Methcon Project

Mainland Foundation has provided grants for many schools in New Zealand to gain access to one of the best (and highly recommended) methapmetamine awareness presentations for students in the country, using the resources of the Methcon Group. The main aim of these presentations is to reduce the effects of drugs in our communities and to also raise the issue of alcohol awareness in order to protect young people and enpower then to manage the risk. A relevant, informative educational programme about methamphetamine (“P”) in our community.

MethCon Group

The company is committed to help communities, achieve solutions through knowledge and awareness, in the belief that communities working together can make a difference.

By focusing on the health consequences of use and addiction the presentations are non-judgmental and factual, defusing the confusion that focusing on criminal consequences can cause. 

Grants provided to Schools per Region:

Please click on the regions below to look at the schools that the Foundation has already funded and see the individual feedback by clicking on the schools. 

North Island	South Island
Wellington Hawkes Bay	Canterbury Marlborough Nelson Otago

General Feedback and Benefit Overview:

"Just writing to congratulate your team on the excellent presentations you are doing to Canterbury Schools.  It is informatve, eye opening, and has produced very healthy conversation between children and parents.  Many of us think this would be a worthy presentation to be made into a documentary for the whole of NZ to see as this terrible epidemic affects us all.  Keep up the great work!"

(Chris Lovelady - Private Company)
 

"The students I have spoken to enjoyed the presentation and gained a great deal from it. The ' before and after ' pictures seemed most memorable."

"If it was not for the straightforward financing provided by the Mainland foundation, we could not have afforded this programme and would not have participated. The whole process made organising this event very easy"

(Jon Rogers, Deputy Principal - Hornby High School )

“The presentation helped me see how it works rather than being curious about it."

“In my opinion I thought the meth presentation was awesome. There was a lot of information, and most of the clips were disgusting. But it was very helpful. I think that most people in our school won't even try it once.”

(Seniors from Aranui High School)

“Staff commented that they were pleased they attended as they realized how little they knew prior to the presentation.”

“Very few students had knowledge prior to the seminar. Nearly all had heard of P but knew little else.”

(Stephen Rout - Lincoln High School )

"Without the support of Mainland this presentation would not have occurred at this school - we just do not have the funds to be able to 'purchase' a presentation like this - and yet our students are perhaps most at risk"

"I hope ALL schools throughout New Zealand (including the private ones) get the opportunity to see this presentation. it should be a compulsory part of the curriculum. Excellent stuff - thank you very much."

(Mary Ann Clayton, Year 12/13 Dean, Aranui High School)