A Place To Be: The Retreat NZ Announces A New Residential Rehab Facility

With the current demand and anticipated need for
rehabilitation care in NZ, the CEO of the charity behind The
Retreat NZ, Janet Thompson, announced today that they are
expanding their services, opening a brand-new programme
later this year. The programme is designed specifically for
people who have a substance dependency and want a combined
clinical/cultural/12-step residential treatment
approach.

Once resource consent has been obtained, The
Retreat NZ will move its core programme for people with
alcohol dependency to a new four-star facility in Warkworth.
The Retreat NZ has been effectively administrating a
combined programme from their Ōtāhuhu facility. With the
introduction of the new programme, the Ōtāhuhu facility
will provide support to people struggling with drug
addiction.

“We have been successfully operating our
programme from Otahuhu for the last nine years, and we know
we carry a good message. Moving the alcohol dependence
recovery programme to Warkworth will allow us to use the
Ōtāhuhu facility specifically for a programme of recovery
from drug addiction, and in particular, methamphetamine
addiction,” say’s Janet.

The new programme will
operate under a different brand named A Place To Be.
The story behind the new brand was developed by the
creative agency LIKEMINDS. Working together, The Retreat and
LIKEMINDS agreed that the programme needed to be much more
than just a name and a logo.

“We wanted to ensure
the brand and its story were driven from the truth. There is
no magic bullet here, simply the promise of a place where
you can turn up with honesty, reflection, and hard work with
people who see you and know there is a better way for you. A
place where you can just ‘be’, said Noel and Damian from
LIKEMINDS.

Welcoming guests throughout the country,
the expansion and development of A Place To Be
provides a more focused solution to the support of
those struggling with addiction. Both programmes in
Warkworth and Otahuhu enable guests to connect with others
on a similar journey to
recovery.

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