Gaslighting: Facts and truth are irrelevant

Gaslighting: Facts and truth are irrelevant

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2017/02/26/trumps-dark-brilliance-explains-why-he-keeps-getting-away-with-lies-editorial.html When confronted by one of his blatant falsehoods, Stephens notes, Trump often doesn’t even attempt to back up what he said. He’ll simply reply that “many people say I’m right,” transforming the argument into a test of personal credibility and effectively denying the validity of what is usually known as “facts.” “It’s important not…

APA: Link between child pornography and child sexual abuse

APA: Link between child pornography and child sexual abuse

http://www.apa.org/monitor/2009/12/child-abuse.aspx Clinical psychologists Michael Bourke, PhD, and Andres Hernandez, PsyD, have been making waves in the psychology and law enforcement communities with the recent release of a paper suggesting that men charged with Internet child pornography offenses and those who commit hands-on child sex offenses are, in many cases, one and the same. There has…

He said there was a “catastrophic failure” in church leadership

He said there was a “catastrophic failure” in church leadership

The Archbishop of Sydney, Anthony Fisher, has told a royal commission the response by Catholic Church leaders to allegations of child sexual abuse amounted to “criminal negligence”. Archbishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher appeared in front of the royal commission for the first time. Five of Australia’s most senior Catholic figures fronted the Royal Commission into…

ANZ Staff Foundation

ANZ Staff Foundation

https://anzstafffoundation.anz.co.nz Funding criteria The Foundation supports charitable organisations whose work fulfils one or more of the following purposes: To assist in the promotion of financial literacy To provide opportunities for all New Zealanders to achieve economic and social independence To provide access to learning opportunities that prepare people for meaningful work and a high quality…

The Trusts Community Foundation

The Trusts Community Foundation

http://www.ttcfltd.org.nz The Trusts Community Foundation Limited (TTCF) is a national not-for-profit company primarily established to distribute funds generated from Class 4 gaming machines operated in some Licensing Trusts outlets, privately owned Hotels and a Bowling Club throughout New Zealand. See a list of our gaming venues. TTCF is potentially looking at expanding to gambling apps,…

Foundation North

Foundation North

Foundation North has offered Better Blokes support for a number of years and we are very appreciative of their help. Foundation North holds in trust for the Auckland and Northland communities an endowment, or putea, of over a billion dollars. This comes from the sale of the community’s shares in what was previously the Auckland…

1 in 4 Kiwi kids live in hardship

1 in 4 Kiwi kids live in hardship

1 in 4 Kiwi kids live in hardship. This National Children’s Day #SupportAKiwiKid for 50c a day #TreasureOurChildren https://t.co/2UmlUWHfm2 — KidsCanNZ (@KidsCanNZ) February 27, 2017 What your support means for a child in need: Equality means having the same status, rights and opportunities as everyone else. Sadly in New Zealand thousands of children live in…