Toolbox is part of Parenting Place. Their mission statement is : ‘Supporting parents* to build strong family relationships.’

Gaylyn Wills and Pauline Livesey are both trained Toolbox facilitators. Toolbox courses are full of common sense and inspirational ideas that can only have a positive impact on those who participate.

Toolbox courses are delivered in three age groups – Preschool, Primary, and Teenage. Each course runs for six sessions. Building Awesome Whanau is a course that spans the early and middle years There is a comprehensive manual, ‘experts’ on video and lively interaction.

Although the facilitators do this work voluntarily, there is a course fee for each participant that must be paid to Parenting Place. St Andrews Community Trust believes this is such a valuable resource for local families that we aim to provide a 50% subsidy for each participating parent.

For enquiries about when our next Toolbox course will be run, please contact the St Andrew's Centre office.

*Parenting Place's mission statement's use of the word 'parent' includes anyone raising a child, including parents, caregivers, grandparents, aunties, uncles, guardians, foster carers.