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Upcoming Events

Community Partnerships — September 8th, 2024

Highlights include: Learn about Life after a Stroke...Everything you wanted to know about peace... An opportunity to relearn new skills…Move it for MS...

If you have an upcoming event to share in the Pānui, please email community@dcc.govt.nz

You can also find and add your own events to Events calendar - Dunedin City Council.

If you're looking for a community venue, please visit Community facilities/venues in Dunedin - Dunedin City Council, you can also add venues to our Community Facilities / Venues Register.

Pad Making Workshop

Do you enjoy making things? Are you tired of spending money on menstrual care every month? Would you like to reduce waste by using reusable pads instead of disposable ones?
Join us for the Pad Kit Making Challenge! Research shows that a menstruator can save on average at least $2000 by using reusable options instead of disposable products, and we believe the real amount is even higher. Using reusable pads can benefit your health by avoiding chemicals found in conventional products and help the environment by reducing plastic waste.

Date: Sunday, 8, 15 and 22 September
Time: 1pm - 4pm
Venue: Valley Community Workspace, 11 Allen Street

Come along even if you missed the first workshop!
Age: Participants can be as young as 9 years old. Under 16 should have an adult buddy, and two 16-year-olds can form a team.
Workshop Overview:
Meeting One: Explore reusable period care options, allocate materials, choose patterns and sizes, and take home materials to cut out for next week.
Meeting Two: Sew the pre-cut pads in a team effort, troubleshoot, and take home more material for session three.
Meeting Three: Continue sewing!
Time Commitment: 3 sessions of 3 hours each, plus additional cutting out time between classes.
For more information, please see the attachment at the end of this section and to register please email christine@sewonperiodcare.org

Peace Talks

Everything I always wanted to know about peace, but was afraid to ask with Dr Daniel Fridberg.

Date: Monday, 9 September
Time: 5pm Pōwhiri and pre lecture meal, 7pm - 9pm Open Lecture
Venue: Araiteiuru Marae, 24 Shetland Street

For more information please see the attachment at the end of this section.

Creative Capability Workshops

The Creative Capability Workshop series 2.0 will run from September - November, and is aimed at creatives who are looking to:

✏️ upskill

✏️ refresh your skills

✏️ get reassurance that you are on the right track.

This time round, all the workshops will be the same:

🕰️time: 6pm

🏠 place: Petridish (8 Stafford Street)

There will be 3 x workshops and 1 x funding clinic, and manaakitaka will provided.

10 September: Arts projects budgets 101
17 September: Arts funding clinic (email aratoi@dcc.govt.nz for a spot to talk about your funding application)
15 October: Arts funding application writing
5 November: Admin tools for artists

For more information on these workshops, head to Humanitix, read up on each workshop and claim your FREE spot.

First Aid Courses in Mosgiel

Are you a grandparent looking after grandchildren or do you belong to a sports club or not-for-profit organisation? Need to update your first aid training??

Taieri Network has partnered with Workplace First Aid Training Ltd to deliver interactive First Aid courses at preferential pricing.

Re-validation course (refresher) costs $100
NZ Certificate (full course) costs $175

Date: Wednesday, 11 September
Time: Full course, 9am - 4.30pm, re-validation course 9am-1.30pm
Venue: Taieri Rugby Club, 35 Reid Avenue, Mosgiel.

Spaces are limited so register via google form https://forms.gle/jHB6ejo2YAGjHz2C6 or email Teresa at hello@taierinetwork.co.nz or ph 022 121 3325.

Businesses are welcome to attend but will be charged usual price: Re-validation course (refresher) costs $120, NZ Certificate (full course) costs $220.

Southern Growers Weekend Wānanga

Join us for a weekend of knowledge sharing, community-building, and good food. We will tour some Dunedin market gardens, have workshops centred on building networks and collaborations, and share meals featuring delicious, locally-sourced kai.

Date: Friday, 13 September - Sunday, 15 September
Time: Friday 5pm - Sunday 4pm
Venue: Long Beach Community Hall
Costs: Costs vary from $80 - $250.00

For more information and to get your tickets please go to the Humanitix website.

Life Beyond Growth - A Talk with Murray Grimwood

How did we get here; how will we traverse to there? An appraisal of growth, overshoot, and reconciliation possibilities, followed by an interactive session discussing future social arrangements and identifying future-useful skills.

Date: Tuesday, 17 September
Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Venue: The Valley Project, 262 North Road
Costs: $250 waged, $125 unwaged

For more information please email Murray Grimwood at

grimwoods@hotmail.com.

Our Food Network AGM

The OFN Committee would like to invite you to the OFN Annual General Meeting. Hear what we've accomplished this year and what our goals are for next year.

Anyone is welcome. Light nibbles and refreshments will be provided.

Date: Tuesday, 24 September
Time: 5.30pm - 7.30pm
Venue: Dunningham Suite, Dunedin Public Library

Featuring guest speaker Sarah Gell, Economic Development Coordinator | Kaiarataki, Whanaketaka Ōhaka, Enterprise Dunedin who is working on the Good Food Plan for Dunedin.

Circle of Mana

RAP is an application of the Circle of Mana - a model of youth development that places the mana of the young person at it's centre.

Date: Thursday, 26 and Friday, 27 September
Time: 9am - 4pm
Venue: Southern Youth Development, 45 Maori Road, Dunedin
Costs: $250 waged, $125 unwaged

For more information please see the attachment at the end of this section, and to register your interest please email staceyk@oywt.org.nz.

