Asian Community Transformation Trust

The ACTT mental health coaches recently had their end-of-year dinner. (有中文翻譯👇🏼）

This is a diverse group of coaches from China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Korea and the Philippines. They realised a need within their communities, and decided to be a part of the solution!

Since the beginning of 2022, they have been meeting monthly for peer support and training. Now they are the pioneers of Asian mental health & well-being in Christchurch.

ACTT Mental Health Coaches最近舉行了首次的年終聚餐。

這一群背景各不相同的coaches從中國、馬來西亞，印尼、台灣、韓國、菲律賓來到這裡。他們發現了亞洲群體的需要，又看到社會資源的不足，便舉起手說「我願意盡一份力」。

2022年初以來，他們便每個月固定聚集，彼此扶持、共同學習。現在的這群人，已經漸漸成為亞洲人心理健康的先驅！

✍🏼 Dr. Jason Chang

Every month, we gather coaches and professionals who are passionate about building up the well-being of the Asian communities they live and serve in.

In September, Craig Andrew Lynch presented a workshop on the popular Supervision Tool: Drama Triangle and Empowerment Triangle. This tool gives framework to understand the identity we may unconsciously take on in various situations, and how we are to turn chaotic drama into life giving empowerment.

We also welcomed new friends from Chinese workers from Plunket and Youthline to our group.

We had a meeting with Stand Children's Services - Tu Maia Whanau to discuss the challenges they see with the social workers engaging with Asian whānau through the schools.

The meeting was fruitful and we look forward to ongoing engagements with them and with the schools through them. We appreciate Jonathan and Jean for welcoming us into their space and into this conversation to serve and bless the Asian community through them.

Free Information Day Coming Up!

Time: Saturday 20/Aug 10am
Location: Laidlaw College (70 Condell Ave, Christchurch)
Zoom: email us for a link

We have been partnering with HeartSpace since May 2020, as we believe in training up the communities to be a part of the solution to the mental ill-health in the community.

Come and bring a friend along to find out more about HeartSpace and ACTT.
Allen will be updating everyone on ACTT's latest work and plans.

💡【課程開放報名囉】💡
🌞【自我認識】-知己知彼 進退合宜
🔔報名連結：https://forms.gle/sLd4woJ1U1B5DtpX9

渴望家庭和諧、婚姻美滿、孩子健全？感動於幫助他人、建立社群、帶給世界正能量？

無論你對生命的熱情是什麼，一切都還是從認識自己開始。認識了自己，才更懂得體諒和認識他人；才能有效的助人和同工！

有興趣者請報名！
有疑問者請詢問！
讓我們一起學習、一同成長、協力轉化我們的環境！

我們很榮幸能夠與台灣的翁真聯老師合作，在紐澳地區一同開班！
這次兩個課程中，我們機構協助報名了１９個名額。

這次課程讓我們受益很多！
尤其班上有來自台灣、馬來西亞、紐西蘭、澳洲、以及巴西的學員；使的課堂中的分享和討論更是精彩豐富！

很期待再次與翁老師的工作是一同合作開班！

Nov 2021

We started the first part 2 course.
After completion the students will have the knowledge and skills to be a mental health coach.

A mental health coach is one who is within their local communities with the skills to journey with people who are distressed and struggling. They are also trained to identify when a person is struggling beyond their capabilities and to connect them to local professional services. We are proud of the 20 who completed and became coaches.

They are all invited to a monthly supervision group run by Dr. Jason Chang and Nurse Consultant Craig Lynch. In this group, they get to share about the people they are helping, and continue to receive useful knowledge and training.

Aug 2021

We ran part 1 of the two part Heart Space course for the second time! This time, the students were able to get a newly put together course book and Dr. Jason Chang were also invited to take a class or two.

We are super excited to see this partnership with the Deacon's Trust bearing fruit in the Asian communities!

Nov 2020

We kicked off our first course.
9 sessions, 42 pupils, and 6 different communities.

So many sharings, so much laughter, so many new connections made to strengthen our respective circles.

None of us left feeling like experts, but we all felt we know that there is still much to know!

On 3/May/2020

We had our first information evening to launch HeartSpace Course with our partners Dr. Jeremy Baker and Craig Lynch (with the Deacons Trust).

Dr. Jason Chang (Psychiatrist) and Allen Hou (Minister of Christchurch Community Church) hosted the evening and spoke out on the issues of mental wellbeing in our communities.

80+ people turned up in person and 60+ people turned up on Zoom.