FENDALTON/WAIMAIRI COMMUNITY BOARD 2006/07 PROJECT FUNDING - ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES PROGRESS REPORT - FEBRUARY 2007

Name of Group & Anticipated Outcomes Progress On Outcomes - Feb 2007 Amount Funded

1. a) To maintain a successful link with Breens Intermediate and Crossfire Trust has continued to deliver its range of services for further develop the ‘Life Skills’ programme; youth in the community over the past 6 months under the guidance Crossfire Trust of senior youth worker Caroline Forshey. b) To continue to run and maintain a Bishopdale Friday night drop- $10,000 in programme for young people; The programmes that have been delivered are:

c) To organise and run at least 2 events to meet the needs of local - Weekly Peer Support Group at Breens Intermediate School youth e.g. camps, dances etc; - Ignite, a weekly small group mentoring programme - Flame, the Friday night programme for Years 7-8 d) To encourage volunteerism through maintaining a team of volunteer leaders who will receive ongoing support and training Caroline has also attended the weekly assemblies at Breens opportunities; Intermediate and on request from school staff, attended the school at lunchtimes to meet with students and build relationships with e) To promote networking and partnerships with other community them. agencies which provide support and opportunities for young people. The Friday night programme, Flame, continues to be very popular with young people from mainly Breens but also surrounding schools attending.

Caroline has decided to pursue her University studies and finished with the Trust at Christmas time. The programmes will continue to be delivered through the leadership of the volunteers at St Margaret’s until Caroline’s position is filled.

2. a) To provide support and advice to new immigrants, students, and The Community Worker, Jim Lye, has had a very busy 6 months. visitors with Chinese speaking backgrounds in the Fendalton/ His main areas of activity has included: Waimairi area; Zhongua Chinese - Participation in community networking opportunities i.e. community Society b) To deliver Settlement Seminars for immigrants and students liaison meetings, city council and Intercultural Assembly meetings; during the funded period; $7,175 - Keeping Christchurch Zhonghua Chinese Society aware of and c) To coordinate various festivals and sporting events held by your up-to-date with CCC activities and other community organisations organisation and to encourage members of your society to through emails and meetings; participate in other community events;

d) To develop relationships with other community agencies, particularly those providing services to migrants; - Organising events and activities including:

e) To provide a point of contact for consultation with central and • Dragon Boat Festival Evening Party (3rd Jun) local government agencies on behalf of the Society. • Mt. Hutt Ski Trip (15th July) • Moon Cake Festival Evening Party (6th Oct ) • Christmas Santa Parade (3rd Dec.) • Zhonghua Cup 7 vs 7 Football Tournament (18th Nov--10th Dec) • Spring Festival Evening Party 2007

- Administration work for Chch Zhonghua Chinese Society (CZCS) eg. office time, file keeping, fundraising, communications etc.

Jim has also participated in some professional development opportunities including Event Organising (with the CCC Recreation Advisers) and Project Planning (provided by Ministry of Social Development).

Jim has also been involved in organising the Ethnic Football Festival this year.

Although Jim’s work does involve a large number of people from the Fendalton/Waimairi ward, his services are now being utilised across the city. I have spoken to the Trust and to Council staff about this Trust being more appropriately funded through the Metropolitan grants scheme.

3. a) To employ a Coordinator to manage the mentoring programme; Attached is a report from the Mentoring Coordinator, Matthew Button. North West b) To continue to provide a mentoring service through Breens and Mentoring Trust Cobham Intermediates to at least 25 young people during the As you will see from the report, this Trust is moving into some funded period; exciting new areas and expanding their services. $14,592 c) To maintain and support the current pool of volunteers and The Trust have taken onboard the concerns from the Community ensure regular supervision and training opportunities are made Board in regards to reliance on Council funding and have begun to available to them; develop relationships with other funders and stakeholders.

d) To continue to participate in various networking opportunities with other community agencies and youth related services.

4. a) To provide Terrific Kids Awards for children at Northcote and These awards have had a very positive impact on the recipients. Bishopdale schools for the 4 terms with a $20 book voucher. The funding will continue to cover the cost of the book vouchers Kiwanis of The awards will target children who may usually go unnoticed for through till the end of the second term of 2007. Waimairi awards and who may not be as academically or sports minded.

