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I came to her with deep unresolved trauma from my childhood and when we first started sessions I felt super anxious and withdrawn, overtime I have learnt how much I can trust Fi and how safe I feel with sharing my deepest pain with her and how I feel held in that when I am with her".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."
"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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