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: Community
Abused get help with budget landline
Telecom and the New Zealand Federation of Family Budgeting Services is offering victims of abuse a basic, low cost landline with a police alarm.
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Social recovery largely ignored
A report by the Council of Christian Social Services has found that the social recovery of Canterbury from the earthquakes is largely being ignored. The Canterbury Report, released on December 21, found that while attention has been given to business … Continue reading
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School students give presents to homeless
The Young Vinnies Team at Our Lady of Fatima School in Innes Road will be handing out packs of goodies to homeless or disadvantaged people in Cranmer Square on Sunday December 16.
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Learn with the WEA
The Workers Educational Association programme always offers a great variety of adult education classes at low cost during mornings, afternoons, evenings and weekends. Their programme for Term 1 is now available. Check out one off lectures and put them in … Continue reading
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Shirley Papanui Community Board Meeting
Location: Shirley Papanui Service Centre Time: 4pm on December 17 Link out: Click hereDescription: The Shirley Papanui Community Board is expected to endorse the draft Edgeware Master Plan at its next meeting. Visit the linked website and scroll down till … Continue reading
Making St Albans inclusive and accessible
The Human Rights Commission will partner St Albans residents to ensure that the needs of the disabled are included when projects outlined in the St Albans Community Strategy are implemented.
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Database of community groups moves to new website
Christchurch City Libraries has relaunched their CINCH database of community groups on its own website at www.cinch.org.nz.
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Some interesting gems in community board paperwork
This linked document contains the agenda for the December 5 meeting but it also contains some interesting reading if you read on. At the end of the Community Board minutes in an appendix, in amongst a list of capital works, … Continue reading
Residents fear released prisoners
Some ex-prisoners who do not have suitable homes to return to are parolled to the Salisbury Foundation’s halfway home in St Albans Street according to this recent Star news story and it is making residents uneasy.
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Abandoned house demolished to deter activity
An abandoned building at the corner of Purchas Street and Bishop Street has been demolished by CERA. The building had been attracting prostitutes and their clients and it is hoped that they will move back into the city and away … Continue reading
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Abberley Park paddling pool reopens
Abberley Park’s quake damaged paddling pool has been repaired and was opened at the weekend for the summer season, which should put smiles of the faces of families with toddlers. Now if the weather would just play nice.
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Papanui Interagency Community Meeting
Location: Board Room, Papanui Service Centre, cnr Langdons Rd/Restell Street, Papanui. Time: December 14 10:30am Description: Limited car parking in the Warehouse Stationery/Noel Leeming carparks)
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