YODAT Board
The YODAT Board comprises a cross-section of medical, professional and consumer expertise to ensure the organisation has strong foundations and can provide well rounded guidance to enable the success of the organisation in delivering its goals.
Introducing the YODAT Board
YODAT Patron
Peter Chin CNZM
YODAT is pleased to have Peter Chin as YODAT Patron. A lawyer by trade, Peter served two terms as Mayor of Dunedin (2004-2010) and he was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) for services to local body politics and community affairs.
His wife, Noleen, developed frontotemporal dementia in 2006 when she was in her 50s. Noleen passed in 2017. Peter and Noleen’s story was told in the verbatim play The Keys are in the Margarine.
YODAT Supporters
YODAT appreciates the generous support and donations of many individuals and organisations.
Thank you to the Lions Club of Tawa in contributing to the establishment of the YODAT website, to Bunnings, Wellington for donating much needed equipment for the Day Service, to New World Island Bay, Wellington for providing a discount on the weekly food purchased for the YODAT Day Service, Pak n Save Porirua for supporting the YODAT Day Service Christmas function. Special thanks to the Lion Foundation, the Community Organisation Grants Scheme (COGS), Lottery Community, One Foundation, and Nikau Foundation for their grant support.