Connect with St Albans
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
Category Archives: Help Offered
Offers of help trickle in
The local branch of St Vincent de Paul and the Parish Office at Our Lady of Fatima wants to do some baking for residents in the Flockton Basin affected by multiple bouts of flooding.
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Volunteer tradespeople assist strugglers
A group of tradespeople from St Albans is offering to assist locals with odd jobs who can’t afford to pay for the work to be done. If you are struggling to make ends meet or know someone who has been … Continue reading
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Post quakes cleanup help offered
Another Get it Done day is being organised by Rebuild Christchurch for September 15. If you were affected by the earthquakes in 2010 and 2011 and have work that needs to be done around the house or garden visit the … Continue reading
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Wild adventures for dads
Fathers who lost their work in the earthquakes of 2010 or 2011 and are struggling to find replacement work are being invited to take part in adventure activities at no cost for five days later this month.
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Do you have a bland space that needs some energy?
The SVA and Entré (the entrepreneurship challenge at UC) with support from Gap Filler, have combined to introduce a new and exciting competition: “In Our Backyard.” We are searching for six small areas around Christchurch that need to be made … Continue reading
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Free digital set top box offer
Over 75, Invalids Benefit, Veterans Pension – Click here to get Free Digital Set Top Box connected to your TV. Call 0800 838 800 for more info.
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Winter Assistance Grant – Up to $400 per household to assist with electricity bills
The aim of this grant is to assist vulnerable households who are living in homes significantly damaged by the earthquakes, or who have had to move into damp or hard to heat accommodation. The significant damage must include serious compromise … Continue reading
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Financial support available
If you live in Christchurch City and are struggling financially to cover necessary costs which are related to the earthquake, we suggest you apply for financial support through the Mayor’s Welfare Earthquake Relief Fund. Follow the link for further information … Continue reading
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One Stop Shock
Click here to download: One Stop Shock 110711 Tena Koe, There is so much contact & support information out there its hard to find one place that has it all….until now! All the One Stop Shocks since September have … Continue reading
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Free Earthquake Trauma Counselling.
anastacia grant reg. social worker, family court counsellor, supervisor.
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