TTL staff have previous experience of developing and implementing a programme for women at risk in the South Auckland area. Corporate funding was engaged to fund a pilot programme that successfully delivered a year long dedicated womans programme. This programme addressed issues such as preventative medicine, health and wellbeing, employment, confidence building, positive parenting, addressing substance use and computer skills training. The outcomes from this initiative were significant for the people who attended and the impact this had on their families/whanau. This initiative resulted in a number of women making significant lifestyle changes including engaging in tertiary study and employment for the first time. A number of the women in this group went on to become co-facilitators for subsequent groups, continued with their training through education providers such as, MIT, AUT etc and gained full time employment.
