Week Two - Covid 19 Update

To our Community,

Last week all but essential services were asked to close or work from home in a bid to slow the spread of Covid-19 across Aotearoa. We now move into week two and Brain Injury Hawke’s Bay are committed to keeping our clients, members, stakeholders and funders up to date with how we as an organisation are continuing to serve our community.

·         Our Client and Whanau supports remain open; we are not meeting people face to face, but we are utilising all technologies available to us to ensure people are able to communicate with us in a way that they feel comfortable.

·         We are maintaining regular contact with clients and are performing welfare calls where required.

·         We are working with several community groups and the Council as part of a team effort to coordinate the wider community response to Covid-19.

·         We have two online support groups for those with Brain Injury and whanau of those with Brain Injury.

·         Online events are being offered to promote online social connection for our members as a tool to reduce social isolation.

·         Our team are in the process of adding to our online education and awareness content to continue this important work in our online community.

·         All staff are working from home with the support of available technology and can be reached during their normal work hours.

We want to reassure you our organisation is set up in a way that it can continue to provide support to our community, especially those with Brain Injury and their whanau during this time.

Please stay safe, be kind and we wish you all good health.

Hei konā mai

Brett Morris

Chairperson

Brain Injury Hawke’s Bay

The team from Brain Injury HB @ #blackout for Brain Injury 2020