One Horowhenua family are making big moves to set up a new respite centre in Levin for children with special needs.
Jude and Adam Bignell, of Te Horo, are the pair behind Rainbows Respite, a charitable trust that is working on setting up a respite facility in a building on the old Kimberley Centre site in Levin.
The Bignells have two children with special needs, Sian, 11, who was brain-damaged as the result of medical misadventure, and Jack, 8, who has autism.
After 11 years of not having suitable respite from caring for their high needs elder son, Jude said she decided to take it into her own hands.
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