$720

5. a) To employ a Family Worker to work within the local community Marcel van der Weerden continues as the Family Worker at St and identify local needs; Stephen’s. He has organised and is co-leading a Resiliency St Stephens Programme for Year Six students at Aorangi school. Marcel is also Community b) To provide counselling and parenting support to Cobham involved in a ‘Nurture Group’ initiative with parents at the school and Centre Intermediate and Aorangi Primary School; is working with them to undertake activities, such as a community picnic, to strengthen the local community. $11,000 c) To participate in the North West Mentoring programme as a mentor; Marcel has been running the Toolbox Parenting Course which continues to attract parents from the Aorangi school community. d) To employ a part-time manager of the Community Centre to coordinate the activities and services provided to the local Fifteen families have received counselling from Marcel and referrals community. continue to be made from the local schools.

St Stephen’s Community Centre continues to offer a variety of groups and programmes to the local community at low cost, including: Computing - Beyond the Basics; three mornings of pre- school music and playgroups; High school maths tuition; an after- school art class; afternoon teas and entertainment for the elderly; a foot clinic; social craft groups and gentle exercise groups.

Mary Jo Chase and Marcel are both regular attendees of the Fendalton Waimairi Community Liaison meetings.

6. a) To provide a free weekly After School Programme at Bishopdale Approximately 40 children attending the after school programmes at Primary School; Bishopdale. Te Ropu Tamariki b) To continue to provide activities for up to 20 children and provide The activities/programmes undertaken included: $12,000 opportunities for guests to attend programmes; - a manners programme where children learned about the importance of manners in everyday life c) To provide staff training, including volunteers, to ensure effective - kite making and efficient running of the programme; - Summer Safety - Push Play day

d) To ensure liaison with the school for collaborative approaches - cooking and support for behaviour management strategies; - budgeting - Christmas crafts e) To adjust programmes as required to meet needs identified by staff, school liaison, parent feedback and evaluation. Jeremie King, Te Ropu Tamariki Supervisor, resigned at the end of the year. He had enjoyed his time with the children and the staff but has decided to move on to something different.

The new Supervisor, Stacey Osten, attended the first Fendalton Waimairi Liaison meeting earlier this month to introduce herself.

7. a) To employ a Youth Worker to oversee the activities for young Attached is a report from the Chinese Church Youth Worker, Eric people within the Church. Wong. Christchurch Chinese Church b) To run weekly programmes and activities for High School students and University students. $10,000 c) To coordinate a 4 day Easter Camp for young people.

d) To recruit, coordinate, and support a pool of approximately 30 volunteers.

e) To run a weekly programme for Graduates, focusing on life / relationships / work.

f) To run at least 5 special events for young people during the funded period.

8. a) To run ESOL and Social Integration classes at Bishopdale and 3 classes have been run at the Bishopdale Community Centre and 1 Fendalton Community Centres. class at the Fendalton Community Centre each week. Between 10- In 4 Talk Trust 15 people from all different ethnicities have been attending each week. $3,000 This Trust has been struggling to find the required level of funding to sustain these classes. Unfortunately they have decided to cease the activities of the Trust at this stage.

9. a) Landscaping and new play area development. The work has been completed and Board members were invited to the opening function. Bishopdale Community Pre- School

$5,000

10. a) The delivery of homework assistance and orientation activities Attached is a report from the Coordinator, Botros Morgan. for African and Arabic young people. Youth For Christ b) Providing recreational activities eg sports coaching, holiday $5,000 programmes, festivals and celebrations, outings, camps.

c) Pre Employment support through assisting young people (15-25) into further training or full time employment. Provision of career advice.

d) Provides assistance to young people and their families in regards to resettlement issues. This support includes help with emergency accommodation, and connecting to government agencies.

11. a) To deliver the Rock Solid programme, In-School In the past 6 months the following activities have taken place: project, and Volunteer Leadership Training to the local Youth For Christ community. - Delivery of the Rock Solid program right up to two weeks before Christmas with an average attendance of 30 young people. b) These programmes are targeted at 11-13 year olds from the $5,000 Avonhead area and will aim to provide young people with a safe - Every third week small group activities in the kids mentor groups environment to develop new relationships, participate in various were undertaken. These included mountain biking the new activities, and provide an opportunity for them to discuss and MacLeans Island track, bowling, Beach party, rock climbing and receive support relating to a number of social issues and other growing activities. challenges they are facing. - Leadership training is run on the first Tuesday of the month every month where leaders are trained in their own development as well as in how to lead kids.

- Camp with 107 attendees in September from Friday night to Sunday night. YOne was also present at camp which made the camp a muso theme (Singstar 80's was the theme).

