About Springhill
Springhill is unique, it is a gift from another generation. It is one of the last publicly available residential treatment facilities left in New Zealand
History
Originally formed by a group of concerned citizens, the Hawke’s Bay Addiction Centre Trust established an alcohol and drug treatment centre at Tuakana, the former nurses home at the Napier Hospital in 1976.
Not proving suitable, the Bethany Nursing Home in Morris Street, Napier, was purchased from the Salvation Army with funds donated by the Williams Family Trust and the programme was moved to this new site.
What is Springhill?
What is Springhill?
Hawke's Bay Addiction Centre Trust is committed to supporting people and their whanau to live the lives they want free from alcohol, drugs and other addictions.
The Trust does this by supporting a residential addiction treatment facility at Springhill since 1976.
The Trust owns the land and buildings at Morris St and leases the premises to the Hawke’s Bay District Health Board who run the residential alcohol and drug and rehabilitation programme from the site. The site is undergoing major improvements funded by the Trust through generous contributions from community philanthropy.
The Trust supports educational opportunities for those who work at Springhill and for other Hawke’s Bay addiction workers.
The Trust hopes to develop new opportunities for people facing addiction in their lives by supporting whanau to participate in the the rehabilitation of their loved ones and in post-treatment support.
“Many lives are saved there”
Tim Harding, ex CEO of Care NZ, Chair of NZ Drug Foundation and the Drug and Alcohol Practitioners Association