Launch Of ‘Social Justice Aotearoa’

Mother and Auckland based businesswoman Jackie Foster is
launching her own charitable trust- ‘Social Justice
Aotearoa’ on Sunday 29 May.

Jackie says, “I see this
as an essential service to guide and support Kiwis to
navigate through a complicated and often unjust
Government-run bureaucratic system, during what can be a
sudden and very traumatic time”.

Jackie was abruptly
introduced to both the Police and Corrections systems in
2019 when her son was arrested and eventually convicted.
This gave her the courage and the passion to advocate for
others who have felt powerless and let down by the
system.

Jackie says, “Every day we hear about
government departments making terrible mistakes which affect
Kiwis in terrible ways, whether it be Oranga Tamariki
unjustly removing a child from a home, or someone who finds
themselves in prison, with an experience of Police and
Corrections processes that have not been followed correctly
or justly”.

“I really just want to help other
people through the system, particularly the Corrections and
Police systems, and also CHALLENGE the
overall system where it is wrong and create the change that
will create a more open, transparent, and fairer situation
for all New Zealanders,” Jackie Foster
said.

www.sja.org.nz

Biography:

Jackie
Foster is a well-known figure who is respected in her
community. From her involvement in schools to coaching and
managing sports teams.

From humble beginnings, Jackie
endured hardships during her childhood, spending time in
Women’s Refuge and working from a young age to help
support her mother and siblings. She has been married for 26
years and resides on the Hibiscus Coast with her
family.

Previously Jackie was employed by The
Millennium Institute of Sport and Health. Her various
positions included managing the swim school, coordinating
multiple school programs, and coordinating high profile
individuals and athletes to work with school age children in
their sports activities.

In 2005, Millennium Institute
of Sport & Health selected her to assist NZ Police with
facilitating the DARE Program. The DARE program provides
activities and skills to equip at risk NZ youth to develop
their skills in decision making, assertiveness,
responsibility, and esteem so they can live healthy and
successfully lives.

Throughout Jackie’s life her
biggest role model was her late mother, who had core
principles that Jackie strives to live by – standing up for
what is right, always lending a hand to those in need, and
always treating everyone how she’d want to be treated.
Everybody deserves a fair
go!

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