Nor'West News: May 03, 2016

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Belfast Community Network
to stay in Sheldon Park home
ANDREW KING
After many shifts since the
February 2011 earthquake,
Belfast Community Network
now has a permanent home.
The organisation has just
signed a 33 year lease with the
city council for its Sheldon
Park home.
The earthquake caused its
former home at the old Presbyterian
church on Main North
Rd to be red stickered and then
demolished.
The organisation built the
Sheldon Park facility in 2013
for $468,000.
It moved into the Belfast
Rugby Club for two months in
2013 until the new facility was
constructed.
Previous to that they had
been at Belfast School after
being relocated after the earthquake
from its original site.
The lease will not allow it
to expand its current facilities
but it is hopeful it will be able
to negotiate for a small storage
unit to house Belfast emergency
response plan equipment.
EXCITED: Children involved in the Belfast Community Network holiday programme are thrilled they will
have a facility to use to for many years to come.
Belfast Community Network
chief executive Lynda Goodrick
said they are right where they
need to be to provide a fantastic
service to the community.
“The BCN is thrilled to
finally have a permanent lease
to remain on Sheldon Park,”
she said.
She said it has been a long
journey, around four years, but
the support of city council staff
and elected members has meant
that they are now able get back
to doing the work in our community
that is required.
“Now that we have secured
this we can focus on our strategic
plan knowing that we are
secure and have somewhere to
operate from,” she said.
ALI JONES BOWS OUT
City councillor Ali Jones will not
be standing for re-election for the
city council in the October local
body race. She will run for the
Papanui-Innes Community Board
and said she is strongly invested in
the area and wants to be a part of
the new board. The mother-of-two
said she needs time to look after
herself and her family.
CRASH IN MAIREHAU
A man in his 70s was taken to
Christchurch Hospital with moderate
injuries after a crash in Mairehau.
St John sent an ambulance to
the scene at about 4pm, which was
a crash between a car and scooter.
SUSPICIOUS FIRE
A tree fire in Jellie Park last
Tuesday is being treated as
suspicious. A fire crew from the
Harewood station arrived at the
scene about 2.20am to find the tree
well involved. The fire was on the
Greers Rd side of Jellie Park and is
being investigated by police.
BOY IN HOSPITAL
A boy was taken to Christchurch
Hospital with serious injuries on
Sunday after being hit by a car in
Burnside. St John sent two rapid
response units and an ambulance
to the scene on Wairakei Rd, near
Spalding St, around 4pm. The boy,
who is under 10, was assessed at
the scene and taken to hospital for
further treatment.
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