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No Duff Learning centre
This site contains the current projects, courses and information resources for the No Duff Charitable trust.
This site contains a lot of information, not all of it is suitable for all audiences. The public tour is rated PG, the members site contains themes which include violence, sexual assault, suicide, drug abuse and more. User discretion is advised.
Welcome
We are still building and testing so expect a few missing links, spelling mistakes and general screw ups.
The No Duff learning centre
Welcome to the No Duff learning centre.
This site is being continuously added to and updated, so come back frequently.
Its all done by volunteers, its hundreds of hours of work - so go easy on us because we are not professional web designers.
Whilst in the testing phase the site is member access only. Once we have the bugs worked out we will be opening up our support materials to everyone.
Public login takes you to public facing pages which give an overview of who we are and what we do, whilst member login takes you to the blog page.
Many of the images on this site come from unsplash - thanks guys for brilliant images. Other images are supplied by the veterans themselves. Unless otherwise indicated in the albums the images on this site are not free for the taking.
Remember its for military veterans so language and content are not suitable for all audiences.
The scale of the problem
This site supports military veterans and the volunteers who help them.
It is estimated that there are now more than 40,000 military veterans in New Zealand with operational service, the highest number since the Vietnam war. The total number of veterans may in fact be much higher when you consider veterans from other countries are often overlooked. Over 75% of veterans are now under retirement age and the proportion of young veterans is the highest since the second World War. Hearing loss, arthritis and mental injury account for over 90% of the medical conditions that veterans require help with. All of these conditions serve to isolate the veteran, limiting their ability to get out and interact. Many struggle to reintegrate into a society that has little understanding of the impact of modern conflict. For 1 in 5 that struggle may be longterm.
A veteran reaches crisis every week in New Zealand, which in reality means a family in crisis.
80% of the partners of Veterans with PTSD themselves show signs of mental injury, whilst 60% of their children also show signs.
Unfortunately there is a veteran suicide on average every 1- 2 months in New Zealand.
What some of our veterans have to say about us
Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.
who are we
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NDCT Chair
NDCT -
NDCT Medical Advisor
Dr Paul Nealis - MBChB, BE(hons),MAvMed, PGCert Occmed, PGCert AE
Navy civilian, Army RMO, Air Force Aeromedical,
Ex CMO NZDF and medical advisor VANZ
Its not just the NZDF’s job to look after the veterans - that is the responsibility of the people of New Zealand.
Medical Advisor NDCT -
NDCT co-founder and trustee
Aaron Wood MIntlSy
NDCT -
NDCT treasurer
NDCT
Recent projects
We are developing a range of products to further our goals.
If you are interested in any click on the link to see more.
Courses
we have online and face to face courses for veterans, providers and volunteers
The data project
New Zealand lacks data on veteran exposures and outcomes. We aim to change that.
The veteran clinic
A referal clinic for specialist veteran healthcare
Provider resources
Developing high quality resources to assist those whom provide support to our veterans.
Starter Kit
Dont want to be a member but still need a hand? This is the soldiers 5 on self recovery. The links take you to a page to get you started.
We are continuously updating our courses and adding new information, so check in often. Let us know what you think we should do, what is it that would make a difference? Leave us comments on what you like, what you think is bullshit and what you think needs to be here.