Innovation to reduce reoffending

Posted on 26 October 2012 by belinda

Location: Beulah Church (140 Springfield Road)
Date and time: October 30 at 7.30pm
Description: Steve Hall, the Director of the Serco Mt Eden Corrections Facility, will discuss innovations to reduce reoffending. This is not to be missed if you have an interest in private prisons in New Zealand. Supper follows.

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Pillars AGM

Posted on 26 October 2012 by belinda

Location: 136 Springfield Road
Description: The Pillars AGM will be followed by a presentation about reoffending being held in the nearby Beulah Church. RSVP to Megan 377 3990 or email Megan
Date: October 30 at 6.30pm

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Edgeware Village Green Neighbourhood Celebration

Posted on 26 October 2012 by belinda

Location: Edgeware Village Green (Trafalgar St / 43a Edgeware Rd – site of former Edgeware Pool)
Date: October 30
Time: 4.00pm to 6.00pm
Description: Free sausage sizzle, sunflower plants to give away for sunflower growing competition. Also Mary Rose from the City Mission will be there in the Community Outreach Van to discuss how they can help in St Albans post earthquakes. Everyone welcome. For more information email Helen Ross rossh1@paradise.net.nz or phone 366 2426. Ro Soryl can also be reached on 021 022 53650. This event is kindly supported by the Shirley-Papanui Community Board.

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Village Green Working Bee

Posted on 26 October 2012 by belinda

Location: Edgeware Village Green
Date: 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 them to the village green eg: soil, gravel, bricks, a shed, tools, plants.For more information (such as times) email Helen Ross rossh1@paradise.net.nz or phone 366 2426. Ro Soryl can also be reached on 021 022 53650.

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TC3 home rebuilds will be lighter weight

Posted on 25 October 2012 by belinda

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 heavy for the types of soils in TC3 areas. That certainly is the case if the homeowner’s insurance is owned by the Southern Response/AMI complex.
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Edgeware Village as pedestrian-friendly zone

Posted on 25 October 2012 by belinda

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 of ReStart in Cashel Street should be extended to Edgeware Village. Traffic would be diverted via Canon Street and Caledonian Road to Edgeware Road, diagonal parking installed in a slimmed-down Edgeware Road (outside the main shopping area). A paved square and petanque court in the last 200 metres of Colombo Street would encourage people to stop and chat in a pedestrian-friendly environment.

Feel free to comment on Nick’s idea on the Stuff Nation website or come up with your own ideas.

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Needs of disabled in rebuild overlooked

Posted on 25 October 2012 by belinda

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.
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Edgeware Village businesses granted $10,000 for promotion

Posted on 25 October 2012 by belinda

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

Posted on 25 October 2012 by belinda

Gym owners Les Mills are behind a new produce/artisans market in a Cashel Street carpark on Sunday mornings.
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Relocated Community House opening soon

Posted on 24 October 2012 by belinda

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 this time as space is at a premium. Among the tenants in the new building, Volunteering Canterbury is moving to the new Christchurch Community House Te Whakaruruhau ki Otautahi on October 25.

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Free orthodontic treatment for teens

Posted on 24 October 2012 by belinda

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.
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Bake cake to thank student volunteers

Posted on 24 October 2012 by belinda

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 our city.

The baking will be used to feed the crowds at the Concert Event in early November. Register your help by emailing SARA@stalbans.gen.nz to find out where to deliver it on Friday, November 2.

Tickets cannot be bought to this daylong event. The only way for students, or anyone else to get into the event, is to do four hours voluntary work.

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