Northlanders getting or updating a will with a Whangarei law firm in May will now have a way of helping a deserving community group.
Law firm Henderson Reeves Connell Rishworth is running a "wills month" with Jeremy Brown from the company saying many Northlanders had not written a will, andthose who had might find they were now out of date.
To tackle the problem, and to provide a boost to The Miriam Centre, wills are being done at half price by the law firm.
Mr Brown said money raised from wills month would go to The Miriam Centre, a post-trauma child abuse research and treatment organisation that works to heal and break the intergenerational cycle of abuse, violence and neglect.
The centre works with an entire family, where possible, on every aspect of their problem and assisting them to identify and address their challenges.
The centre helps people access health services and adequate financial assistance as well as providing drug and alcohol treatment, anger/violence change, parenting and healing of childhood issues. Almost 89 per cent of the centre's clients have serious issues relating to violence or trauma, with up to 170 new clients every month.
Mr Brown said the company's staff saw the Miriam Centre was struggling to get funding and knew how vital its work was.
Miriam Centre director Patsy Henderson Watt, whose husband Stuart Henderson is a partner in Henderson Reeves Connell Rishworth, said the area the centre works in is often a difficult one for people to ask for help about and the initiative would provide a huge boost to the 25-year-old centre.
