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This website is dedicated to the recovery of St Albans and its city, Christchurch following a devastating series of earthquakes in 2010 and 2011. This service by the St Albans Residents’ Association (SARA) offers relevant local information. If you are from an organisation or a business and have essential information you would like to share with the community, then please get in touch by email to sara@stalbans.gen.nz and we will endeavour to publish it here.Translations
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Edgeware Village Green Neighbourhood Celebration
Location: Edgeware Village Green (Trafalgar St / 43a Edgeware Rd – site of former Edgeware Pool)Date: October 30Time: 4.00pm to 6.00pmDescription: Free sausage sizzle, sunflower plants to give away for sunflower growing competition. Also Mary Rose from the City Mission … Continue reading
Posted in Edgeware Village Green and Poolsite, EVENTS, Past
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Village Green Working Bee
Location: Edgeware Village GreenDate: October 27 Description: Planting, weeding, digging, talking, eating, harvesting etc… it’s lots of fun! All day, or just 20 minutes if that is all you have. And if you have garden stuff surplus to requirements send … Continue reading
TC3 home rebuilds will be lighter weight
Houses rebuilt in TC3 areas will not only have more resilient foundations they will also need to use lightweight materials, such as timber, rather than brick and tile structures.The familiar single storey brick and tile homes are regarded as too … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, TC3 Land
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Edgeware Village as pedestrian-friendly zone
Nick Summerhayes has gone digital with his/her views on what should happen to Edgeware Village, similar to those expressed in recent community consultations. Nick suggests in Stuff Nation, an online outlet for readers of the Press, that the people-only area … Continue reading
Needs of disabled in rebuild overlooked
SARA management committee member and community advocate, Hine Moke is speaking up about the needs of those living with a disability being overlooked in the rebuild.
Posted in Accessibility, Community
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Edgeware Village businesses granted $10,000 for promotion
A website, maildrop and a Christmas event are among the promotional activities planned by the Edgeware Business Association following a $10,000 grant from the Christchurch Earthquake Appeal Trust, according to this Press news item.
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Gym hosts new Sunday market
Gym owners Les Mills are behind a new produce/artisans market in a Cashel Street carpark on Sunday mornings.
Posted in Business
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Relocated Community House opening soon
Christchurch Community House lost their Hereford Street premises in February 2011 but are reopening at the end of this month at 113 Tuam Street, right next to the Central Library and Bus Station. Fewer tenants will be in the building … Continue reading
Posted in Voluntary work, Wider Circles
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Free orthodontic treatment for teens
Orthodontists from the Wish For a Smile Trust are offering Christchurch teens who cannot afford orthodontic treatment the chance to fix their teeth for free.
Posted in Health
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Bake cake to thank student volunteers
Bake a cake or make some biscuits to say thank you to the Student Volunteer Army for their role in cleaning up muddy streets and gardens, not once but several times, after the earthquakes muddied the streets and gardens of … Continue reading
Posted in Voluntary work
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ReUnite Trust Canterbury launch
Location: PEETO The Multicultural Learning Centre (currently operating from the Riccarton Baptist Church Corner of Peverel and Rattray Streets, Riccarton) Date: November 5 Time: 6pm to 8pm Description: Tim Barnett, who used to be the MP for this area, will … Continue reading
Posted in EVENTS, Uncategorized, Wider Circles
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Community Discussion
Location: Mairehau Library, 42 Kensington Ave Time: 07.00pm till 09.00pm Description: The St Albans community discussions are about sharing general information and helping feed local knowledge into local planning and finding solutions to local problems. Everyone is welcome to contribute … Continue reading
