News and Events


	News and Events

ASENZ Employer of the Year Awards 2005

ASENZ (Association of Supported Employment in New Zealand) have an "Employer of the Year" awards that celebrate those employers who use supported employment services. Emerge nominated Wellington City Council who in their various forms (Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre, CitiOperations, Disability Reference Group, Botanical Gardens) has provided both paid employment and work experience to our clients. Wellington City Council came in as Runners Up for 2005. Thank you to the Wellington City Council for your continued support and inclusive attitude.

Exploring Futures

'Exploring Futures 2007 and Beyond' is published by Wellington City Council in conjunction with Emerge. The first edition was established as a Transition services directory. Due to its great success we have further developed this concept to include FAQ's for people with Disabilities, self starter checklists and service information. The FAQ's and Checklist will relate back to the directory where appropriate to enable people with Disabilities, their families, providers, sectors, schools and other interested parties to be able to make direct contact with the appropriate service or sector. If you are interested in receiving a copy of thecurrent Exploring Futures booklet please email enquiries@ emergetrust.org.nz, or phone (04) 384 7456

CODE Funding

In July 2005, Mainstream announced that they were administering CODE funding. CODE (cost of disability in employment) funding is the same amount as the Workbridge administered fund of $16900. This amount is available for each of the 2 years of the placement. Previously under the Mainstream Programme, participants have not been able to access other funding to cover the cost of disability in employment so the availability of CODE funding is a welcome addition for employers and participants alike. The fund is available to Mainstream participants and under the funding, they may request the following support.

physical needs related to the disability and the particular employment situation;
interpreter services;
adaptive software and hardware designed to facilitate communication and/or otherwise accommodate a person's impairment;
other costs considered by the Mainstream Programme Manager to be reasonable in terms of the aim of the fund

For more information about CODE funding, please visit www.ssc.govt.nz/mainstream

Workbridge

In July 2005, Workbridge announced that Workbridge funding was now available to all government departments.