Local Services Mapping: Hutt Valley

The Hutt Valley community report, which includes a detailed action plan, reflects a joint effort by government and non government agencies, iwi and community groups over the past two years.

The Hutt Valley LSM process is based on a core proposition: Strong families can help themselves; connected communities can help build strong families.

Reflecting this core proposition, the LSM participants identified two key results for the Hutt Valley:

• Children and young people are safe and healthy in Upper Hutt and Stokes Valley.
• People with disabilities and their families/whānau carer have an ordinary life.

The report’s action plan sets out specific actions to address the two priorities. These actions include:

• Partner agencies working together to increase the uptake of carer relief for family/whānau caregivers of people with disabilities.
• Establishing a networking forum for the disability sector to improve information and professional relationships and connectedness between disability services.
• Closing the information gaps between parenting services in Upper Hutt and Stokes Valley through a variety of means, such as online calendars of available services, regular community updates and celebrating success.
• Improving the connection and integration of prisoner reintegration services for offenders released into the Hutt Valley, and their families/whānau.  

Please note these are large files which may take some time to download.

Social services in the Hutt Valley

The Family Services Directory is an online directory support services and programmes available to families throughout New Zealand.

For a listing of services available in the Hutt Valley, simply click 'Go', or use the 'add keyword' option to refine your search. Once on the 'results' page, you can use the 'display options' to show only those service providers that are physically located in the Hutt.