Stitch Kitchen Spring Sale Fundraiser

Stitch Kitchen is fully stocked with incredible pre-loved vintage and contemporary haberdashery. Fabrics, patterns, yarn, embroidery supplies and notions at bargain prices to inspire your creative summer projects. All funds raised to support our community sewing studio. Eftpos available. BYO bags.

Date: Saturday 28 September - 5 October (closed 30 Sepember - 1 October)
Time: 10am - 4pm
Venue: Stitch Kitchen Studio, 474 Princes Street

Saturday 28th September - 5th October (closed Mon 30th and Tues 1st) Open 10am - 4pm @ Stitch Kitchen Studio 474 Princes Street Dunedin.

Recycle a Device

'Fix a laptop, keep a laptop' workshop.

Date: Sunday, 29 September
Time: 10am - 4pm
Venue: Otago Polytechnic, Toom D312 Forth Street

It is free for participants and they get to take home a laptop at the end of the day. This is for rangatahi (aged 12-30) who need help bridging the digital divide and are keen to learn some new skills.

For more information, please see the attachement at the end of this section.

Gasworks Market (South Dunedin) – Remake Revolution, Fashion Design Competition

Create your own outfits from second-hand and preloved clothing and fabrics for show at the Gasworks Market.
All elements of your garment must be reused and recycled.
Awards for most creative & peoples choice.

Show:

Date: Saturday, 5 October
Time: 5pm - 9pm
Venue: Gasworks Museum

For more information and to register see the attached poster.

Move For MS

Make sure you get along to Move for MS an all ages, all abilities fun run event.

Date: Sunday 6 October
Time: 5pm - 9pm
Venue: Wingatui Racecourse

This community event will also have family friendly activities and entertainment.

For more information and to get your tickets make sure you check out the Move For MS Facebook event page.

However you move, Move for MS.

Fabric-A-Brac Dunedin

We’re sew excited to bring Fabric-a-brac to Dunedin in 2024!

Come along to discover vintage and modern fabric treasures, haberdashery, patterns, buttons and sewing supplies. This fabric and sewing market is a wonderful morning out! All in aid of Otago Community Hospice.

Date: Saturday 12 October
Time: 10am - 1pm
Venue: Port Chalmers Town Hall

SELLING AT THE EVENT: You can have a stall to sell your stash, or donate fabric to any Otago Community Hospice shop for sale on their table.

Stallholder application form is here: https://forms.gle/faL8uPxgtQec4nr8A

CAFE: Take a break and sit down with a drink and something to eat from the cafe with our coffee, tea and delicious sweet treats.

Ask us questions here - or email on fbbdunedin@gmail.com

Any questions please let me know.

Shocktober

Date: Saturday 12 October
Time: 12pm - 2pm
Venue: Green Island Memorial Park

It is a partnership with St John and the Greater Green Island Community Network and fun for the whole family. This is a fun family event and the opportunity to relearn some new skills, St John will be teaching how to call 111, starting CPR and how to use an AED. Along with a free sausage sizzle and kids face painting and kids activities.

For more information, please go to the Greater Green Island Community Network website.

Life After Stroke

Date: Tuesday 22 October
Time: 9am - 12pm
Venue: Iwi Room, Nations Church, 334 King Edward Street,

Topics Include:Secondary Stroke Prevention, Fatigue,

Taking Charge After Stroke, Stroke survivors lived experience, Rehabilitation and various other topics

For more information, please go to the attachment at the end of this section.

Green Island Christmas Market

Date: Saturday 7 December
Time: 10am - 1pm
Venue: Main South Road, Green Island

This market is free entry with over 100 stalls, school performance, candy floss, bouncy castle, food truck, arts and crafts, games, competitions and a Santa Grotto. A fun family day out.

For more information, please go to the Greater Green Island Community Network website.

EnergyMate Community Hui - Outram

Do you want to save money on your power bill?

Find out how you reduce your energy costs, use your appliances efficiently, read and understand your power bill, and get on the best power plan for you and your whanau in this fun, interactive free workshop with a specialist EnergyMate coach.

Hosted by Taieri Network in collaboration with the EnergyMate Coaches from FamilyWorks, Presbyterian Support Otago.

To register call freephone 0508 396 678 or email hello@taierinetwork.co.nz.
Places are limited.

Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) Professional Development

Last year Dr Frank Corrigan (MD, FRC Psych) delivered quality, top level professional development to therapists and those working in the field of mental health in Dunedin.

Dr Corrigan's research broadly explored the intersection between affective Neuroscience and the science of healing, culminating in the development of Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR).

This new and novel psychotherapeutic approach emphasises the importance of tracking a distinctive neurophysiological sequence embedded in ‘deep brain’

systems.

One of the most unique aspects of DBR as a trauma-focused therapy, is the embodiment of a natural healing process that is consonant with the evolutionary process of the developing brain and nervous system.

Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) is a very effective treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and complex trauma. Many therapists who use DBR say it is as, or more effective than EMDR.

Frontiers of Hope have a line up of online training for Sept/Oct 2024 - limited spaces! For more information and prices click here.

Dunedin Community Accounting looking for clients

Free accounting advice offered to non-profit and community groups.

Date: Mondays
Time: 5.15pm - 6pm and 6pm - 6.45pm
Venue: Floor 1, Tahi at the Dunedin Community House, 43 Princes Street, Dunedin

Sessions are supervised by Chartered Accountants and senior Accountancy students from Otago University.

No question is too small. Whether it's about setting a budget, doing your annual accounts, preparing a funding application, reporting to a board or just keeping good records, DCA can help you find the answers you need.

To book your session, please go to the Dunedin Community Accounting website.

Community Classroom

Community Classroom is on for the month of September and boasts a wide selection of inspiring classes, talks and documentaries in Oamaru and Dunedin.