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• Volunteers needed at Powhiri Refugee Family Support Settlement Service

  Posted: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 in: Vacancies With tags: refugees, migrants, services, support, volunteers
  Interested in supporting former refugees settle into Ōtautahi Christchurch? Volunteers are needed at the Pōwhiri Refugee Family Support Settlement Service

• 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

• Libraries collecting helping hearts for newborn babies

  Posted: Thursday, December 2, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: families, children, volunteers
  Selwyn District Council media release: 30th November 2021 A Leeston crafter has teamed up with Selwyn Libraries and the Canterbury District Health Board to give a helping heart to some of our newest Cantabrians

• 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