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WITT student Sacha Mills decided to study social work after struggling with her own mental health issues and finding there wasn t enough resources to get help.
Taranaki mental health student Sacha Mills wants to be the change in her community. And she s far from alone. Student numbers in the social work certificate Mills is completing at Taranaki’s Witt polytech have doubled this year to 105. It is one of a number of qualifications at the institute recording record numbers. The popularity of the social work course is being attributed to a surge in interest in mental health following Covid-19 restrictions, that it’s fee free and also that a lack of entry requirements makes it accessible to many.
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Bev Gibson has been awarded an Institute of Directors chartered fellowship after 15 years involved in the organisation. (File photo)
A Taranaki woman has been awarded a national fellowship, through the Institute of Directors, after 15 years devoted to the organisation. Bev Gibson is one of 22 directors to be recognised as a Chartered Fellow in New Zealand in 2020. The Institute of Directors is a non-profit organisation and the country s leading professional body for directors, at the heart of the governance community and Gibson has been a member since 2006. She holds a number of positions across regional organisations, including Parininihi Ki Waitotara and Western Institution of Technology for Taranaki (Witt).