CCS Bay of Plenty & Waikato

20 percent of New Zealanders - 600,000 people - have a disability.

Physical disability affects 400,000 adults in this country.

CCS is a national organisation with 16 branches throughout the country, working in partnership with more than 6000 children and adults with disabilities.

Our Mission:

To achieve a better future for people with disabilities by;

• supporting individuals and their families to live ordinary lives in the community and

• affecting change in communities so disabled people have access to the same opportunities as other New Zealanders.

Our Values:

CCS will act at all times in ways that;

• Enable disabled people to make informed choices in their lives,

• Generate increasing levels of inclusiveness of disabled people in our society,

• Are respectful of each person we work with,

• Allow each person the dignity to express themselves; to experiment, to reach and to learn,

• celebrate diversity and difference.

We believe that people with disabilities have the right to:

• Choice

• Inclusion in our society

• Information

• Respect

• Dignity

• Be different

• Be interdependent

Our focus is on providing support and services for children and adults with disabilities, and their families and whanau.

We aim to provide services that:

• Are relevant to the person's needs and goals
• Take place in a ordinary, inclusive community settings
• Are consistent with national standards
• Reflect what we know about good practice.

• Demonstrably support the person's:

• independence

• inclusion in their community

• participation in valued roles.

The Waikato region covers Waikato, King Country and the Coromandel Peninsula.

The Bay of Plenty region includes Eastern and Western Bay of Plenty, Rotorua and Taupo districts.

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