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• Making a no cost pledge for the Love Your Eyes Campaign

  Posted: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: health, awareness
  Macular Degeneration New Zealand (MDNZ) is supporting the international "Love Your Eyes" campaign to raise awareness of the importance of eye health - as part of World Sight Day 2021

• Cancer Society calls for double the effort this Daffodil Day

  Posted: Wednesday, August 11, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: cancer, awareness, Community
  Cancer Society NZ media release: 11th August 2021 “The number of people affected by cancer has doubled since 1991 and is set to double again by 2040,” says Cancer Society of New Zealand CEO Lucy Elwood in the lead up to Daffodil Day on Friday 27th August

• International Day of Friendship 2021 sees ChCh pair celebrate unbreakable 75-year bond

  Posted: Wednesday, July 28, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: wellbeing, Relationships, awareness
  Eldernet media release: 27th July 2021 Much has changed since 15-year-old Betty Small and 16-year-old Marjorie Ainsworth first met on a softball field in 1946

• Quit smoking and vaping around your pets

  Posted: Wednesday, June 2, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: pets, smokefree, vaping, awareness
  SPCA media release: 31st May 2021 SPCA is urging people not to smoke or vape near their pets, as research shows second-hand smoke and nicotine from e-cigarettes can have serious health effects on animals - just like humans

• Mark Road Safety Week by reducing your speed

  Posted: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: transport, safety, awareness
  Waimakariri District Council media release: 18th May 2021 It’s National Road Safety Week this week and a good time for us all to look at the ways we can all help keep ourselves and others safe on the roads. The theme for this year is “Speed”

• Hearing Care For All! Screen, Rehabilitate, Communicate

  Posted: Thursday, March 4, 2021 in: Resources and Information With tags: prevention, hearing, awareness
  New Zealand Audiological Society media release: 3rd March 2021 The New Zealand Audiological Society (NZAS) welcomes the launch of the World Health Organisation’s World Report on Hearing

• Update from the Canterbury Men's Centre: November 2020

  Posted: Thursday, November 12, 2020 in: Newsletters With tags: vacancies, newsletter, event, Community Groups, mens health, awareness
  Canterbury Men's Centre Board Members Wanted The Canterbury Men's Centre (CMC) has a rich 12-year history in pursuing our aim of Happy Healthy Canterbury Men and it is seeking applicants for board member roles to broaden our capacity and strategic thinkin

• Survey uncovers emotional and mental health issues faced by Kiwis with diabetes

  Posted: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 in: Resources and Information With tags: diabetes, awareness, survey, mental wellbeing, medical
  Diabetes New Zealand media release: 1st November 2020 As New Zealand begins Diabetes Action Month, Kiwis are being asked to Love Don’t Judge as Diabetes NZ sheds light on the emotional burden of a chronic condition that affects quarter of a million of us

• White Ribbon Newsletter 2: October 2020

  Posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 in: Newsletters With tags: families, newsletter, Community Groups, violence, awareness, campaign, men, Relationships, abuse
  Kia ora. The 2020 November Campaign will focus on the outdated advice men have been given when growing up that we now see is unhealthy. The campaign takes a conversational tone and use the common expressions that men would have heard growing up

• Getting Through Together Digest: 14th October 2020

  Posted: Thursday, October 15, 2020 in: Newsletters With tags: newsletter, wellbeing, resilience, campaign, bullying, awareness
  Kia ora. Are you ready to go pink for Pink Shirt Day 2020? This Friday 16th October, we will be wearing pink to speak up and stand up against bullying

• White Ribbon Newsletter: October 2020

  Posted: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 in: Newsletters With tags: families, newsletter, men, violence, women, abuse, awareness, campaign
  Kia ora. Work on the 2020 November Campaign is in full swing with filming for our videos just completed. We are thrilled to be able to show you the completed designs for our posters and t-shirts

• Hundreds helped to prevent family violence

  Posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: families, violence, workshop, awareness
  Selwyn District Council media release: 27th August 2019 More than 150 teachers have taken part in workshops to help prevent family harm in Selwyn