12. a) That a series of large and small community events within the The Avice Hill Arts and Crafts Fair is scheduled for Saturday 24 Fendalton/Waimairi area are adequately supported, for the February. Along with 44 confirmed craft stalls, this event will feature Community benefit of local residents. kite making, stone carving, soap carving, jewellery making, puppet Events making workshop, plus live stage performances including Irish b) That the community events supported are well attended. music, jazz, children’s story telling and Irish dancers.

Avice Hill - Arts & c) That the community events supported are well received by Culture Galore is scheduled for Saturday 17 March at Ray Blank Crafts Fair participants, developing a sense of local community pride, and Ilam. This event is jointly funded with the Riccarton Wigram $3,500 hence strengthening local communities. Community Board and organised in conjunction with the Riccarton Wigram Recreation Advisor. Planning is well underway with Culture Galore performing groups, food stalls, information stalls and other $9,000 entertainment almost confirmed.

Outdoor Movies This year’s outdoor movie is scheduled for Saturday 11 March at $7,000 Nunweek Park. Movie to be screened is The World’s Fastest Indian.

A new event piggy backing on success of the TV series, “Dancing with the Stars”. This event is being held at Crosbie Park on Friday 16 February from 6 pm – 9 pm and will feature demonstrations from a variety of dance styles along with opportunities for the public to have a go. There will also be a band and food stalls. If this event proves successful will look at staging it at other city parks next summer.

The actual cost to deliver this event is approximately $4000. Additional funding has been made available through the Recreation & Sport Unit operational budget.

13. a) That the ongoing provision of the Art Beat Holiday Programme is To date, two holiday programmes have been delivered catering for a consistent with demand and is well attended. total of 32 young people out of a possible 48. Attendances are down Youth Recreation on previous programmes. Need to look at increasing the range of programmes b) That arts based programmes are developed and implemented to arts activities offered. meet community demand. Lets Go offers a range of recreation activities fortnightly during each Art Beat holiday c) That the “Lets Go’ programme continues to be in demand from school term. Approx 50% of funds have been spent to date over Programme local young people. terms 3 & 4. At total of 60 young people attended the 9 activities $5,000

Arts based d) That a series of youth events are supported across the offered during terms 3 & 4. Demand for places for on programme programmes Fendalton/Waimairi area in collaboration with local youth has increased significantly since it has been operating from the new $5,000 workers. YMCA facility.

“Lets Go” Youth Youth Events Programme $5,000 Intro to Surfing Workshops Two workshops were held at the end of Term 4 targeting students Youth Events from involved in the 24/7 youth mentoring $6,000 programme. This programme was organised in conjunction with the Avonhead Community Trust.

The workshops were held at Sumner beach delivered by Professional Surf Coaching. Board funding enabled a 50% subsidy with participants paying $15. Transport was also provided from Avonhead Baptist Church. Both workshops were fully subscribed with a total 54 participants.

Youth Leadership Camp 4 day youth leadership at Lake Sumner in December run by Te Ora Hou. The camp targeted young people that showed leadership qualities. The funding was used to cover the costs of two students from Burnside High School attending the camp.

Cross Fire Youth Trust “Light Party” is an alternative to Halloween and gives young people the opportunity to dress up, play games and have fund in supervised environment. “Light Party” was held at St Margaret’s church and attracted approximately 100 young people.

Y-One Y-One is a youth rock concert organised by Youth For Christ. Y-One was a large scale youth event held St Christopher’s Church in Avonhead in October 2006. The concert focuses on how to deal with peer pressure and bullying. The funding enabled 50 young people from the Crossfire youth programme to attend this event, plus a music and drama performance at Breens Intermediate.

a) That the Fendalton Leisure continues to be well supported. Weekly recreational and social club for older adults based at 14. Fendalton Community Centre. b) That the programme contributes to the well being of participants. Fendalton This programme contributes to well being of participants by Leisure Club providing an opportunity to extend social networks and reduce isolation. $4,000 The programme has a weekly average attendance of 18 people and has 30 registered. To date approximately 50% of funds have been spent.

15. a) That sport and recreation groups are supported in line with the Full amount was allocated during August/September funding round. criteria set for this funding scheme and that group’s account for A total of 40 applications were received with 33 groups receiving Physical Sport funds. support. Six applications were supported through other funding and Recreation sources. Fund Applications included sports equipment & team uniforms, leadership $33,770 training, up skilling volunteer coaches and subsidies for coaching programmes.

Many of the groups that applied have been affected by the cessation of the Hillary Commission Community Sport Fund in 2002 and some groups, whose religious beliefs and/or organisational structure, prohibit them from accessing other funding sources such as pub charities.

