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4 Tuesday October 2 2018 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi NOR’WEST NEWS News Shirley trust makes the most of new The Shirley Community Trust has been operating for almost 20 years and has recently welcomed a new building at the MacFarlane Park Centre. Ashleigh Monk visited the centre to see what the trust was all about EVERY DAY Ian Dunbar sits at the entrance of the MacFarlane Park Centre and greets people as they walk through the door. Everyone is welcome here at the Shirley Community Trust, the community worker says. They can take part in the centre’s many activities or have a chat and a cup of tea. “People put Shirley down at times, but there’s some really good people in Shirley. People with good hearts. It’s like any other suburb, there’s good parts and not so good parts,” says Mr Dunbar, who works part-time at the centre. The centre is a bit cramped in the main building; one round table is crammed into the end of the room, surrounded by chairs. But at the end of August, volunteers and staff at the centre welcomed a new building, which provides space for more people The revolution in heat pumps is here now! FRIENDS: Dave Dunbar welcomes people to the MacFarlane Park Centre, which runs activities and provides a meeting space for the Shirley community. to gather. “We couldn’t do a lot of things because we didn’t have the space before, but now with two buildings, it’s better because we have the room for more groups,” Mr Dunbar said. The revolution in heat pumps is here now! The Fujitsu e3series The brilliant heat pumps from Fujitsu e1 : efficiency e2 : environment e3 : economy Website: www.pshc.co.nz The brilliant e3 series heat pumps from Fujitsu e1 : efficiency e2 : environment e3 : economy And the space was definitely needed – hundreds of people regularly use the facility, and over the course of the year, about 15,000 volunteers come and go, keeping the place running. “It takes a lot of work to keep this place going. Even one day a week, it takes about 60 volunteers to do that. You have people cooking or doing baking, and people just being here to support 6 TH TO 13 TH OCTOBER HAGLEY THEATRE, 510 HAGLEY AVENUE CHRISTCHURCH others.” Mr Dunbar has been working at the centre for about nine years – but it was established long before that. The centre was brought to life in 1999 by a group from Shirley. The first centre was in St Stephens Church, but as the need for space grew, it moved in 2002 to the former Plunket rooms on Acheson Ave. “It was seen as a bit of a dodgy area, so Plunket went elsewhere and the Shirley Community Trust set up here,” he said. The centre plays host to about 25 different events and activities, including a fruit and vege co-op, a foot care clinic, barista training and a monthly community lunch. One of the groups, Knitter Knatter, has been coming to the centre for 11 years. Group member Mary Duff said the knitters started off making garments for orphanages in Romania, Russia and South Africa. “We’ve sent 1000 garments out this year,” she said. “When the earthquakes happened, we decided we’d do it for Christchurch. We knit things for the children’s wards at the hospital, and we do lots for the homeless as well.” PATAKA CHRISTMAS SHOP! OPEN NOW 10am - 5pm FREE consultation from your local Accredited Heat Pump Expert Phone today: 03 381 6950 INSERT DEALER DETAILS HERE Email: info@pshc.co.nz FOR SHOW TIMES & BOOKINGS PHONE 03 338 4699 OR VISIT WWW.RICCARTONPLAYERS.CO.NZ 768 Marshland Road (North End) FG1441 Saturday, October 6 – Sunday, October14 NEXT WEEK Darfield Rec Centre, North Terrace, Darfield Open 10am – 5pm daily, donations welcome Opening Night Tickets $15 at Selwyn Gallery or $20 door sales Phone: 03 318 8702 Email: mcac.arts@gmail.com selwyngallery.co.nz/artweek Hon Nicky Wagner National List MP Come and visit us at our new office at 922 Colombo Street A E P W 922 Colombo Street Central Christchurch PO Box 21359 Christchurch 8143 chch.office@parliament.govt.nz 03 365 8297 nickywagner.co.nz Funded by the Parliamentary Service and authorised by Nicky Wagner, 922 Colombo Street, Christchurch.
