Living Confidently course
LIVING CONFIDENTLY IN YOUR COMMUNITY
Tuesdays from 10 to 11 a.m.
Methodist City Action and Epilepsy Waikato Charitable Trust invite you to join them for a 10 week programme of fun & friendly information sessions
Do you wish to be better informed about what is out there and to learn more about the community you live in? Ever wondered how to access a particular service or organisation but didn’t know who to ask? Come and join us for part or all of a ten-week programme of friendly information sessions that will answer many of your questions about managing diabetes, tenancy & housing options, fire safety & smoke alarms, how to make a worm farm and even what to wear for a job interview. Our fabulous speakers will tell you what they and their organisations do and can answer your questions. It’s informative and fun for just a gold coin donation.
• facilitated by Maria Lowe from Epilepsy Waikato Charitable Trust, with a specialist speaker each week.
• Sessions are held at Methodist City Action, 62 London Street in Hamilton.
Tuesday 31st January: Diabetes NZ
Tuesday 7th February:Dress for Success
Tuesday 14th February:Nationwide Health and Disability Advocacy Service
Tuesday 21st February: Tenancy Matters
Tuesday 28th February:Environment Centre
Tuesday 7th March: Life Unlimited
Tuesday 14th March: NZ Fire Service
Tuesday 21st March: Beneficiary Advocacy
Tuesday 28th March: Warm up your home
Tuesday 4th April:Work and Income
Poll: Should the government levy industries that contribute to financial hardship?
As reported in the Post, there’s a $30 million funding gap in financial mentoring. This has led to services closing and mentors stepping in unpaid just to keep helping people in need 🪙💰🪙
One proposed solution? Small levies on industries that profit from financial hardship — like banks, casinos, and similar companies.
So we want to hear what you think:
Should the government ask these industries to contribute?
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59.4% Yes, supporting people is important!
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26.3% No, individuals should take responsibility
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14.3% ... It is complicated
Brain Teaser of the Day 🧠✨ Can You Solve It? 🤔💬
Make a hearty dish. Take just half a minute. Add four parts of kestrel. Then just add one. What have you made?
(Trev from Silverdale kindly provided this head-scratcher ... thanks, Trev!)
Do you think you know the answer? Simply 'Like' this post and we'll post the answer in the comments below at 2pm on the day!
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Derelict Tokanui Hospital site in line for a clean-up
Derelict Tokanui Hospital buildings will be demolished and contaminated land cleaned up so the site can be offered back to iwi.
The former psychiatric hospital, southeast of Te Awamutu, sits on land taken from Ngāti Maniapoto under the Public Works Act in 1910.
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