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Targets set to help break the cycle of child poverty
Posted: Thursday, May 23, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: children, poverty, families
Beehive media release: 22nd May 2019 The Government has today confirmed the first set of official targets to break the cycle of child poverty - one of New Zealand’s most significant intergenerational wellbeing challenges
After March 15: a Plains FM Podcast
Posted: Thursday, March 21, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: mental wellbeing, trauma, support
Plains FM has produced a special daily series to help us better understand what has happened as a result of the Mosque tragedies in Christchurch
Statement from the Mental Health Foundation: Extremism is not a mental illness
Posted: Thursday, March 21, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: mental health, suicide, race relations, discrimination
Mental Health Foundation media release: 20th March 2019 Following Friday’s appalling terrorist attack, many people have speculated that the terrorist must have been mentally ill. We understand why it’s comforting to think this
Positive emissions report sets tone for behaviour change
Posted: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environment, waste, workplace, Climate Change, Report
Environment Canterbury media release: 12th March 2019 An independent report into Environment Canterbury’s 2017 greenhouse gas emissions has shown the tangible ways in which the organisation has reduced its level of emissions, as well as highlighting an a
Canterbury DHB first in NZ to start Project SEARCH
Posted: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: disabilities, employment, Training
Canterbury DHB media release: 25th January 2019 Ricky Reeves was nine-years-old when brain cancer affected his optic nerve, leaving him severely visually impaired
New young adults group for people with disabilities
Posted: Thursday, December 6, 2018 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: youth, disabilities, support, young people, recreation
Impact is an exciting programme for 18 to 36 year olds with physical and intellectual disabilities from Delta Community Support Trust. Delta are seeking expression of interest from young people, their families and caregivers to join this programme
Electronic stop signs aim to reduce intersection crashes
Posted: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: safety, transport
Waimakariri District Council media release: 26th November 2018 Electronic warning signs were installed at two high-risk Waimakariri intersections late last week
New dial tracks Christchurch city water use
Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, conservation
Christchurch City Council Newsline: 13th November 2018 Hand-held watering and shorter showers could hold the key to work continuing on upgrading Christchurch’s water wells over the hot summer months
Council releases Water Review findings
Posted: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: water, safety, Report
Christchurch City Council Newsline: 16th October 2018 An external review into the events leading up to the loss of the secure status for Christchurch’s water supply has identified issues with Christchurch City Council’s handling of the situation
Plastic bags and tetra pak cartons get red binned
Posted: Thursday, September 20, 2018 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: waste, management, recycling
Christchurch City Council Newsline: 20th September 2018 Christchurch City Council is urging people to get into the habit of using re-usable shopping bags because it can no longer divert plastic bags from the landfill by recycling them
New approach needed to keep people off benefit
Posted: Thursday, September 13, 2018 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: employment, wellbeing, research, education, Report, welfare
Beehive media release: 12th September 2018 New research shows that about half of all of the people who left the benefit system following the 2012/2013 welfare reforms were back on the benefit within 18 months
CPAG launches Welfare fit for Families campaign
Posted: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: campaign, poverty, support, families, welfare, policy
Child Poverty Action Group media release: 6th September 2018 What will it take to ensure that all children living in Aotearoa-New Zealand have all their wellbeing needs met? Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says when families fall on hard times, they s
Action plan to tackle alcohol-related harm
Posted: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: planning, alcohol, harm, injury prevention, policy
Christchurch City Council Newsline: 15th August 2018 A city free from alcohol-related harm is the vision behind a new strategy launched in Christchurch
Speak Up Korerotia: Human rights radio show on Plains FM
Posted: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: maori, disabilities, culture, human rights, Communication, gender
Speak Up-Kōrerotia is a human rights radio show that airs on Canterbury's Plains FM 96.9
No Lights No Lycra Christchurch
Posted: Thursday, February 2, 2017 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: event, dance
Dance like no-one is watching, like when you were little! No Lights No Lycra (NL NL) is a weekly dance jam in the dark held every Thursday from 8 to 9pm at the White Elephant Trust (442 Tuam Street). The cost is $5 on the door
New health initiative: The Pharmacy at Your Community
Posted: Thursday, November 17, 2016 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: medical, seminar, event
The Pharmacy @ Your Community is a family health initiative designed by the Pharmacy @ Group in Canterbury
The Housing Question: new programme on Plains FM
Posted: Wednesday, November 9, 2016 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: housing, Communication, community engagement
The Housing Question is a new programme on Plains FM 96.9 exploring the many housing issues that exist in Christchurch and throughout New Zealand
Book Discussion Scheme: Making reading a social activity
Posted: Thursday, September 15, 2016 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: Community development, Community Groups, resilience, reading
Check out the Book Discussion Scheme if you enjoy reading and would like to make it a more social activity. The Book Discussion Scheme (BDS) is a non-profit that promotes the educational and recreational aspects of book groups and clubs
Aspire Canterbury: Support and resources for independent living
Posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: disabilities, Community Groups, services, support, older people
Aspire Canterbury is a not-for-profit organisation providing a number of services to support members of the community with mobility issues, including the disabled and older people, and those that support them
CEA: Helping your community keep warm this winter
Posted: Friday, April 29, 2016 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: housing, Community Groups, energy, heating, insulation, advice
Get help to keep warm this winter Community Energy Action (CEA) is a charitable trust committed to ensuring all homes in Canterbury are warm, dry, and energy efficient

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