Strong Voices

The residents of Birkdale Road have become enthusiastic participants in meal planning and preparation since receiving the IHC Cookbook.

Kāpiti Hub had a morning of intense concentration and creativity recently, as artist and IHC Art Awards Judge Michel Tuffery visited to lead a drawing session. The session was also live streamed on IHC Media, so artists from across the motu could join in.

Michael lives in a residential facility on the Kāpiti Coast and has regularly joined the live Zoom sessions on IHC Media in the past two years. Now he has friends in Canterbury, Auckland, Bay of Plenty and the Deep South.

This year Forté is the new sponsor of the IHC Art Awards People’s Choice Award. The decision to do so reinforces the recruitment company’s ongoing commitment to the creativity of IHC artists.

Dame Denise has been travelling across Aotearoa, encouraging artists to enter the 2025 IHC Art Awards.

Since 2021, the IHC Scholarship Fund has provided a pathway for staff members interested in progressing their careers within the organisation.

IHC’s small Family-Whānau Liaison team is changing the way it works to reach and help more people with intellectual disabilities and their families.

When a bike ride the length of New Zealand coincided with an award ceremony at Government House, friends Hamish and Jonathan finally met in person.

A lack of systematic health screening is one of the main reasons for intellectually disabled people being overly reliant on emergency and hospital care.

IDEA Services and Choices NZ introduced a refreshed complaints policy this year as part of an ongoing commitment to providing a quality service.