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OUR HISTORY

Disability Training Services H.B. Trust Board was initially formed in 1986 under the name of Hawke's Bay Community Enterprises (Inc). The Trust has been operating from Austin Street, Onekawa in Napier from 1987. The present name change was set in 1995 with the formation of a CharitableTrust. Since the organisations inception twenty years ago,  it has been sponsored and supported by Central Government with specific outcomes and objectives. Currently the Trust employes 9 fulltime staff and 3 volunteers.

OUR BUSINESS ENTERPRISE

Over the past 12 months DTS has undergone a lot of changes externally and internally. Through the repeal of the DPEP Act we have undergone a transition from sheltered workshop to a Business Enterprise and named it 3P Industries Ltd a company with a charitable status with all revenue going back to grow the business and create more employment .

3P Industries Ltd is a Business Enterprise providing a specialised working environment in our local region for disadvantaged people, structured to provide work skill training and working opportunities with the goal to contribute to peoples lives leading to participation in the community. Our emphasis is aimed at making employment possible for people with special needs while at the same time offering a fully supportive program in all aspects of employment in the mainstream workforce.

Our emphasis, as a significant employer of 43 Factory Workers, is to have a professional image and to provide an excellent customer service to the Hawke's Bay community:

  • Light Engineering for regional provedoring merchant; e3.g. producing cray fish pots for the whole of the North Island and outlying islands (Chatham Islands), engineering work on vehicles, parts for industrial conveyer belts, trolley repair/servicing, etc.
  • Catering for local sports clubs
  • Woodwork for regional building trade and hardware market
  • Foam ends for packaging in telecommunications market only foam end manufacturer between Hamilton and Wellington
  • Car Cleaning for businesses fleets and community of HB
  • Office Administration for other businesses
  • Mail packaging and mail outs for local businesses, Tertiary Education Providers, Real Estate Agents
  • Packaging for printing businesses

  • Packaging and Assembly for regional, national and export markets

  • Packaging organic food products for national field chain
  • Labelling food packaging for top end market
  • Assembly of wire locks for the regional and national farmers community
  • Assembly for local hardware stores

For further enquiries please phone 06 843 5998 or send an email to ceo@dtsnapier.org.nz

 

 

OUR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME
The Community Participation programme aims to provide an individualised programme for each client to work individually or participate in small groups to achieve experience in:
  • Arts and crafts (community based)
  • Literacy and numeracy
  • Pedestrian and bicycle safety and road code instruction
  • Cooking and how to plan for a meal
  • Learning of everyday activities, e.g. how to use ATM machines
  • Physical leisure activities
  • Recreational activities
  • Volunteer work
 
The individualised programme is based on the client’s personal plan. Delivery is through interview to identify goals and needs of indivuals, visits to desired locations, provision of initial support with follow-up assessment of natural supports leading to independence.

For further information please phone 06 843 5998 or send an email to ceo@dtsnapier.org.nz