16. Funding to organise and host the Fendalton/Waimairi Community A grant of $3,500 was made to the Merivale Precinct Society for Board Heritage Awards. their heritage houses competition. Heritage Awards The balance of funds, $2,500, was granted to the Deans Avenue $6,000 Precinct Society to assist in their Mona Vale heritage-oriented Neighbourhood Week event.

17. Funding to: Neighbourhood Week took place from 28 October – 5 November 2006 and we received 46 applications for funding. Of the 46, one Neighbourhood a) Promote the ‘Neighbourhood Week’ concept was funded by the Community Development Adviser’s operational Activities fund, two were funded by the Community Recreation Adviser’s b) Allocate funding to support a range of activities organised by operational fund and one was funded by F/W Heritage Awards $2,000 members of the community. monies.

To date, we have received 26 feedback forms and requests for reimbursement of monies spent on Neighbourhood Week events. The general feedback received was the Neighbourhood Week events were successful and recipients were thankful to the Board for the funding. Total amount spent to date is $1,472.82.

18. Funding to organise and host the Fendalton/Waimairi Community The Community Pride Garden Awards process has started with 93 Pride Garden Awards. cards received so far. A total of 106 have indicated they will be Community attending the awards function. At this stage we are looking at Garden Pride holding the event on 29 March 2007 – yet to be confirmed and more Awards details to come.

$2,500

19. Funding to organise and host the Fendalton/Waimairi Community This event is planned for June/July 2007. Board Community Service Awards. Community Service Awards

$2,000

20. Landscape enhancement and associated planting in conjunction with Work Completed. Planting was undertaken as part of a community the waterway formation through Avonhead Park. planting project on 23 September 2006 which a number of Board Ilam Stream Members attended. Stream monitoring (funded by Riccarton Planting Wigram) is ongoing. Work around achieving a consistent water flow is ongoing as well. $10,000

21. Installation of plaques/identification signs at locations where paths or Design criteria and detail for signage is currently being assessed roads etc cross waterways in the Boards area. Depending on the site and evaluated. This Board initiative is being developed and Waterway or location, this may vary from a simple name plaque for a small foot extended to be part of a wider “City Wide” waterway identification Identification bridge to a more elaborate structure incorporating a headwall and programme. This will ensure consistency in the approach and Project hand rails etc at a major roadway or intersection. appearance of waterway signage. Funding will be spent by June 30 2007, however this will not complete all waterways in the Boards $20,000 area. The City Environment Group will be submitting this project for consideration regarding 2007/08 Project Funding Proposals to continue the programme.

22. Opportunity to promote Garden City image and install an annual Contract has been let to prepare the planting bed. Work will be bedding display at the corner of Memorial and Roydvale Ave. undertaken in conjunction with roadway improvement works to the Memorial intersection. At this stage work is programmed to commence in Ave/Roydvale March 2007 to form up the planting bed with planting will follow on Colour Planting after that to provide a winter/spring bedding display.

$15,000

North West Mentoring Interim report to the Community Board January 2007

The last 6 months have seen many exciting developments at North West Mentoring. The project is spreading into other areas of Christchurch - Shirley community and . At the same time, the trust has begun affiliating with Big Brother Big Sister New Zealand. These developments came about after the completion of the board's strategic plan until 2009. The plan outlined the trust's intention to consolidate its activities and to develop and grow the programme. The development into Shirley and Phillipstown has necessitated the employment of another NWMT affiliates with Big half time coordinator. The new coordinator, Fleur Hope, will take Brother Big Sister NZ up her position in February. Obviously the development of the project has associated increased costs. The trust board has continued to diversify its funding base as planned. Whereas the Community Board contributed 80% of the 2004-5 budget, the Board now contributes around 30%.

A vital advance in 2006 was the establishment of a national youth work development project called Scope. It looks to provide accountability, professionalism and best practise to youth work agencies. On behalf of this project, our Co-ordinator researched and defined best practise for mentoring projects. This has been invaluable in evaluating the efficacy of our programme. The comparisons between this best practise set and our programme have been encouraging and have suggested only a few minor changes. Our programme will be fully evaluated by Scope staff in March 2007.

