Staff at Birthright Whanganui have spent the past week telling clients it will close, with “lots of tears” along the way.
The organisation, which has supported single-parent families for 65 years, lost its $40,000 Government contract earlier this year and recent funding applications were unsuccessful.
Manager Joleen Sharrock said she and her staff were gutted... real full article here.
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