🤷♂️ What our volunteers at Citizens Advice Bureau actually do?
✅We give FREE, confidential, independent information, advice and support.
✅We use our knowledge of services and communities to help people to help themselves.
✅We make sure clients know and understand their rights and obligations.
✅We work for positive social change within communities and wider society.
✅There is no time pressure - we take the time to really listen.
✅Everybody is welcomed and no one is judged!
✅We offer a universal service … you can ask us about any issue 😊.
We can also help you:
✅Write letters.
✅Fill in Forms.
✅Speak with government departments e.g. IRD, Tenancy, Immigration etc.
✅Find legal assistance.
✅Access a JP for witnessing documents etc.
You can find us:
→ in Nelson at 9 Paru Paru Road, Monday to Friday 9am to 4.30pm
→ in Motueka at the Community House on Mondays 9am to lunch time, →phone us on 03 548 2117, 0800 367 222,
→email nelsontasman@cab.org.nz
Worst Xmas ever?
There's a a lot of planning that goes into Christmas day and sometimes things just don't go to plan. But it can be a good thing - a family mishap or hilarious memory that you can laugh about in Christmases to come.
Whether you burnt the dinner or were stranded at an airport...
Share your Christmas mishaps below!
⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️
It's a message we share time and time again, and this year, we're calling on you to help us spread that message further.
Did you know that calls to SPCA about dogs left inside hot cars made up a whopping 11% of all welfare calls last summer? This is a completely preventable issue, and one which is causing hundreds of dogs (often loved pets) to suffer.
Here are some quick facts to share with the dog owners in your life:
👉 The temperature inside a car can heat to over 50°C in less than 15 minutes.
👉 Parking in the shade and cracking windows does little to help on a warm day. Dogs rely on panting to keep cool, which they can't do in a hot car.
👉 This puts dogs at a high risk of heatstroke - a serious condition for dogs, with a mortality rate between 39%-50%.
👉 It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they are showing signs of heat stress. You can be fined, and prosecuted.
SPCA has created downloadable resources to help you spread the message even further. Posters, a flyer, and a social media tile can be downloaded from our website here: www.spca.nz...
We encourage you to use these - and ask your local businesses to display the posters if they can. Flyers can be kept in your car and handed out as needed.
This is a community problem, and one we cannot solve alone. Help us to prevent more tragedies this summer by sharing this post.
On behalf of the animals - thank you ❤️
Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.
If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?
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61.5% Summer
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36.8% Winter
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1.7% Other - I'll share below
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