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• Big planting season ahead for Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor

  Posted: Wednesday, May 24, 2023 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: volunteers, volunteering, planting
  The 2023 native planting season is shaping up to be the biggest yet for the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor (OARC), with 17 community days scheduled until the end of September

• Become a Civil Defence Community Response Team volunteer

  Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 in: Vacancies With tags: volunteers, emergencies, emergency management, Community, disasters
  Do you have what it takes to become a Civil Defence Community Response Team (CRT) volunteer? Selwyn District Emergency Managment is looking for passionate people to help their local community during an emergency - specifically in: Brookside/Irwell; Green

• Veterans need for study on alternative medicine for pain and distress

  Posted: Thursday, March 30, 2023 in: Vacancies With tags: medical, research, health, volunteers
  Kia ora The University of Otago have found from their health research surveys that veterans have more problems than the general population in mobility, self-care, carrying out usual activities, and pain or discomfort

• Volunteers needed at Citizens Advice Bureau

  Posted: Wednesday, December 7, 2022 in: Vacancies With tags: vacancies, volunteers, services, support, advice
  Do you want to contribute to the community and use the skills you have? Join the caring team at Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) in Christchurch. Their volunteers help clients to make informed decisions about their lives

• Participants wanted for the BREAD Study

  Posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2022 in: Vacancies With tags: volunteers, nutrition, research, Gut Health
  A research team from the University of Otago, Christchurch is seeking volunteers to be part of a study looking at the impact of dietary fibre in bread on gut health

• Teaming up to help the environment

  Posted: Thursday, June 30, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: volunteers, volunteering, environment, event
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 30th June 2022 Students from Climate Action Campus are teaming up with Christchurch City Council park rangers to plant native trees and shrubs on a parcel of former red zone land on Friday

• Traditional fishing technique used to monitor kōura

  Posted: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: volunteers, community event, environment, restoration, biodiversity
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 8th June 2022 A stream restoration project in Christchurch is putting a traditional tangata whenua way of harvesting wai kōura (freshwater crayfish) to good use

• Cess@tion Study offers chance to trial a natural stop-smoking aid

  Posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2022 in: Vacancies With tags: volunteers, smoking, research
  Smokefree May is the perfect time to kick the habit and the National Institute for Health Innovation (NIHI) invites any smoker who wants to make a healthy change to sign up for a study that will test cytisine - a natural product which has been shown to he

• Volunteers needed for constipation and IBS research

  Posted: Thursday, April 28, 2022 in: Vacancies With tags: volunteers, health, research, Gut Health
  A research team at the University of Otago Christchurch are looking for volunteers who have constipation or Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) to be part of a study

• Join a study on NZ Green Seaweed supplements

  Posted: Thursday, December 2, 2021 in: Vacancies With tags: volunteers, research, health, medical
  Researchers at Lincoln and Waikato Universities are seeking volunteers for a study on how supplementation with natural NZ seaweed impacts the health of the gut and arteries. The study runs from January to April 2022

• Join a new study on younger onset dementia diagnosis

  Posted: Wednesday, October 27, 2021 in: Vacancies With tags: research, volunteers, dementia
  Do you or a loved one have dementia? Researchers at the University of Auckland Centre for Brain Research are looking for people intrested in joining their new study on younger onset dementia diagnosis

• Call for volunteers for the Kowhai programme

  Posted: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 in: Vacancies With tags: volunteers, health, services, support
  The Kōwhai programme is a new initiative offering patient centred support by volunteers. The programme is being rolled out in the Older Persons’ Health inpatient wards at Burwood Hospital

• Participate in the Through the Eyes of Men Project

  Posted: Thursday, October 14, 2021 in: Vacancies With tags: research, volunteers, men, mental health, mental wellbeing, depression, anxiety
  Men who have experienced anxiety, depression or felt suicidal are invited to share their story as part of a research study to better understand men’s depression, anxiety and suicidality

• Volunteers needed for a nutrient supplementation study

  Posted: Tuesday, July 13, 2021 in: Vacancies With tags: volunteers, research, health
  A research team at the University of Otago Christchurch are looking for vounteers with metabolic syndrome to take part in a study to investigate whether supplementation with vitamin C and micronutrients results in improved metabolic health

• Volunteers needed for Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative

  Posted: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 in: Vacancies With tags: volunteers, research, health, Eating Disorders
  Have you experienced an eating disorder? The Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative (EDGI) team in New Zealand invite you to join a global initiative to discover the genes that cause eating disorders