Monday 1 March, 2010
Top Stories
Schizophrenia Awareness Week kicks off on March 8, with a whole lot of workshops, resources and information to encourage people to talk about schizophrenia.
"Children's Day is on Sunday, 7 March, and I am looking forward to an, exciting and eventful day of celebrations", says Murray Edridge, Chief Executive of Barnardos New Zealand.
Fundraising
Bakers Delight is encouraging Kiwis to make their Hot Cross Bun purchase really count this Easter by helping raise valuable dough for the Starship Foundation on Saturday 20 March.
Hearty supporters of Heart Children
Around 2,000 participants will forego a lie in this Sunday when they take to the streets for what has become an Auckland tradition; the Cathay Pacific Half Marathon and 11km Run and Walk. Along the way they'll be providing much needed funds for the official charity of the event; Heart Children New Zealand.
For Steve Northey of Auckland, cycling the length of the country in less than 20 days is the best 50th birthday present he could give himself, and the North Shore Hospice.
Raising Awareness
Reducing the BAC for young drivers from 30/100ml to zero would save at least one life annually (Breen report for Transport Ministry)so it is with reservations Candor approves the targeting of large resources to a symbolic new limit. The Government should proceed cautiously if the lives saved by zero are not to exceed the lives ruined by false convictions.
New Zealanders with damaged hearing should get their claim in to ACC now if they want their cases treated on merit, says the National Foundation for the Deaf.
Canadian stand-up comedian and therapeutic humourist, Paul Pringle, will be presenting at the 2010 International Gambling Conference being held at Auckland's Crowne Plaza Hotel this week. Paul Pringle has had his own struggle with a gambling addiction and his presentation, entitled AH-Ha Ha Ha's - Gaining new perspectives through the use of humour, will highlight how humour helped him in his healing process.
Conferences and Training
Biennial NZ Council of Social Services Conference , "Coming of Age: Reaching Sustainability"
Will take place in Dunedin on 17-19 November 2010 at St. Margaret's College. Terry McDonald, Executive Director of St. Vincent de Paul in Oregon, USA will be the keynote speaker.
FUNDING & FUNDRAISING EXPO
Friday 5th March, 9am - 2.30pm, Rotorua Convention Centre
FREE ENTRY
New Zealand's first Conference on Community Economic Development
350 people from around the country (and the world) gathered in Auckland to listen and to share their experience on making a difference at an economic level for our local communities. This signals a milestone in our country's growing appreciation of the power of communities to 'do better' as a result of 'doing it together'.
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