Southern View: July 25, 2017

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Addington retirement village
with cafe, creche and animals
A RETIREMENT village being
built in Addington will have a
public cafe, creche, community
centre, health hub and even
animals.
Park Lane Retirement Village
will feature Living Well – a
new concept designed to create
community connections and
empower retirees.
Arvida Group chief executive
Bill McDonald said Living Well
would be a public community
precinct.
“Living Well Park Lane will
include a community centre for
both the public and residents,
complete with a cafe that sources
produce from the village’s communal
gardens, a community
creche, a health club and animals
including chickens and lambs,”
Mr McDonald said.
“Traditionally retirement
villages are a gated community
– here the community is warmly
welcomed to be part of life at
Park Lane.”
Mr McDonald said Christchurch
was the perfect place to
launch Living Well because of
the innovative developments
happening with the rebuild.
He hoped to roll it out across
other Arvida retirement villages,
NEW: A design of what Park Lane Retirement Village will look
like when it is complete.
he said.
Park Lane would use solar
energy to power the main buildings,
and would also offer electric
cars for residents to use.
Apartments at the new Park
Lane Retirement Village are now
on sale, and the majority are
expected to be completed and
ready for tenants in March.
A GROUP of Riccarton
business women raised more
than $5000 for family violence
support group Aviva.
The Riccarton Venus
Businesswomen’s Networking
Group held a fundraiser on
July 2 with the proceeds going
directly to Aviva families.
“It’s amazing to see what you
can achieve when you have
businesswomen supporting
and encouraging each other
and creating these kinds of collaborations,
and a perfect fit in
giving back to the community,”
regional South Island Venus
manager Maree Bryant said.
The group fundraised by selling
Safelets, a bracelet designed
to help vulnerable people feel
safe.
Safelet has just been launched
in New Zealand by Sharron
Jones.
After an accident while living
alone, she searched for a personal
safety option for herself and
on discovering Safelet wanted to
share the benefits of the product
with the rest of New Zealand.
SUPPORT: (From left)
– Sharon Hunt, Nicola
Woodward, Sharon
McKeeman, Sharron
Jones, Julie McCloy
and Maree Bryant and
Diane Moore (front). ​
$5000 raised for Aviva
Safelet is an “on the go”
personal safety alarm bracelet
that allows the wearer to be connected
and protected by friends
and family.
With the push of a button
they can alert their guardians
and emergency services to their
whereabouts and that they need
help.
When the lucky winner of a
Safelet, Diane Moore decided to
regift it back to Aviva it really
was a celebration of women
wanting to give back.
Aviva helps individuals and
families to become – and stay –
free of violence.
They work with children,
women, and men, giving each
person the support they need,
when they
need it, to become safe
and live free of the effects of
family and sexual
violence.
Aviva Families is delighted to
receive the support to be able to
offer their vulnerable families
this additional tool to help keep
them safe.
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