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12 Thursday May 10 2018 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi The Star Community Liaison Group Meeting The quarterly Community Liaison Group meeting regarding the Organics Processing Plant will be held on Tuesday 15 May, 6.30 - 7.30pm in the Education Room, Organics Processing Plant, Metro Place,Bromley. News City beggars and the • By Bridget Rutherford WHO ARE you going to call if you find a homeless person sleeping in the doorway of your central city business? Not Ghostbusters but specially trained people who will be part of multiagency plan. The city council, Central City Business Association, social agencies and businesses have been working on a plan to make the area safer and get homeless people and beggars the help they need. Reinstating the ambassador programme, which was set up in 2007 and saw security guards in red jackets patrol the central city, is being investigated. It could include specially trained staff walking around and speaking with beggars and homeless people to see what their situation is, and if they needed a home. It would tie in with the Housing First initiative, which will get people into homes, and then support them with any other issues they may be facing. “We have identified the fact if there is somebody sitting in a hotel doorway, the hotel owner has no idea who to call or what to do,” city councillor and Safer Christchurch Strategy Committee chairwoman Anne Galloway said. For more information, phone 03 941 8999 We promise to care OPEN DAY Sunday 13 May 10am -2pm Your warm and home comfortable awaits... If you thought living in the warmth and security of a retirement village was outside of your grasp, think again. Come and inspect our villas and serviced apartments, all available at a good entry level price and refurbished with the home comforts you have come to enjoy. You can be in residence, safe and warm before winter. Bishop Selwyn Village offers care options, beautiful gardens, excellent staff and the security of village life. Please contact Diane on the details below. HP All in One ex leASe FAntAStic BArgAinS Compaq 6300 AIO • i5 CPU • 8GB RAM • 500GB Hard drive • DVD Writer • Keyboard and Mouse (corded) • Windows 10 • 21.5” Screen • 6 months warranty • Ex lease WINDOWS 10 OPTIONS ON ALL EX LEASE COMPUTERS HP 800 Elite 1 • i5 CPU • 8GB RAM • 500GB Hard drive • DVD writer • Keyboard and mouse (corded) • Windows 10 • 23.6” Screen • 6 months warranty • Ex Lease $599 incl gSt $699 incl gSt • 8GB Ram extra add $ 100 inc GST UPgrAdeS • 256GB Solid State Hard drive $ 169 inc GST Shop online at: www.computercentre.co.nz J001522_OPEN PHONE 03 379 4044 350 Selwyn Street, Spreydon, Christchurch www.ultimatecare.co.nz serving christchurch for over 28 years Unit 1/100 Fitzgerald Ave (Next to Cartridge World) Phone: 379 3428 www.computercentre.co.nz Open Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm Q Card lending criteria, terms and conditions, and fees apply *All work carried out in our workshop. Home pcs only. Pay with Q Card or Farmers Card.
The Star Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Thursday May 10 2018 13 homeless: Who will you call? “That’s where the ambassadors come in – they are a frontline person out there who will make first contact with people on the street. “They start the process from the footpath to the whare.” In the past, central city businesses had been concerned with the number of homeless people and beggars in the area, saying some could intimidate customers and staff. Cr Galloway said these were “our people” and the group wanted to approach the situation compassionately. “But we also want people to feel safe in the central city and unfortunately having people on the street along Hereford St for example, does not give a perception of safety.” Cr Galloway said there was still a lot of work to be done on the idea, but it was going to happen “in one form or another.” The staff would also help curb other anti-social behaviour, be the “eyes and ears” of police, and help tourists and visitors. The Central City Business Association has asked for about $200,000 to be allocated in the city council’s budget each CONCERN: City councillor Anne Galloway says people begging along Hereford St does not give the perception of safety. year for the programme to be reinstated. Association manager Paul Lonsdale said it would manage anti-social problems, some of which would start to arise as the central city changed. “We want a safe central city that people can feel comfortable walking around in at any time of the day,” he said. “If anti-social behaviour is left unattended, it increases.” City councillor and Development Forum chairman Jamie Gough said often homeless people or beggars had an adverse PHOTOS: MARTIN HUNTER impact on businesses as it was not a good look. He said the ambassador programme would work well. “They would be perfectly placed being able to interact with people facing a raft of issues being homeless people or begging,” he said. “There’s often a lot more to it than simply not having a home.” Currently, there is no funding set aside in the city council’s draft Long Term Plan. City councillors would have to decide whether to include it. Parking wardens to have job description extended? • By Bridget Rutherford BECOMING THE eyes and ears of police, helping visitors, and identifying hazards could be added to parking wardens’ job descriptions. That’s if the Central City Business Association has its way. The association has asked the city council for funding to reinstate its ambassador programme in the draft Long Term Plan to curb anti-social behaviour in the central city. It has suggested parking wardens could be up-skilled to assist. “We thought that parking wardens tend to get a bad rap, it must be a hard job. They do have quite a lot of turnover of staff in that area. It could give them a slightly wider brief that’s a bit more exciting and a bit more fun,” Business association manager Paul Lonsdale said. “They could double act as a city host, helping people get around the city and combine that with the ambassador programme.” City councillor and Safer Christchurch Strategy Committee chairwoman Anne Galloway said there was still a lot to be GOOD IDEA?:Parking wardens could have extra roles. PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER worked through, but the idea had merit. “The strength is these folk are there anyway, they are out there doing their job. There may be some prepared to do that, and there may be some who perhaps might think that’s not their role at all.” City councillor Jamie Gough said the idea had merit, and could “kill two birds with one stone.” “In saying that we can’t have unreasonable expectations of them.” How can we continue to live well in retirement? Arvida has begun a revolution that is transforming the ageing experience. We’re focused on the holistic wellbeing of each person, as well as providing clinical care. We support every individual to feel truly at home, to lead us with how they want to live daily and to feel they’re still part of things. We live in home environments, not institutions with rules and timetables. Residents enjoy the freedom to make their own choices and the smiles we see every day fuels our passion to do more. We have 12 Arvida villages in the Christchurch region, so be sure to visit us before you make a decision. 18592_STAR10_0518 The attitude of living well. www.arvida.co.nz 0800 278 432
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