of December, Challenge Trust held the opening ceremony for the new Youth Respite Service for Waitemata District Health Board (WDHB). The service replaces the previous Alternative to Inpatient programme and caters to young people aged between 16-25 years who require short term planned care as part of their recovery plan.
Kaumatua Piniaha Murray blessed the facility and Operations Manager Louis Chetty gave the opening address. CEO Clive Plucknett made an inspiring speech that commended the DHB for their innovative and collaborative approach. Dr Murray Patton (Clinical Director, WDHB) also spoke of the spirit of partnership between Challenge Trust and WDHB that was guiding the development and implementation of the new service.
The purpose of the service is to provide home-like accommodation that can be accessed as a planned event to avoid exacerbating the risk of needing admission to an inpatient mental health service or alcohol and other drugs service, for youth under the care of WDHB clinical teams.
The service will be provided in a beautifully appointed new home in Greenhithe, where up to four young people can accommodated overnight and a further two youth can be supported during the day. Care has been taken to ensure that the environment is youth-friendly and a range of activities are available on site for the enjoyment of clients and their families, including table tennis, billiards, Wii, X-Box, basketball, computer and internet. A daily schedule will be in operation and will include physical activities, art, drama, living skills, psycho-education, relaxation, stress management, coping skills etc.
The Youth Respite Service is robustly supported by the Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI) team and the WDHB Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (Marinoto). Referrals and access are managed via the EPI team.
Challenge Trust would like to thank Waitemata DHB, staff, clients, families and all other interested stakeholders for the hard work, contributions and support they provided in getting this service up and running.
Fiona Ironside
On the 6th of December Challenge Trust opened a new service for the Lakes District Health Board. This much needed service caters to infants, children, adolescents and youth with mental health and addiction support needs. The service provides alternative treatment options for its’ clients, while ensuring it is underpinned by the Challenge Trust recovery model.
The service provides:
This service maintains strong linkages working alongside families/Whanau to ensure positive outcomes are achieved for all of its’ clients. Likewise, Challenge Trust has developed and will continue to maintain a collaborative relationship with its Lakes DHB clinical partner and all other key stakeholders to ensure that the best client outcomes are achieved.
The service is run by a team of dedicated staff who bring a variety of experience and skills to their positions. All new staff have been through an intensive training programme as well as being engaged in an ongoing mentoring programme to ensure their skills remain relevant and aligned to international models of best practice.
Challenge Trust would like to thank Lakes DHB, staff, clients, families and all other interested stakeholders for the hard work, contributions and support they provided in order for the idea of this much anticipated service to be realised.
Kate Stewart
Operations Manager, Midlands
CHALLENGE TRUST
Hello everyone,
My name is David Lomman and I have a passion for bringing good health information to adults and children everywhere.
For the last 15 years I have been working with the analysis system RBTI Analysis which gives much insight into the condition of the body and how that can affect the mind and emotions.
Your Company, Challenge Trust has invited me to place some articles in your newsletter about some of the things that I have learned. I hope that you will find them interesting and beneficial.
The first article is on Water and How Important it is to have Correct Hydration.
When I first started getting interested in this science of body analysis I was just like everyone else. I had heard a lot about water but didn’t realise how important it really is. I knew I was supposed to drink 8-10 glasses a day because that information is everywhere. I just didn’t know how critical it was that I drink according to my body weight. Some days I would get so involved in other things that I might only have 2 glasses of water and make up the rest in other fluids thinking that would be enough.
Imagine my surprise when my first RBTI Analysis showed that I was chronically dehydrated and it was affecting the thickness of my blood, my ability to think clearly, the pressure on my heart and digestive system as well as all other organs in my body.
I just didn’t know how important it was to drink the right amount of water. So I had high carbohydrates showing and that was leading to variable energy, high salts putting extra pressure on my heart and vascular system, high protein wastes showing that my digestive system wasn’t working properly and imbalanced pH’s showing that I wasn’t able to absorb nutrients properly.
What a surprise that was. So since that time I have made sure to keep up my water intake to the correct amount for my body. My body weighs 82 kg so for me as for every one else I need 33 ml of water for each kilogram of weight or 2.7 litres of water every day.
The funny thing is that when Carey Reams (The creator of RBTI Analysis) worked all of this out over 50 years ago he found that nearly everyone felt better and performed better when they had the right amount of water in their body.
Do you know how much water to drink? And just as importantly when to drink it?
If you want you or your child to have optimum performance at work, home, school, in sports or just generally it will pay to make sure that you and they consistently drink just water at the rate of 33 ml per kg of weight. So if they weigh 40 kg that is 1.3 litres every day. And remember nothing else does what water does. And the best way to drink it is in small frequent amounts taken right through the day. Making sure that it is all gone before bed.
There is so much more that I would love to share with you about water. Sometimes clients come back to me as one did just recently and said that “since I started drinking all of that water my blood pressure has dropped and I don’t get the pressure around my heart any more.”
One of Carey Reams most famous sayings was that if everyone would just drink the right amount of water for their body it would stop most pectoralis heart attacks. What a way to save a life. Just drink more water.
Thanks for your attention and remember the more consistent use and the better quality of the water the better the outcomes for you and your child’s body.
Till next time. Comments welcome. Lets make this a place where you can voice your opinions, concerns and even health issues and I will do my best to explain how RBTI Analysis can help you or any members of your family.
Best Wishes
David Lomman,
Naturopath, Hypnotherapist
Teacher of RBTI Analysis.