Meanwhile, the mentoring has continued this year at Cobham, Breens, Aorangi and in the local community (as well as supporting youth work students to mentor in Manning Intermediate as part of their practicum). 35 young people have benefited from having a mentor. One of the strengths of the project is the longevity of service from our mentors. The mentors clearly enjoy the mentoring experience, undertaking

The first mentoring relationship at activities like mountain biking, baking, making puppets, dolls, Aorangi Primary models as well as playing sports and games together. A full report on the 2006 year will be available in February and will be sent to the Community Board. Here is some of the feedback from the past six months from the mentored children:

¾ I’ve changed attitude-wise. Before I started this, my attitude was really bad but since I’ve been with my mentor I can talk through things and how I feel. ¾ My mentor is funny – he does funny voices – he does Yoda. ¾ He’s good fun, he’s a good listener and he’s got some good ideas. ¾ You can tell he puts a lot into the mentoring. You can tell that he’s not just on some programme and just going with it. ¾ I’ve tried to convince my mentor to become vegetarian but it didn’t work.

Parents said: ¾ We are very happy with the mentoring programme. Caleb can be up and down for a variety of reasons but since he started working with his mentor he seems to have been pretty settled. It’s really good that he has got someone to talk to at school.

¾ My child has been more settled at home since they have been seeing their mentor, less in your face. Its going really great – we really appreciate what the mentor is doing.

North West Mentoring has now been improving the lives of local young people for 3 years and has only done so through the ongoing support of the Fendalton Waimairi Community Board. Together we have assisted to decrease the poverty of experience that is a reality for many of our young people. One adult volunteering one hour a week to support one young person makes school a better experience for the child and helps to improve their confidence, setting them up to be healthier citizens in the future. Thank you on behalf of our trust for your support

Matthew Button North West Mentoring Coordinator

I would like to take this opportunity to give thanks to Fendalton/ Waimairi Board for the support we got since the very beginning of our work. Any success we achieve is partially attributed to your support. The following is a glimpse of achievements over the last 6 month due to a hard work from our side alongside with your support to make it happen.

Also I would like to give special thanks for Maryanne Lomax for the continuous advice and encouragement she gave for us as well as every community group.

Highlight of the Ethnic programmes - YFC Christchurch

Youth Forever Club: Focusing on new and settled migrants and refugee from the Arabic speaking communities. Activities in the last 6 month included:

1. Cultural Media Centre: provided more than 80 families with - cultural related – Audio visual materials. These materials include news, movies, magazines, books, video tapes, CDs and DVDs. These materials help families and individuals not to lose connection to their own cultural.

2. Christmas camp: where 40 of parents and young people met with friends from the same community in Rotorua, over the Christmas and he New Year time.

3. Friendship Club: we provided Oriental Music lessons for some 14 students including Kiwi musicians who are interested in Middle East music. We also organized a weekly open club for Middle East music where interested people enjoyed the Arabic Music with Coffee and Tea.

4. Resettlement assistance: Youth Forever Club provided resettlement assistance for 9 new migrants’ families over the last 6 months, where temporary accommodation and settlement guidance is provided.

5. Job search assistance: Over the last 6 months, we assist 11 job seekers to get jobs through different agencies like: Office of Chamber of Commerce, PEETO and other agencies.

6. Volunteer training: a monthly training session is organized for volunteers for better service providing, besides the weekly supervision meeting.

7. Summer club: Over the summer holidays we had indoor activates for over 40 kids. Kids are divided in different groups according to their interests in art, drama and music. 8. Mentoring and counseling: On a continuous base, we provide advice, mentoring and counseling for parents and young people in different issues.

Campus Life Club: Focusing on Korean high schoolers. More than 400 young people joined different activities over the last 6 months. Activities include:

1. Soccer Club: A weekly competition between different schools’ teams is organized. Teams were including young people from different Ethnic groups. These competitions are designed to build strong relationship between young people regardless of their cultural background that leads to strong integration.

2. Book Reading Club: A full library was available for young people to come and read to share experiences.

3. Filming and Drama Club: where 62 young people are divided into groups to produce creative pieces of movies or drama.

4. Camps: 3 camps are organized over the last 6 months. One of them was in Queens Town with some churches. And other 2 local camps.

Kiwi Eagles Club: Focusing on African migrants and refugee. It is a new initiative, where the coordinator doing a great job among groups of different tribes who meet on one table for the first time here in NZ (Like Ethiopians together with Eritrean. It is a big challenge for most of them. Activities include:

1. Working alongside with the refugee and migrant service (RMS) to support new refugees. Over the last 6 month we supported 5 new families.

2. Monthly meeting for families to establish a strong base of friendship.

3. Family camp in Wellington over Christmas time where 6 members from Christchurch joined it.

4. Advocacy and counseling assistance: the office is ready daily to receive any young person or parents seeking advice or help.