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
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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Planning events for Neighbourhood Week
Community groups in Shirley/Papanui (which of course includes St Albans) planning events at the end of October can apply to the Community Board before the end of August for some funding to help run the event. Neighbourhood Week is being … Continue reading
Inner city blueprint released
The plan for the inner city redesign was released on Monday, July 31 and it is a big one. Visit these links below to download documents or watch videos that show the blueprint for the new city.
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More bricks wanted for Packe Street Park
If you have a pile of easy to clean bricks sitting on your driveway and want to get rid of them, donate them to Packe Street Park where volunteer gardeners will make good use of them. Peggy Kelly described what … Continue reading
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BBQ to welcome Lions building
A BBQ has been organised on Thursday morning from 10.30am, courtesy of the St Albans Residents Association, to welcome the new Lions-owned building to the site of the now demolished St Albans Community Centre at 1047 Colombo Street.
Thirty year transport plan
Your feedback is required for the Christchurch City Council’s draft transport plan. But you have only a few weeks to have your say on the transport plan that will determine its development from 2012 to 2042. Public sessions are being … Continue reading
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St Albans Pool AGM
St Albans Pavilion and Pool Inc is holding its AGM at Abberley Park Hall on Saturday, August 25, starting at 11.30am.
Feminism and religion
“Does feminism clash with religion?” Speaker Ali Jones will address this question during the Rafaa Antoun Memorial Lecture, following the AGM of Christchurch Interfaith Society on 21 August 2012 at 17 Kirkwood Avenue (opposite the University Recreation Centre). Doors open … Continue reading
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St Albans Conversation followup
A followup to the St Albans Conversation Meeting earlier this year is being held on August 9 at the Edgeware Bowling Club at 6pm. If you were part of the St Albans Community Conversation held at the Scottish Society Hall … Continue reading
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Helen Clark on disaster risk reduction
Former Prime Minister, Helen Clarke will be speaking on Building Resilience -the importance of prioritizing disaster risk reduction at the Aurora Centre, Burnside High School at 6.30pm on August 15. This free lecture, the annual Hopkins lecture, is organized by … Continue reading
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Explore new options for communities
Design your future sustainable city at a workshop being held at CPIT this weekend. VIVA is a design workshop aimed at exploring creating a innovative plan for a sustainable village based in the inner-city. This is a great workshop for … Continue reading
Posted in EVENTS, Past, Sustainability, Wider Circles
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Art classes at the Drawing Room
Ten places are available in an art class aimed at young people being held at The Drawing Room on the corner of Manchester Street and St Asaph Street in August and September. Drawing out the Artist within, is an 8-week … Continue reading
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