Pakuranga & Howick Community Networking Meeting
Manukau East Council of Social Services (MECOSS), facilitates two networking forums; the Pakuranga & Howick Community Networking Meeting and the Botany & Flatbush & Ormiston Community Networking Meeting. These meetings take place eleven times a year enabling community organisations, social service providers, government agencies and the general public a platform to connect and network with each other, share information about their activities and provide an opportunity for them to form collaborative working relationships.
Next meeting: Pakuranga & Howick Community Networking Meeting
Venue: Te Tuhi, Reeves Road, Pakuranga, Auckland
Day & Date: Friday, 26 June 2020
Time: 1.30pm - 3:00pm
Entry: Free
MEETING AGENDA
1:30pm Tea, coffee and networking
1:35pm Welcome from David Collings – Executive Board Member, Manukau East Council of Social Services (MECOSS)
GUEST SPEAKERS
1:40pm Fran Malcolm – Healthcare Relationships Manager, Northern Region, St. John New Zealand
1:45pm Warwick Pudney – Spokesperson Better Blokes: Support for men who have been sexually abused
2:00pm Neha Priya – Volunteering Auckland
2:05pm Robyn Hoffman – Community Disability Advisor, Disability Connect
2:10pm Yasser El Shall – Service Manager, Kahui Tu Kaha
2:15pm Therese Symons – Family Response Coordinator, Ministry of Social Development
2:20pm Candice Thum – Coordinator, Seasons for Growth, Howick
2:20pm David Collings – Howick Local Board
2:30pm Caron Pascoe – Coordinator, Communicare
2:35pm Close of meeting, tea, coffee and networking
Thank you to Howick Local Board for their support
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