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DCM - together we can end homelessness in Wellington
- Downtown Community Ministry
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We're looking forward to celebrating throughout the year - with our taumai and our supporters. During our 50th birthday year we will be getting in touch each month to let you know what's going on and how you can be involved. Would you, your work place, or other organisations you are part of like to be involved? We'd love to hear from you. Some of you have already come up with your own amazing ideas about how you can celebrate our birthday. A big shout out to those who have decided to begin contributing $50 each week or each month during our 50th birthday year. It is the loyal commitment of Wellingtonians like you that enables us to continue the amazing work that happens here at DCM every day. Here we share Arthur's story - this is what we can achieve together. <!-- --> Home at last Arthur’s Naenae home is spotless, his laundry is on the line and a stone he painted with Māori motifs is displayed on the mantelpiece of the one bedroom home he’s lived in since July. He’s clearly delighted to have his own whare after months of being without shelter, either sleeping rough on Wellington’s streets or at the Wellington Night Shelter. “I’ve become quite domesticated,” he says, offering his visitors a cup of coffee. Arthur came to Wellington from the Bay of Plenty in February this year. He knew no one in the city and ended up living on the street. After someone he met told him about DCM, he took himself off to Lukes Lane. DCM staff worked with him on a plan to get him into his own whare as soon as possible, but DCM’s support has gone far beyond that. Thanks to the DCM Dental Service, Arthur now has a new set of teeth. “I can now eat properly!” he says. “DCM helped me with pretty much everything. They gave me food parcels, supported me to get my licence back and got a copy of my birth certificate.” A significant barrier for many people in Arthur’s situation is they don’t have the identification required to do many day-to-day things. Arthur also had his hearing checked by DCM’s audiologist; he was very surprised by what the audiologist found. “The lady pulled big wads of wax - I was freaked out! I was just sitting in reception and they asked me if I’d like my ears tested. I found they were all blocked up. That’s the kind of thing DCM does – I can hear much better now.” Finding full time work is the next thing on Arthur’s agenda and he’s been labouring part-time at a job found via one of DCM’s staff. “I’d really like to go out on a fishing boat, so I’m working towards that. I would like to work full time. I’ve got too much time on my hands at the moment.” With DCM’s support and DCM staff regularly visiting him, Arthur has become used to living in the Hutt Valley. “At first I did feel I was too far away from my support networks in Wellington. But everyone was telling me to stick with it and give it a go. “I didn’t want to let anyone down, and there are a lot of people there helping me. If I’d given up this house I’d have gone back to the bottom of the list and ended up back in the night shelter.” And that’s something Arthur doesn’t want, because the best thing about having his own whare? “Being able to sleep in and not having to go back out on the street by 7:30am.” <!-- --> Together, we can make a positive difference in people’s lives. Read more inspiring real life stories about some incredible individuals who are now living stable and productive lives with support from the team at DCM. <!-- --> Read More Success Stories <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> Copyright © 2018 DCM. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: DCMPO Box 6133Marion SqWellington, Wellington 6011 New ZealandAdd us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.
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Rotary club helps find veins at Wellington Regional Children’s Hospital!
- Wellington Health Foundation
- Rotary club helps find veins at Wellington Regional Children’s Hospital! Children’s tiny veins will now be a lot easier to find at Wellington Regional Children’s Hospital thanks to the Rotary Club of Mount Victoria.
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Wairarapa Whanau Day
- YMCA Wellington
- Celebrate The Special Times – Birthdays! February 18, 2019/0 Comments/in Wairarapa /by Joe KitchenhamRead more http://ymcawellington.
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Snapshot #1: Artists at Work: The STAFF Project
- Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
- Archives and library intern Imogen Simmonds has spent the year cataloguing Enjoy’s archive. In this series of blog posts, Imogen reflects on interesting moments from Enjoy’s 18-year history, and considers how our past projects have helped shape who we are today.
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Have a great Summer break!
- Kilbirnie School
- We wish you all a great Summer break and are looking forward to seeing all of you back at school on Monday February 4 at 8.55am.
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New bus network a “substantial challenge” but improving – independent review
- Metlink
- Download a copy of the Implementation Review Improvements in Wellington’s new bus services are "ongoing and sustained," an independent review into implementation challenges of the Wellington City and Hutt Valley network has found.
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Birds Eye View on the Reserve
- Manawa Karioi Ecological Restoration Project
- I met Malakai Tupou many years ago on one of my many visits to the Marae.
