Care Matters is the national learning and well-being resource service for family and whānau carers in Aotearoa

WHO WE ARE

We focus on enhancing the health and wellbeing of family carers, and disabled people by providing accessible, relevant learning information, strengthening carer knowledge and improving relationships between carers and disabled people.

Care Matters works to achieve their mission and values by:

OUR MISSION AND VISION

Delivering up-to-date relevant workshops and a diverse range of online resources that meet family and whānau carer and learning and resource needs.
Developing up-to-date information that will assist family and whānau carers successfully navigate and direct disability supports and services.
Ensuring information is co-developed and facilitated by whānau carers for whānau carers.

Mission

To provide current, practical, and relevant learning opportunities and resources that meet the needs and aspirations of family and whānau carers throughout New Zealand.

Vision

To ensure family and whānau carers have the relevant skills, knowledge, support, and confidence to live the life they want, for themselves and their disabled family member, now and into the future.

Strengthening community capacity to support disabled whānau members to live a good life

What Our Community Says

FEEDBACK ABOUT OUR WORKSHOPS

Whangārei

A big fa'amalo and fa'afetai for the wonderful workshop you held yesterday. It was clear that you care deeply about helping our community, and everyone felt the positive effects right away. We’ve gotten a lot of great feedback from those who attended. They learned a lot and felt supported by the information and tools you shared.

Christchurch

Excellent facilitators – this is the best workshop ever.

Carterton

It was a good experience being able to connect with local parents and having open discussions, hearing others stories and drawing discussions from the knowledge being shared from facilitators.

Whanganui

Thank you for holding this meeting and letting me gain knowledge of where to go from here. I loved this last time and I loved this time. All our situations are different, but we can learn from each other and support each other. Roll on the next one.

Northland

My kete is going away with a lot more stuff in it than what I came in with.

Our Collaboration with others

Care Matters is delivered by SAMS – Standards and Monitoring Services. SAMS is a national evaluation, education, and leadership development organisation governed and primarily staffed by disabled people, family, and whānau.

SAMS has a long history of working in partnership with disabled people, families, and whānau to build the capacity and capability of communities, organisations, leaders, and service providers.

Working alongside family and whānau organisations throughout Aotearoa New Zealand, including through the Family Leadership Alliance, SAMS is committed to working together to achieve better outcomes for disabled people and their whānau, strengthen community leadership, and create positive and lasting change across the disability sector and wider community.