Ruth Prentice
Te Awhi Parenting Coordinator
Ruth Prentice was born in Leeds and grew up in West Yorkshire. She moved to New Zealand in 1998 after studying and working in Edinburgh. She calls Wellington home now and has three children who were all born and raised here.
With a professional background in strategic HR, Ruth has been drawn into the refugee resettlement sector over the last decade, whilst navigating the world of neurodiversity through her youngest daughter.
She is the parenting facilitator on our Challenge for change team, where she can empathise and support other families who find themselves in similar situations, with children who may struggle to fit into a neurotypical world.
She loves the nurturing and inclusive culture at BGI, with the community kitchen/ garden/cooks always there to create a nourishing welcome.
Outside of BGI Ruth runs a community initiative "Aroha Afternoons" which is all about breaking down barriers and bringing people together from different backgrounds, cultures and religions to share lived experience over kai and kōrero.
Music often features at these sessions as she also plays a blue electric violin and loves nothing more than to connect with different musicians from other parts of the world.