Welcome to Enabling Love and Friendship

Come and join us for our Christmas party event in Dunedin, at Yours Cafe. Yours Cafe offers a unique experience, where you pay what you believe the service and food is worth. They offer healthy options that are good for your body and soul. It will feature music by Liam Davis, who is a young and upcoming guitarist. There will be Christmas presents. We would like to say thank you for all your support this year, from the enabling love and friendship crew.
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Hi All, this week the coffee club will be at the Dunedin Botanical Gardens, at 1pm. This happens every Thursday at the same time. Thanks

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Hi All,

Come and  meet some new friends and join in with some  Christmas Activites.

Your host is Jasmine and her contact details are on the poster.

Look forward to seeing you on the 24th of November.

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Below is a link to take you to an article written about  Josh, by a freelance journalist.

Josh has voluteered at the FIFA world cup in Dunedin and found it to be an amazing time, and this is a big thanks to all the volunteers that supported him.

https://www.fifa.com/social-impact/news/josh-perry-the-fifa-womens-world-cup-has-given-me-more-confidencehttps://www.fifa.com/social-impact/news/josh-perry-the-fifa-womens-world-cup-has-given-me-more-confidence

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Hi All, just to advised that the coffee club, will be at the Dunedin Botanical Gardens, over the winter. Please see the poster below for details. In terms of time etc. If you have any quesitons, please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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PRESS RELEASE: Enabling Love & Friendship - Social Education Course

*New service update

Enabling Love and Friendship (ELF) is delighted to announce its first social education course for people 18+ to guide them when it comes to dating, relationships and friendships.

ELF is a non-profit organisation for people living with disabilities, run by people living with disabilities.
Their aim is to provide a safe environment for individuals to meet new friends and form new connections & relationships.

The social education course will take place over six weeks and focus on the following topics: communication, friendship, skills, emotions, participation & sexuality. Participants will receive resources to take home after each session.

Barbara Fogarty, a top New Zealand disability researcher of the last 10 years, will be running the course. We are delighted to have Barbara on board as she brings a wealth of experience having worked at Otago Polytechnic, Otago University, presenting at top international conferences and having significantly contributed to the New Zealand disability community.

Enabling Love & Friendship CEO Joshua Perry has worked on this project for the last two years, and is thrilled to get it underway finally. The organisation will use data from the course to run future courses and if it is well-received the aim is to roll it out nationally.

ELF encourages people from the disability community to sign up and have the opportunity to make some new social connections as well as learning some new skills that they can use in their daily lives.

Thanks go to our funders: Otago Community Trust and Ministry of Social Development - Te Korowai Whetu Social Cohesion.

Cost: Members/Groups $10 for full course, non-members $35 for full course. Includes weekly catering and a final celebration lunch.

It will take place at Dunedin Community House, 301 Moray Place, Dunedin 

Tickets are available from Eventfinda https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2023/social-education-workshop/otago/tickets

Joshua is more than happy to answer any further questions that people may have or if further information is required.

Please email on: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit the website (www.enablinglove.nz)

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