As a local Mum and someone who loves to plan for future endeavours, sometimes I have found it super hard to find important details for groups, clubs, activities etc for the kids to join now and in the future, without having to contact every organiser and be that annoying person asking a million questions, and speaking to other Mums it seems like this is a widespread problem. Therefore (as a Web Developer too) I have gone ahead and created the BTLR Directory!

I know that a lot of organisations run on a small budget or are non-profit, therefore building their own website can be an unnecessary expense and people still have to find you online.

The Directory (at this stage) is mainly for all activities, businesses, clubs, cultural or community groups that provide services for kids aged 0-16years and is completely FREE to add a listing! It is not a “business directory”, although if you offer services as a business such as tutoring or other paid services that is absolutely fine, but it is for all types of organisations and clubs to make it easier for locals to find the info they need to sign their kids up.

It allows local organisations to register and add all their information to their own listing/page and also manage/edit it going forward, with no added expenses, and makes it super simple for local families to find the information they need.

And not only that, it is also completely free for anyone to submit events to the Events part of the directory, without having to register, just fill out the event form!

You can also just register as a ‘Subscriber’ so that you can save your favourite listings to find them easy later, or leave reviews for your favourite groups and organisations too.

BTLR stands for Big Trees Little Roots, at the moment we are focusing on our Little Roots (kids), the ones that keep us grounded, require nurturing and guidance, and are growing way too quickly! Looking forward we are also going to be opening it up to Marlborough and the West Coast too, and then looking at other groups such as our Big Trees (Adults) – 65+ years and Pregnant/New Mums because we know how important it is for those groups to socialise and find support easily too!!