To our wonderful community:
Like many charities, the Parents Centre Aotearoa Trust has been working in a challenging operating environment and the Board has made the difficult but necessary decision to begin winding down the Trust, with the intention of ceasing operations by 31 December 2024.
While financial sustainability and resourcing are always challenges for the non-profit sector, the current climate of rising service delivery costs and reduced national funding availability, during a time when the wider charitable sector is experiencing the most challenging operating environment in many years, has intensified these challenges.
We are currently contacting parents who have classes booked with the Parents Centre Aotearoa Trust in 2025 to provide refunds, and working with our wider network to direct parents to alternative providers where possible.
We are also engaging with the 15 separately constituted Parents Centres in our wider network that operate independently of the Trust, to assess what this will mean for them. There are significant regional differences in our network and we cannot speak on their behalf, however we know that many of them have lots of dedicated volunteers and are well positioned to continue offering their services in the community if they choose.
We will keep you updated over the next month.
Ngā mihi, the Parents Centre Aotearoa Trust
