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  • Allergy Season

      18 September 2014

    This Spring we will be celebrating The Allergy Season. This is a new campaign to promote awareness of the increasing burden of allergies, which is the most common chronic health condition affecting New Zealanders. The Allergy Season will run from the 1st September to the 1st of December and consist of three different topics. September: Allergic rhinitis (hayfever) October: Eczema November: Holidaying with allergies (food allergies) We are also encouraging our members and others to hold Inside-Out Picnics in their communities. The Inside-Out Picnics are based on the idea that when people are affected by allergies their lives are turned inside out, so we are asking people to have fun with this concept. For more info visit: http://www.allergy.org.nz/allergyseason

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  • Early Childcare and Education Staff Workshop

      20 June 2014

    Allergy New Zealand is hosting a Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Workshops for Early Childcare and Education Staff on the 10th of June 2014. Staff and management from early childhood services (e.g. playgroups, playcentres, kindergartens and childcare services) were invited to the event and later so were parents. The workshop was lead by a paediatric allergy/clinical immunologist from Starship Childrenfs Hospital. They provided a comprehensive overview of allergy and anaphylaxis, risk management procedures, and emergency response. Given that up to one in ten babies develop food allergy by 12 months of age. We hope to hold more for these workshops all around New Zealand for education staff as well as families as more awareness needs to be raised around food allergies etc.

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  • Children with allergies

      20 November 2013

    Children state their allergies and give thanks to Allergy New Zealand.

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  • Seminar for support group in Onehunga

      4 April 2013

    Penny Jorgensen, our CEO, held two education seminars at the Shanti Niwas Charitable Trust community support group in Onehunga. Shanti Niwas Charitable Trust, which was founded in 1994, is a non-profit organisation with a proud history of working with socially isolated senior citizens of Indian and South Asian origin living in the Auckland region. Included in the charityfs many services is the promotion of health and safety which has initiated visits from various organisations from the community. Allergy New Zealand was invited to talk on March 26 and 27, with around 100 people attending the two sessions. Project Manager, Nilima Venkant said these programmes are important as it allows people to make their own informed decisions about their health and take the information back to their extended families. She said there was a lot of interest in the topic and that the partnership with Allergy New Zealand would be ongoing. gWe already have names down of people who would like further contact with Allergy New Zealand so there may be more programmes to come.h Penny Jorgensen also said there was a positive feedback from the talk. gThese types of seminars help educate and inform a wider community about the severity of allergies. Many people came forward who either themselves had food or medicine allergies, or had grandchildren with allergies. Shanti Niwas Charitable Trust also has an elder abuse and neglect prevention service where they provide those who have been abused or neglected with support, counselling and advocacy.

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  • Allergy New Zealand in the community

      25 February 2013

    Last Friday our CEO, Penny Jorgensen, gave a presentation to a group of whanua support workers and Registered Nurses involved in the Mana Kidz programme. Mana Kidz is a project with the National Hauora Coalition and Counties Manakau DHB to manage the Rheumatic Fever Prevention Programme. As part of this they are establishing health clinics in schools in the CMDHB area which is being managed by registered nurses and whanau support workers. Aside from educating them about allergies and risk management strategies, Allergy New Zealand donated 16 education kits on the day and will be donating more kits as Mana Kidz health clinics open in more schools in the south Auckland area. However, these kits could not have been donated without funding from Auckland Airportfs '12 days of Christmas', which Allergy New Zealand is very grateful for. The $120,000 was collected through the generosity of the travelling public, donating their unwanted currency into donation globes situated throughout the airport. Auckland Airport collects the money and donates it to charitable organisations on behalf of the travellers. Allergy New Zealand was one of twelve chosen charities to receive $10,000. These funds went towards putting together 50 allergy education kits for low decile schools across Auckland. The education kits are full of useful resources about allergies. Including books, cds, auto injector trainers and the Allergy & Anaphylaxis Guidelines for Early Childhood Services & Schools. If you would like to purchase an education kit for your child or local school go to www.allergy.org.nz. So far kits have gone to the following schools: Primary School Wiri Central Rongomai East Tamaki Bairds Mainfreight St Johns Sir Edmund Hillary Dawson Primary Mayfield Yendarra Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Piripono Te Kura Whakahou Ki Chapel Downs Wymondley Flatbush Intermediate Fergussen Kia Aroha Sir Edmund Hillary Have a great week, Allergy New Zealand group

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