Responding effectively to victims of domestic violence

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Shine provides a range of effective, practical and innovative services to achieve our mission to stop domestic abuse in New Zealand. We directly help thousands of adult and child victims every year to become safe and stay safe through our frontline services, and we indirectly help thousands more every year through professional training programmes. 

Shine works in partnership with a number of Government agencies, community organisations and businesses to achieve our goals more effectively and stretch our limited dollars much further, from the NZ Police and Child Youth and Family Services to Auckland District Health Board (and other DHBs), Community Probation, Unitec, and other not-for-profits such as Family Works, Lifeline, and Youthline. 

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Shine’s legal name as a registered charity is Safer Homes in New Zealand Everyday Trust.  

“The name of our organisation is hopeful, optimistic and positive, reflecting our organisational values, objectives and services. It conveys the attitude of the people who work in this organisation and what we achieve. These are tough times and family violence is a grim issue – on both counts, this country needs to feel that a light is shining on a terrible problem and that some brightness is coming.”  ...