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All Right? Digest: November 2022
Posted: Thursday, November 17, 2022 in: Newsletters With tags: newsletter, wellbeing, campaign, resilience
Kia ora You're the best thing since sliced bread! And 13th November - World Kindness Day - is the perfect day to make sure you know it! World Kindness Day was started by the World Kindness Movement and is now championed by the Random Acts of Kindness Foun
Online Distress Awareness Training workshop
Posted: Wednesday, November 2, 2022 in: Training With tags: workshop, mental wellbeing, stress
ScopeTalk is a distress awareness workshop that enables self-awareness of your own mental wellness along the mental wellness spectrum, emotions, workload threshold and its relationship with stress
Survey provides interesting snapshot of Christchurch
Posted: Wednesday, October 19, 2022 in: Resources and Information With tags: survey, Report, health, wellbeing, Community
Christchurch City Council Newsline: 19th October 2022 A biennial survey has cast light on how the global pandemic and rising living costs are affecting the quality of life of people in New Zealand’s biggest cities, including Christchurch
Locally improved app and website offer easy ways to age better
Posted: Wednesday, October 19, 2022 in: Resources and Information With tags: technology, older adults, health, wellbeing
Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand media release: 17th October 2022 An updated app and website are being launched to help people stay stronger for longer and add life to their years. The free and easy to use digital service is called LifeCurve™
Fruit and vegetables are key to a better state of mind
Posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: mental health, mental wellbeing, nutrition, healthy food
5 + A Day media release: 27th September 2022 The 5+ A Day Charitable Trust has teamed up with GP Dr Dane Rua to highlight the vital link between nutrition and mental health, sharing simple ways in which whānau can support their wellbeing with fresh fruit
All Right? Digest: September 2022
Posted: Friday, September 23, 2022 in: Newsletters With tags: newsletter, campaign, wellbeing, resilience
Kia ora Mental Health Awareness Week 2022 starts on Sunday and it couldn't come at a better time! There's been a lot going on, and we definitely need a week to be reminded to rest, reflect and reconnect..
Reconnect this Mental Health Awareness Week
Posted: Tuesday, August 30, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: mental wellbeing, awareness
Mental Health Foundation media release: 29th August 2022 There’s only one month until Mental Health Awareness Week (26th September to 2nd October 2022). This MHAW, we’re asking New Zealanders to ‘Reconnect – with the people and places that lift you up’
Charity Drive for flooding victims in Nelson/Marlborough
Posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: support, emergencies, wellbeing
A Christchurch based charity is launching an appeal to help Kiwis affected by the flooding and landslips at the top of the South Island
All Right Digest: August 2022
Posted: Wednesday, August 17, 2022 in: Newsletters With tags: newsletter, wellbeing, resilience, campaign
Kia ora Before we jump into the wonderful spring season, we wanted to take some time to reflect and appreciate winter
All Right? Digest: 12th July 2022
Posted: Wednesday, July 13, 2022 in: Newsletters With tags: newsletter, wellbeing, resilience, campaign
Kia ora How's winter working out for you? We hope you've managed to keep warm, dry, and have avoided the (many many) nasty bugs that are floating around right now
New measures show happiness of New Zealanders
Posted: Wednesday, July 6, 2022 in: Resources and Information With tags: survey, wellbeing, data analysis, data
Statistics New Zealand media release: 5th July 2022 New data from the 2021 General Social Survey (GSS) found that over three-quarters (78 percent) of New Zealanders rated their happiness the previous day as at least 7 out of 10, Stats NZ said today
St Albans Laughter Club back laughing in person
Posted: Thursday, June 2, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: exercise, physical activity, wellbeing
The St Albans Laughter Club is back in action laughing together in person - having taken laughter yoga online via Zoom since August 2021
All Right? Digest: 14th May 2022
Posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2022 in: Newsletters With tags: newsletter, wellbeing, resilience, campaign
Kia ora. Try as we might, it's proving tricky to shake off this COVID thing... it seems like everywhere we look, at mahi, on socials, and even in dinner table conversations, COVID is hard to ignore
Riverside phones way to talk your worries away
Posted: Wednesday, April 27, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: mental wellbeing, arts
Christchurch City Council Newsline: 27th April 2022 Inspired by the story of a grieving man following the 2011 Japan tsunami, the organisation behind the River of Flowers project has installed 12 telephones along the river to talk your worries away
All Right? Digest: 3rd April 2022
Posted: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 in: Newsletters With tags: newsletter, wellbeing, resilience, campaign
Kia ora Today's the end of Daylight Saving, which in theory means a Sunday sleep-in, although those with young children may not be so lucky! Whether it's extra time in bed or doing something else that fills your cup, we hope you enjoy your bonus hour
Approach to counter COVID fatigue
Posted: Wednesday, March 30, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: advice, mental wellbeing
The World Health Organisation (WHO) describes COVID fatigue as being “unmotivated and exhausted by the demands of life during a pandemic”
New digital tools ramp up mental wellbeing support
Posted: Wednesday, March 23, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: mental wellbeing, support, technology, young people
Beehive media release: 22nd March 2022 The Government continues to deliver mental wellbeing support to New Zealanders, with two more digital tools now available for people who experience mental distress
Getting Through Together Digest: 24th February 2022
Posted: Thursday, February 24, 2022 in: Newsletters With tags: newsletter, wellbeing, resilience, campaign
Kia ora Although it's less than two years since COVID arrived in Aotearoa, it's hard to imagine not having COVID in our lives
Christchurch’s popular Dance-O-Mat is on the move
Posted: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: wellbeing, dance, recovery, recreation
Christchurch City Council Newsline: 9th February 2022 Christchurch’s popular Dance-o-Mat is on the move again - after more than seven years in its current central city location
Getting Through Together Digest: 28th January 2022
Posted: Friday, January 28, 2022 in: Newsletters With tags: newsletter, resilience, campaign, mental wellbeing
Kia ora and just like that, we’re heading to the end of January! We hope you managed to slow down and get some good stuff in over the break… like time with whānau, getting out in nature, enjoying a good book and having laughs with mates

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