Awards
Vodafone Foundation
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World Of Difference Recipient 2011
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Alumni Grants Programme 2015
​Awards as Co-Founder and Managing Director of Cultivate Christchurch
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Nominees - Westpac Champion Business Awards - 2020 & 2021
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Outstanding Supplier - Canterbury Hospitality Awards - 2020
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Finalists - Sustainable Business Awards - 2020
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Christchurch Civic Trust Awards - 2019
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Finalists - AMP Capital People’s Choice, Community Change-maker - 2017
Testimonials
"Fi has supported me through a lot of my trauma with Havening and I am super thankful for all of her help. I came to her with deep unresolved trauma from my childhood and when we first started sessions I felt super anxious and withdrawn, overtime I have learnt how much I can trust Fi and how safe I feel with sharing my deepest pain with her and how I feel held in that when I am with her".
Anonymous 32 years.
Publishing
Grow/ Wahine Finding Connection through Food
SOPHIE MERKINS
"Three years into Cultivate, I realised that what I’d actually done was create a stronger sense of community around myself, which I didn’t realise I was lacking to the extent that I had been. That’s been amazing. When I started Cultivate, I chose to eat organics. That’s made a massive difference on my own physical and mental health. I feel way better. I feel amazing. I obviously needed that as well.
I think Cultivate has given the community a space to come to for their wellbeing."
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"There is more and more research coming out about the importance of what we eat on our gut health and our mental health. We are in a mental health crisis as a nation, and I’d love to see more significance given to the importance of what we eat and particularly taught to kids in schools."
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