Our children deserve to feel amazing, and to be raised by their village.
You are part of their village.
Together, we can make a difference.
Thank you for supporting the work of FLAX.
We’re a registered New Zealand charitable trust. We put mental health coaches in schools to support the wellbeing of our students, teachers, leadership teams and the wider school community, including whanau.
Our approach is face to face - we’re real people, driving real change.
Qualified, professional, experienced Mental Health Coaches bridge the gap that currently exists in our system - before our broken people need serious support from the psych teams, they need us.
We’re here to deliver solutions - improved health and mental health outcomes through lifestyle medicine. Nutrition, sleep, stress management, anxiety, movement, self-talk, values, goal-setting, mindfulness, breathing, depression, health goals, weight management, social media behaviour, eating challenges, vaping and smoking, addictive behaviours, trauma, challenges at home, challenges in the classroom.
We’re another pair of hands in the toolkit, and not just a tick-box programme. Our coaches will bounce a basketball with our teenage boys and develop rapport, or sit with staff in workshops over kai, to develop relationships.
Schools know their challenges. That’s why we approach schools with open hearts and open minds, ready to collaborate on an approach that meets the needs of their people.
Our mission is to ensure that our students and staff are supported to make real, sustainable change, so we’re here for the long haul - at least a term when working with tamariki, a series of workshops when working with staff, a medium-term commitment when working one-on-one with principals.
And all of this, unfortunately, comes with a price tag. Your donation makes our valuable work happen, and we couldnt do it without you.
