• Caring support

• Positive partnership

• Honesty and integrity

• Diversity – respecting differences

• Professionalism

• Collaboration with Tangata Whenua and other cultures.

Our Service

Provides:

• Individual, person-centred, goal-oriented rehabilitation

• Pre-vocational and Vocational programmes

• Meaningful activities

• Social interaction

• Training for independent living

Incorporates:

• Community participation

• Cultural Diversity

Promotes:

• Brain injury awareness and education

• A safe, positive, social environment

• Peer support and personal development

Eligibility*

• For people from 16 years of age with aquired Brain Injury

• Applications assessed on an individual basis

*Exclusions: People whose needs are better met in mental health or intellectual disability services

Manawatu Stewart Centre Staff 2011

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Our History

A Stewart Centre was first established in Auckland by Alex and Mary Stewart in 1991 after their son,

Tommy's accident in Australia

In Palmerston North, the Stewart Centre operated for two years under the umbrella of the Brain Injury

 Association Central Districts (BIACD)

The Manawatu Stewart Centre Trust (MSCT) was established as a separate entity in January 2001, with

 Board members from BIACD and the Palmerston North community.

The Manawatu Stewart Centre has contact time and rehabilitation programmes 5 days a week 9am to 3pm

ACC and Ministry of Health contract MSCT as a preferred provider.
 
Referral process can be through an ACC Case Manager, Key Worker of any Support Agency, GP, Health Professional or family.

Alex and Mary Stewart win QSM accolade for brain injury efforts

(taken from an article in the Kaipara Advocate - 6 June 2005)

A car accident that changed the lives of Alex and Mary Stewart and their son Tommy has led to royal honours for the Ruawai couple. They have been awarded the Queen's Service Medal for community service for their work in setting up the the Brain Injury Association and rehabilitation centres for people with head injuries. Read more ...

In honour of their achievement, Barry Griffin, a client at the Manawatu Stewart Centre, presented the Stewarts with a handmade wooden urn he had turned himself. Click here to view ..