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News

• Access the Complex Childrens Respite Care Connections Service

  Posted: Thursday, August 18, 2016 in: Resources and Information With tags: families, children, services, youth
  The Complex Children's Respite Care Connections Service (CCRCCxS) at Nurse Maude assists the families of children and young people with complex health support needs, and especially their full-time carers

• Researchers take leaf from nature to catch carbon dioxide

  Posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2016 in: Resources and Information With tags: research, environmental health, Climate Change
  University of Canterbury media release: 10th August 2016 UC researchers have been awarded research funding from the Royal Society of NZ Catalyst Fund to create a synthetic leaf to use or consume the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide

• CDHB Health in all Policies Newsletter: August 2016

  Posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2016 in: Newsletters With tags: newsletter, health in all policies
  We are pleased to present a mid-year Canterbury Health in All Policies Newsletter. We’ve been really busy responding to opportunities to put theory into practice

• New lease of life for one of last remaining wetlands in ChCh

  Posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2016 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: environment, restoration
  Christchurch City Council media release: 10th August 2016 The Otukaikino near Belfast is one of Christchurch’s last remaining wetlands

• New Unicycle path through Hagley Park a hit with users

  Posted: Tuesday, August 09, 2016 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: physical activity, transport, cycling
  Christchurch City Council media release: 9th August 2016 More than 8000 people a week are walking or cycling the new Uni-cycle path through Hagley Park, according to new permanent counters placed along the path

• Don’t visit your loved ones in hospital if you’re sick

  Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2016 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: medical, advice, older people
  Canterbury District Health Board media release: 28th July 2016 If you’re sick please don’t come visiting at Christchurch Hospital – that’s the message from Canterbury DHB’s Executive Director of Nursing Mary Gordon

• Kiwi cooperative launches into battle against dementia

  Posted: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 in: Resources and Information With tags: resources, support, dementia, older people
  The New Zealand Dementia Cooperative (NZDC) launched an interactive online community on Monday 25th July 2016, to help health professionals in the serious fight against dementia, one of the world’s most important health issues

• Bike Share project being taken for 5000 rides

  Posted: Thursday, July 21, 2016 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: cycling, transport, physical activity
  Christchurch City Council media release: 20th July 2016 Shared bikes have been taken on 5000 trips around Christchurch since the pilot scheme was launched nearly a year ago

• No health concerns over nitrate levels

  Posted: Thursday, July 21, 2016 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: public health, water
  Christchurch City Council media release: 19th July 2016 High nitrate levels found in two samples of water taken from a bore in an industrial part of Addington are unlikely to have had any adverse effect on people’s health, Christchurch City Council and t

• Join the Reading in Mind book scheme

  Posted: Thursday, July 21, 2016 in: Resources and Information With tags: mental wellbeing, resources, learning
  If you have a mental health issue like anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder or worry, reading books about the issue can help you understand and manage your mental health and wellbeing

• Plan heralds new approach to keeping young people active

  Posted: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: physical activity, children, youth, exercise, sport
  Sport New Zealand media release: 11th July 2016 Sport New Zealand has today released a “plan of attack” for keeping young people in New Zealand active

• Transalpine Health Disability Action Plan launched in Christchurch and Greymouth

  Posted: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 in: Resources and Information With tags: planning, disabilities, services
  Canterbury and West Coast District Health Boards media release: 12th July 2016 Consulting with families, identifying staff champions, and providing large print health information are some of the actions outlined in the Canterbury and West Coasts’ Health

• Video encapsulates the things we love about Chch

  Posted: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: recovery, resilience, research
  Christchurch City Council media release: 12th July 2016 The passions, hopes and aspirations people have for Christchurch have been captured in a short video released this week

• Get help with your repair or rebuild

  Posted: Wednesday, June 29, 2016 in: Earthquake With tags: earthquake recovery, repair, rebuild, housing
  Christchurch City Council media release: 29th June 2016 People looking to rebuild or repair earthquake damaged homes can now turn to one webpage for information that could help them through the process

• 2016 Vulnerability Report Published

  Posted: Thursday, June 23, 2016 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: funding, social, services, Report
  This 22nd and final Vulnerability Report from the NZ Council of Christian Social Services captures a period of relentless change to the social services landscape over the past 6 years, including: increasing demand for services in communities (that plat

• Christchurch accredited as an International Safe City

  Posted: Thursday, June 09, 2016 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: healthy cities, safety
  Christchurch City Council media release: 8th June 2016 A refreshed five-year strategy to promote a safer Christchurch has been unveiled, as the city celebrates re-accreditation as an International Safe City

• Raise the age of youth justice to 18 years

  Posted: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 in: Resources and Information With tags: youth, law, justice
  Organisations and experts from across the youth, justice and disability sectors have joined together to call on the government to raise the age of youth justice in Aotearoa

• Aspire Canterbury: Support and resources for independent living

  Posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: disabilities, Community Groups, services, support, older people
  Aspire Canterbury is a not-for-profit organisation providing a number of services to support members of the community with mobility issues, including the disabled and older people, and those that support them

• Get involved with the Canterbury Osteoporosis Society

  Posted: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: Community Groups, support group
  The Canterbury Osteoporosis Society is a support network and information source for those affected by osteoporosis. The further aim of the Society is to raise awareness of the importance of lifestyle factors in building up and maintaining healthy bones

• CEA: Helping your community keep warm this winter

  Posted: Friday, April 29, 2016 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: housing, Community Groups, energy, heating, insulation, advice
  Get help to keep warm this winter Community Energy Action (CEA) is a charitable trust committed to ensuring all homes in Canterbury are warm, dry, and energy efficient

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