Capri Charitable Trust is organised to provide and fund education, referral, awareness, treatment and counselling in the area of alcohol and drug addiction. These services are directed to the general public, i.e. schools, community groups, churches, etc, and also to those directly suffering from alcohol and drug problems and their family members.
One has only to open any daily newspaper to see the major negative effects of alcohol and drug problems on our community. Whilst the government provides many direct services through the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Youth Affairs, and other services are provided by community groups such as churches and the Salvation Army, the need for both youth and adults is great.
Many troubled families are unable or unwilling to access these large established community agencies for reasons of confidentiality, embarrassment or business obligations. Capri Trust plans to fund assessment and referral services. Referrals will be made based on best clinical practice and to both public and private service providers. Where referral to private services is indicated, partial and full financial support may be available on an as needed basis.
An additional and equally important activity of Capri Trust will be providing qualified speakers to community groups and conducting workshops and counsellor training events. The main focus will be a Train the Trainers' conceptwith proper training . Recovering former clients and their family members have proven to be uniquely effective in helping others with similar problems. This type of training will also provide life skills training to these former clients and family members to enhance their own continued recovery. Approved candidates will be funded for these educational services without charge or on a full or partially funded basis. Scholarships will be provided for workshops, counsellor training events, and major conferences.
Continuing Care meetings, Relapse Prevention and aftercare counselling services may be made available without charge for clients and their families who have completed treatment and counselling services as the result of assessment and referral services. International research has shown this long term support of social rehabilitation in integrating clients and family members back into their community is a key predictive factor in successful addictive disease treatment. Most publicly funded treatment programmes in New Zealand for reasons of funding do not provide long term continuing care services. Capri Trust will fund Continuing Care services for both primary clients and their family members.