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Vessel broken down Sth E Mana Island
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Thu, 13/12/2018 - 20:20 - 22:30 Operation Type: CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted: 3 Total Volunteer Hours: 13 Maritime Radio call vessel broken down E of Mana Island. Undertaking a MOB heard call and responded. 5 M trailer boat named Shelby II, 3 x POB, broken throttle cable 1 mile sth E of Mana Islans (trackplus file attached to written log) Towed to Mana Marina Vessel Details Length: 5.00m Resources Attendees: avinnell Weedoogie sarge Shane Tindall Polarbear Trevor Burgess CRV's Used: CRV Pelorus
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Move vessel in marina
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Thu, 13/12/2018 - 18:30 - 20:20 Operation Type: CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted: 1 Total Volunteer Hours: 11 Move Launch Wildfire from travelift bay to B17. Easterly strengthened during tow and made for an interesting journey down between A and B piers Rope work very good in both the hip up tow and in moving the vessel into the berth stern first Vessel Details Length: 12.00m Resources Attendees: avinnell Weedoogie sarge Shane Tindall Polarbear Trevor Burgess
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Newtown Connections
- Newtown Residents' Association
- For the past month Wellington City Council has been asking for community input on proposals for cycleway routes through Berhampore, Newtown and Mt Cook as part of the urban cycleways project.
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Hataitai Huge Garage Sale and Market
- Hataitai Community Website
- Saturday 2nd Feb 2019 10am to 1pm.
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Club prizegiving and AGM
- Pirates Swim Team
- Thank you to all the families that attended the AGM/Prize Giving at One Fat Bird Sunday afternoon. The turnout was great on a wonderful Wellington afternoon, thanks to all for your support. Congratulations to those that received awards and certificates. The post Club prizegiving and AGM appeared first on Pirates.
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Youth agency recognised for going the distance
- Partners Porirua
- Youth agency recognised for going the distance 10 December 2018 Partners Porirua recently received recognition, and funding, for being the last partnership organisation still standing.
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Paddy Richardson Selected as 2019 Randell Cottage Writer in Residence
- Randell Cottage Writers Trust
- Photo credit: Caroline Davies Dunedin-based writer Paddy Richardson is to be the 2019 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writing Fellow.
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Berhampore, we have a problem
- Island Bay Healthy Streets
- The Berhampore shops on Adelaide Road might be the trickiest part to get right in the entire Newtown Connections consultationBack in April 2015 the Dominion Post ran a story on the boutiques of Berhampore which focused on the 1st anniversary of a handful of new businesses in the area.
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Dwelling in the margins: Katie Kerr reflects on A working week
- Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
- Between 24 and 29 September 2018, designer Katie Kerr was in residence at Enjoy as part of the project A working week. In this blog, Kerr reflects on her time using the gallery as a site of development for her soon-to-be-published project Dirt with GLORIA.
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Zero fossil fuel powered vehicles in Wellington City by 2040: Councillor Roger Blakeley’s presentation to the 2018 Save the Basin Campaign AGM
- Save the Basin Reserve!
- (Note: The view expressed in this presentation are Councillor Blakeley’s personal and professional views, not those of Greater Wellington Regional Council) by Tim Jones Another year has gone by, and we still don’t know what will be in the Let’s Get Wellington Moving Recommended Programme of Investment – in other words, the Ngauranga to Airport transport plan that we’ve been awaiting for the last three years. It often seems as though the whole thing will end up as a messy political compromise. But what if the guiding principles were such things as: making Wellington liveable making Wellington fair, safe and healthy making Wellington beautiful, vibrant and culturally rich? And what if, in place of Let’s Get Welly Moving’s continued refusal to treat the climate change impact of its plans as a key or even important factor, a central goal of their work was to ensure zero greenhouse gas emissions from Wellington transport by 2040? Does that sound like a pipe dream? It isn’t. Because Councillor Roger Blakeley, with input from a number of people with community expertise in Wellington transport, has come up with a plan to do all that and more. And he presented it to the 2018 Save the Basin Campaign Annual General Meeting: Essentials of a 21st Century Transport Strategy We encourage you to read it. We encourage you to think about it. And we encourage you to support it – or, if you wish, suggest further improvements. It’s great to see one of our elected representatives engaging in detail with the work that needs to be done to make Wellington a city fit for its residents – and fit for the future. Thanks, Roger!
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Lizard survey coming to Makara Peak
- Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
- Did you know that there are well over 100 lizard species endemic to New Zealand!?! This summer we will be doing our first lizard survey at Makara Peak to see how many live in the park.
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“Slow down you bastards”
- The Wellingtonista
- Tom’s been walking again. Follow his latest tramping adventure from traversing the Hutt Valley to Kāpiti via the Akatarawa Road here.
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Newtown state of mind
- Cycle Aware Wellington (CAW)
- We’ve been reading up on the Newtown Connections project.
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Christmas Football Programme
- Waterside Karori
- Get the kids out of your hair while you get the last of the Christmas shopping done, pack for the holidays, or get through the last day of work! Plus, it'll be heaps of fun and a great way to wrap up another year of football.Click here for more information and to register.
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