Strong Voices

Michael lives in a residential facility on the Kāpiti Coast and has regularly joined the live Zoom sessions on IHC Media in the past two years. Now he has friends in Canterbury, Auckland, Bay of Plenty and the Deep South.

This year Forté is the new sponsor of the IHC Art Awards People’s Choice Award. The decision to do so reinforces the recruitment company’s ongoing commitment to the creativity of IHC artists.

Dame Denise has been travelling across Aotearoa, encouraging artists to enter the 2025 IHC Art Awards.

Since 2021, the IHC Scholarship Fund has provided a pathway for staff members interested in progressing their careers within the organisation.

IHC’s small Family-Whānau Liaison team is changing the way it works to reach and help more people with intellectual disabilities and their families.

When a bike ride the length of New Zealand coincided with an award ceremony at Government House, friends Hamish and Jonathan finally met in person.

A lack of systematic health screening is one of the main reasons for intellectually disabled people being overly reliant on emergency and hospital care.

IDEA Services and Choices NZ introduced a refreshed complaints policy this year as part of an ongoing commitment to providing a quality service.

The Shed Creative Space in Paraparaumu and Ōtaki has been honoured with the Holdsworth Charitable Trust Scholarship Award, an accolade aimed at supporting art studios that nurture artists with intellectual disabilities. This prestigious award, accompanied by a $5,000 prize, recognises the exceptional talent and dedication of the studio’s artists.

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The IHC Art Awards 2024, a hallmark event celebrating the talents of artists with intellectual disabilities, has once again brought to light extraordinary works of art. The opening night, hosted at Webb’s auction house in Wellington, honoured these artists’ creativity, marking another successful year for the awards.