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News: tagged with "families"

• Free waste workshops with Kate Meads

  Posted: Wednesday, September 4, 2024 in: Training With tags: families, sustainability, women, workshop, parenting, waste, Food
  Kate Meads from Waste Free with Kate and Co is running some workshops in September 2024. The world is not going to stop producing, waste is never going away, and we are never going to get “back” to how it was before

• Sense the fun at a new, interactive play space

  Posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: recreation, families, children, services, Community
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 13th August 2024 There’s a new, sensory play space on the block at Pioneer Recreation and Sport Centre

• A guide to Waimakariri playgrounds by age

  Posted: Wednesday, July 24, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: families, children, physical activity, parks
  Taken from Waimakariri Monthly online newsletter: July 2024 With so many great playgrounds in our District, we’re spoilt for choice. But not all playgrounds are made equal when it comes to the different ages and stages of our tamariki

• Sensory wonderland in Avon-Ōtākaro Forest Park

  Posted: Wednesday, June 19, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: families, children, parks, recreation
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 18th June 2024 A deserted residential playground has been brought back to life as a sensory nature play park

• Campaign to keep Every Child Warm This Winter

  Posted: Thursday, June 13, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: winter, families, campaign
  The Blanket Bank at the Christchurch Method Mission aims to reduce the high incidence of respiratory disease among whānau living in Christchurch’s high-deprivation neighbourhoods

• Winter holiday fun with fireworks and KidsFest

  Posted: Thursday, June 6, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: winter, Community, event, children, families
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 6th June 2024 School holidays will be off to a cracker start with the annual Winter Fireworks Spectacular, followed by two packed weeks of KidsFest mania

• Donate a bed to help local Pacific families

  Posted: Wednesday, May 1, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: families, donations, winter, pacific
  As we head into winter, Tangata Atumotu Trust (TAT) is experiencing a high demand for beds to help Pacific families in Canterbury and Mid Canterbury. If you or someone you know have a bed that is no longer needed, please contact Sina (s.vaele[at]tat.org

• New campaign to prevent disabled people being groomed by extremists

  Posted: Wednesday, May 1, 2024 in: Resources and Information With tags: disabilities, violence, wellbeing, Vulnerability, resources, care, families
  Know The Signs is a new nationwide campaign that aims to prevent extremist groups from targeting disabled and vulnerable people - by raising awareness of the signs of violent extremism grooming

• Cultural Harm in Māori Suicide Prevention and Postvention in Aotearoa

  Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2024 in: Resources and Information With tags: survey, research, suicide, harm, maori, families
  The Centre of Māori Suicide Prevention are conducting a survey to understand the processes that impact Māori when suicide death occurs and what may cause cultural harm to whānau Māori when a suicide death occurs

• Recycle your child's car seat with SeatSmart

  Posted: Wednesday, April 10, 2024 in: Resources and Information With tags: children, safety, families, waste, recycling
  100,00 child car seats expire each year - so don’t let your expired or damaged car seat end up in landfill or be sold. Any brand of booster, convertible seat or capsule can be recycled through SeatSmart

• Easy Choice to feed Kiwi families for $90

  Posted: Wednesday, April 10, 2024 in: Resources and Information With tags: nutrition, Food, planning, families, waste
  Seasonal meal planner and recipe books called Easy Choice - Family Kai are produced by Love Food Hate Waste. Each book consists of four weeks of five dinner meal plans that will feed a family of six for approximately $90 a week

• Important update for residential pool owners

  Posted: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: swimming, pools, safety, families
  Selwyn District Council media release: 30th January 2024 If you own a pool, including a portable one, it’s important that you are aware of, and comply with, the safety requirements

• Volunteers need to understand experiences of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest for Māori living in rural areas

  Posted: Wednesday, August 2, 2023 in: Vacancies With tags: research, volunteers, maori, health, support, families
  Researchers at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) would like to understand the experiences of Māori who live rurally and experienced an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest within the past five (5) years, and their whānau

• New programme connects people over sustainable kai

  Posted: Thursday, June 22, 2023 in: Resources and Information With tags: Food, awareness, waste, children, families, business, environment, gardens
  Keep New Zealand beautiful media release: 21st June 2023 Iconic charity Keep New Zealand Beautiful is launching their new Kai Connections programme - a fun, easy and educational way for students, whānau and friends to demonstrate commitment to kai pai (g

• Listening to Families: Videos answering real-life questions

  Posted: Wednesday, June 21, 2023 in: Resources and Information With tags: families, children, resources, parenting
  It can be bewildering when a child or young person is going through a big health challenge. The Listening to Families team publish FREE videos that answer real-life questions from families on a range of topics - to provide timely self-paced support

• Cure Kids’ third State of Child Health Report spotlights urgent health priorities

  Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 in: Resources and Information With tags: Report, child health, families, disease, care, health, inequality, equity
  Cure Kids media release: 16th May 2023 Cure Kids’ "State of Child Health in Aotearoa New Zealand" report reveals the inequitable and worsening burden of diseases, including respiratory conditions, and rheumatic fever and heart disease for our tamariki

• Sustainability enterprise helps Kiwi kids

  Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: recycling, families, children, poverty
  Ripple provides essential clothing to Kiwi kids living in hardship, while reducing the massive impact textile waste has on our environment through a reuse, repair and recycling system

• Get support from Tamaiti Healthy Homes

  Posted: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: housing, health, families, maori, pacific
  Te Puawaitanga ki Ōtautahi Trust and Tangata Atumotu Trust provide the Tamaiti Healthy Homes service for low income aiga and whānau who live in cold, damp and unhealthy homes

• Parents and educators need to prepare for return to school asthma flare ups

  Posted: Wednesday, January 25, 2023 in: Resources and Information With tags: children, families, education
  Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of NZ media release: 24th January 2023 As the new school year approaches, the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ is advising parents and educators to be prepared for return to school asthma flare ups

• Five fantastic toddler-friendly walks in Christchurch

  Posted: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: walking, children, families, activities
  Looking to explore the outdoors with your littlies these holidays? A walk is an awesome way to spend family time together and get some exercise, as well as learn about nature.  Here are our top five toddler-friendly walks from around the city..

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