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Do you think Aotearoa NZ is an accessible country? Andy Woodhouse, a Project Manager in the Disability Sector, has lived in NZ for 21 years and been a Youth and Community Worker for 30 years. He joins the Altbays Table Talk to chat with Leo and Azzie McLean about access and reach in the country. 

 Show 242 – Andy Woodhouse (Disability Sector Project Manager)  

Welcome to the Altbays Table Talk (feat. Azzie McLean and Leo Magri) 

Andy Woodhouse, a Project Manager in the Disability Sector, has lived in NZ for 21 years and been a Youth and Community Worker for 30 years.

His involvement with people living with disabilities goes back
23 years when he had to do a placement that was out of his comfort zone as part
of his Post-Grad in Youth and Community Work. He chose to work with a
disability group as he had no experience of that. It was then that the epiphany
happened, and he saw the people, not the disabilities. This was a profound
moment that shaped his community work from that point on.

The general theme of his community work career has been Access
and Reach, and so he has spent time getting vulnerable and low-socio-economic
young people to access schemes such as the Duke of Edinburgh's Award. This work
got him a job in NZ, and that is how he got to meet his current employers, the
Helen Anderson Trust in Christchurch. Previously, he had collaborated with HAT
for about 19 years in his previous jobs with the Duke of Edinburgh's Award and
the Spirit of New Zealand Tall Ship.

Locally, he is helping Azzie to set up a trust so that funding
can be obtained to improve and extend disability access in Whitianga and create
a holiday destination for people with disabilities.

He is passionate about integration and access for people with
disabilities, believing that he has as much right as anybody else to exist and
to engage with mainstream activities and people. 

ALTBAYS Show invites awesome people from Aotearoa to have an honest, laid-back conversation. Our platform focuses on bringing communities together to grow and thrive.

Have you experienced workplace bullying? Meet Godspower Chiabuotu, the Community Representative of Hope Channel New Zealand. With his expertise in policy formation, analysis, implementation, workplace culture (including bullying), and community development, he joins us at Altbays Table Talk for a discussion on education, the impact of religion in NZ and globally, and more! Watch it here now!

ALTBAYS Table Talk 214 – Godspower Chiabuotu (Hope Channel NZ Representative) 

Welcome to the Altbays Table Talk (Feat. Christine Threadgold and Leo Magri)

Godspower Chiabuotu is a diligent, resourceful, and self-motivated Auckland University of Technology graduate with expertise in policy formation, analysis, implementation, workplace culture (bullying), and community development. He is currently the Community representative of Hope Channel New Zealand in Whitianga. Hope Channel is a Christian TV Channel broadcasting in New Zealand on Freeview channel 27 and Sky channel 204.

Godspower is an experienced Chaplain, Community Development Specialist, and Professional Teacher with a demonstrated history of working in the Education Management industry in Africa.  He has a proven track record of assisting in faith community development, impactful teaching career in high schools, youth development, and strong customer-focused service. 

He is passionate about human experiences of faith and reducing bullying in workplaces and cultures, understanding social phenomena through direct observation and communication with people in their social groups, and workplace relationships, thus developing advocacy programs for community safety. Godspower is skilled in IT technical support, integrative and qualitative research, Microsoft PowerPoint, English as a Second Language (ESL), E-Learning, Secondary and Adult Education, Volunteer Management, and Church Events.

His hobbies are writing, music, football, evangelism, and photographic nature walk.

ALTBAYS Table Talk invites awesome people to have an honest, laid-back conversation. Our platform focuses on bringing communities together and thrive.