Selwyn Times: October 02, 2019

34 Wednesday October 2 2019
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Wednesday 9 October
10am–3pm
Lincoln Event Centre
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Aging well in Selwyn
The SWELL Expo is a new event
designed to provide information to
Selwyn residents about living the best life
they can in the district.
With free admission, the event is being
held at the Lincoln Event Centre on
Wednesday 9 October from 10am to 3pm.
Over 70 exhibitors will be on offer to
provide information about healthcare,
life planning, volunteering, travel, social
activities and community groups to join.
Key speakers include:
• Amy Adams, National Party MP for
Selwyn – Opening Event
• NZ Police – Being Scam Aware
• Dementia Canterbury – Brain Health
• Community Energy Action – Warmer
Kiwi Homes
Be entertained by Scottish dancers,
singers and live artists and participate in
fun activities including card making, flax
weaving and exercise demonstrations.
There will be plenty of spaces to rest
up and take a break. Complimentary tea
and coffee is provided, with barista coffee
vendors also available on-site. The Willow
Café from Hororata will be selling their
famous pies, plus have club sandwiches,
scones, muffins along with other delights
available for purchase.
The Selwyn District Council is running
a free bus service from Dunsandel to
Lincoln (via Leeston) and Darfield to
Lincoln (via West Melton and Rolleston).
Spaces are limited, so bookings are
essential. Contact your local Selwyn
library for departure locations and
times, or visit selwyn.govt.nz/swellexpo
for more information.
Alternatively, if you wish to bring
your own vehicle, free parking on-site is
available.
There are some great prizes up for
grabs at the event too, so get your friends
together and come along to this fun and
informative day out!
Comcare Trust provides mental health
support services in the Canterbury
region, covering Ashburton, Selwyn
and Banks Peninsula.
Visit us at the SWELL Expo, site #50
COMMUNITY
MENTAL HEALTH
SUPPORT WORKERS
work alongside individuals with
experience of mental illness
and/or addictions assisting
them to achieve life goals,
gain independence with daily
living and connect with
their community.
For more information
call 03 377 7020
Warmline provides non-crisis, peer
support which is confidential and available
for people throughout Canterbury.
1pm—12am, 7 days a week
“I look forward to
coming to HomeShare
each week.” - an Enliven client
Choose to Live Well in
Selwyn with SWELL
Over the next 20 years older people
are likely to make up 25% of NZ’s
population—a proportional increase
that will impact the social, cultural and
health landscape right across Canterbury,
including Selwyn.
Kirstin Dingwall-Okoye of Presbyterian
Support is coordinator for Elder Care
Canterbury (ECC), a group where
representatives from many agencies
come together through forums and focus
groups to integrate and improve health
services for, and the wellbeing of, older
people.
“When it comes to improving the
health and wellbeing of older people, their
living well in the first place plays a critical
role,” says Kirstin. “So partnering with
the Selwyn District Council to host the
SWELL expo is important work for us.”
Through exhibits, demonstrations,
and presentations the SWELL expo will
showcase the many activities and services
available to older people in the Selwyn
district. Kirstin’s hope for SWELL is that
attendees will learn what ageing well can
look like if they access the opportunities
on their doorstep.
Kirstin says that many people claim
to want a long and happy life, and to
experience old age, but in our society
we are bombarded by ageist messages.
Anti-aging products are marketed to us
relentlessly, age-related prejudices can
restrict our opportunities, and even our
own bodies can turn on us—refusing to
yield to our will quite like they used to!
“However, as we age one of our most
empowering assets remains our ability to
choose,” says Kirstin. “In order to make
great choices in our older years, we need
to know what opportunities and new
knowledge will help us to continue living
our best lives. Attending events such as
SWELL can make a real positive difference
for older people and their whānau.”
Are you safe, strong and connected?
When older people have difficulty
getting out and about, our HomeShare
day programmes for small groups, hosted
in a private home, provide a warm,
friendly place to socialise. A main meal
and activities are provided.
To learn more about Enliven services in
Selwyn, including Social Work, contact us:
Ph: 0800 477 874
E-mail: enquiries@psusi.org.nz
www.enlivenuppersouth.org.nz
Whiria ki te tangata. / Weave the people together.