Ruth Nicholls Email & Phone Number

Waipa, Waikato, New Zealand

Violence Free Waipa is a network made up of community agencies which are committed to ending Family Violence in Cambridge and Te Awamutu, New Zealand. We stand together to say “Enough is Enough” – this violence has to end. Through running events, campaigns and promotions our team of coordinators and their passionate volunteers hope to raise awareness throughout Waipa and enable those in need of help to get it. You can follow what we are up to on our facebook page. Become a champion against Family Violence, be a violence-free whanau, be aware of what’s going on in your neighbourhood…we are all in this together, and a violence-free community will benefit everyone in it, in ways we cannot even begin to imagine. Are you with us? ​Family Violence happens across all neighbourhoods, and in all areas of New Zealand. Sadly, this country has a shocking record of Family Violence – almost half of all homicides in New Zealand are Family Violence-related, and each day police are called to approximately 200 domestic incidents (that’s one every 7 minutes). Here is an example of what is like for many children: