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Resources and Information

Research, reference documents and other documents of use to Waka Toa Ora signatories and others.

• Budget advice and personal advocacy services from Delta Community Trust

  Posted: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: Advocacy, advice, finances, services, support, Community Groups
  Delta Community Trust has community workers trained in budget advise and experience in advocating on behalf of people in difficult circumstances

• No Worries: Supporting employers to understand and respond to mental distress

  Posted: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: mental health, mental wellbeing, services, support, workplace
  No Worries aims is to engage and work with employers to develop their capacity and confidence to employ people with mental distress and feel comfortable in knowing how to respond appropriately

• The Orbiter: Celebrating two decades at number one

  Posted: Thursday, July 25, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: transport
  Environment Canterbury media release: 25th July 2019 The Orbiter has been around twenty years this month - nearly as long as cell phones. The service is nearly as indispensable for many Christchurch locals

• Heat pumps funded by Government to keep Kiwis warmer and healthier

  Posted: Thursday, July 18, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: funding, housing, heating, insulation
  Beehive media release: 18th July 2019 Grants for energy efficient heaters are now available as part of the Government’s Warmer Kiwi Homes programme which aims to make homes warmer and more energy efficient

• RefillNZ: Making it easy to refill with refreshing FREE tap water

  Posted: Thursday, July 18, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: water, business, environment
  RefillNZ is a grass roots campaign that aims to prevent plastic pollution at source by making it easier to reuse and refill your water bottle on the go than buy water in a single-use plastic bottle

• Book supports families of earlybird babies

  Posted: Wednesday, July 03, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: children, fundraising, reading, Community Groups
  A special book for families of premature babies is bringing delight, comfort and hope. Earlybird is written by Julie Burgess-Manning and illustrated by Jenny Cooper from Patricia Champion’s themes and storyline

• The Eldernet Gazette: The blog where what you say matters!

  Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: resources, older people, older adults, blog
  Eldernet has established itself as a “household” name in the Aged Care sector over the past 20 years. Eldernet’s mission is to provide you with timely, relevant and comprehensive information about a wide range of services for older people in New Zealand

• OCC Report: Children's participation rights in Government policy

  Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: children, Report, participation, community engagement, young people, policy, legislation
  Are We Listening? reports from the Children's Convention Monitoring Group on how well the NZ Government is implementing the Children’s Convention in relation to children’s participation rights

• Brilliant new enviro-tech camp initiative for kids

  Posted: Wednesday, June 19, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: environmental health, technology, children, young people
  A prominent Kiwi businessman has set up New Zealand’s first ever enviro-tech camp at Raglan - south of Auckland. Vaughan Fergusson is the founder of New Zealand’s high-growth tech success story Vend and founder of OMGTech!

• Birth of new era with Pioneer aqua natal class

  Posted: Wednesday, June 12, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: women, physical activity, health, water
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 12th June 2019 Mothers-to-be can “just add water” for a low-impact pregnancy workout for the first time, at the Pioneer Recreation and Sport Centre

• Perceptions and experiences of Lime scooters: Summary survey results

  Posted: Wednesday, June 12, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: research, transport, safety
  Two University of Canterbury researchers invited people - whether they had used an e-scooter or not - to tell them what they thought about e-scooter use in New Zealand in February and March 2019

• Meeting space available at Christchurch Community House

  Posted: Wednesday, June 12, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: Community Groups, Meeting Room
  Christchurch Community House (CCH) has a range of meeting or interview spaces available at great prices, and specifically designed to meet the needs of community groups. You can hire spaces by the hour, half day (3 to 4 hours) or full day (5 to 8 hours)

• Canterbury Resilience Hub: A one stop shop for health and wellbeing support

  Posted: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: resilience, mental wellbeing, information
  Canterbury DHB media release: 28th May 2019 The Canterbury District Health Board has launched the Canterbury Resilience Hub website – a central point for health and wellbeing advice and practical support services information

• Annual groundwater quality survey shows little change

  Posted: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: water, environmental health, survey, Report
  Environment Canterbury media release: 14th May 2019 Environment Canterbury released its annual groundwater quality survey for 2018

• Survey findings show growing pride in ChCh city centre

  Posted: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: survey, research, rebuild, urban
  Christchurch City Council Newsline: 13th May 2019 Christchurch residents’ sense of pride in their city centre is growing

• Where from Here: Empowering older people

  Posted: Wednesday, May 01, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: elderly, resources, services, older people, retirement, information
  The Where from Here handbook is often referred to as the"Aged Care Bible"

• Release of Environment Aotearoa 2019

  Posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: Report, environment, environmental health
  The Ministry fo the Environment has released a report which provides an overview of the state of our environment, using five broad themes and presenting nine priority environmental issues

• Measuring deprivation in the Canterbury region

  Posted: Thursday, March 28, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: presentation, information, poverty, policy
  Child Poverty Action Group has produced a series of regional profiles for Nelson-Marlborough, Canterbury, Northland and Otago from The New Zealand Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) and will be sharing them with the public at a series of presentations be

• Resources to support campaign for vaping to stop smoking

  Posted: Thursday, March 28, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: smokefree, resources, vaping, Maori health, campaign
  The Tobacco Control Team at the Health Promotion Agency have been working on the development of a public awareness campaign to encourage and support smokers to switch to vaping. There will be two main elements of this work

• Free recycled curtains at CEA's Curtain Bank

  Posted: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 in: Resources and Information With tags: housing, heating, services, Community Groups
  The Curtain Bank is one of Community Energy Action (CEA)'s key flagship services and provides quality recycled curtains at no charge to households who cannot afford them

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