NOR’WEST NEWS Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Tuesday October 2 2018 5 Local News Now Fire rages, homes at risk space at MacFarlane Park Centre She said having the space to knit and have a cup of tea with friends was “invaluable”. “We love the new building. In the old one, we’re sort of knitting really close together, but now we can spread out and bring in more women to the group.” Another of the centre’s community worker’s Sharyn Burnett has been with the Shirley Community Trust since it started. “It’s just finding people in the community who have skills and talents and utilising them. That’s really everything this place is about, making people realise they’ve got skills and giving them the confidence to put them into use.” She said the most rewarding part of her job was hearing the “glowing reviews” from those who visited the centre - particularly elderly people who •The new MacFarlane Park Centre building was donated by the Lions Clubs International Foundation following the February 22, 2011, earthquake. •The building was used as the temporary St Albans Community Centre on OPTION ONE attended the foot care clinic to have their nails trimmed and feet massaged. “Other than being good for the health of their feet, for a lot of elderly people that are coming Colombo St before moving to Shirley. •The centre serves as a community hub alongside the original MacFarlane Park Neighbourhood Centre. •There were some delays to the process as the city council initially estimated the 18B MAIN NORTH RD, PAPANUI | PH 354 6000 | WWW.SHOSHA.NZ in that’s a big outing for them. It becomes a real social thing,” she said. “And let’s be honest, some of us can’t reach our toes anymore,” Mrs Duff said. cost to relocate the building would be $100,000 but more detailed planning revealed it would cost $225,000. •The initial $100,000 was approved through the city council’s Annual Plan, and an additional $125,000 was fast tracked for the move. “The one that really touched me was this man who lost his wife about 10 months ago,” Ms Burnett said. “He’s a gentleman at the best of times, he’s just who you’d wish to have as your dad or granddad. He hadn’t been back here in quite a while but I got this message from his daughter and she said ‘he’s been raving about you guys, but it’s been a struggle to get him here because he thinks he’s been away too long and you wouldn’t want him back’.” “As soon as he came in, I just got up and gave him a hug. He said ‘did you miss me?’ and I Beautiful Teeth Meet the Owner Ryan Carlton Natural Smile OPEN FOR BUSINESS: The addition of a new building to the MacFarlane Park Centre gives volunteers and visitors more room for activities. said ‘did we what! Of course we missed you’. His daughter said he needed something like this to brighten his day, because all he does is sit with his photo albums, looking through them. They were married 64 years, and wherever there is space for a photo of her around his house, there’s a photo.” And it wasn’t just elderly people who visited the centre. “We had a wee boy come to the coffee mornings and the first time he came, he was dressed in a suit. It was like he was coming for a job interview, I said he was the best-dressed man we’d ever seen here. He wants to be a chef, and I tell you what, he had some amazing knowledge of food.” Ms Burnett said people who ran and visited the centre had all become “a great big family”. “We wouldn’t have it any other way.” Free Consultation, No Obligation • Full Dentures • Dentures Repaired • Implant Assisted Dentures • Injection Moulded Flexible Partials • Relines • Mouthguards • Additions/Repairs • Purchase cleaning and care products from our website. All dentures personally designed and created to ensure a comfortable natural fit. DENTURES PLUS (2014) LTD Denture Clinic and Laboratory 396 Innes Road, St Albans. Phone 385 5517. Email: denturesplus@paradise.net.nz www.denturesplus.co.nz Orbiter Bus stops Innes Road Suffrage Series at the Arts Centre TUE 16, wed 17 & FRI 19 Oct The Great Hall, The Arts Centre The Suffrage Series celebrates the diverse range of women we have in Canterbury. A partnership series between Christchurch City Council, Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga and The Arts Centre. Online booking required: Eventbrite.co.nz #inspiremeCHCH FREE Women’s Suffrage - a cultural journey tuesday 16 October 7-9pm Women on Fire wednesday 17 October 7-9pm A Woman’s Voice friday 19 October 7-9pm FOR more information and updates visit ccc.govt.nz/heritageweek
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