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24 Sep 2023

VolCan's Selwyn Newcomers Volunteer Expo

This year, in conjunction with Selwyn District Council, we hosted our first ever Newcomers Volunteer Expo! We know that volunteering is a great way to meet people, make connections and gain valuable skills to help newcomers settle in. Our expo hosted a variety of Selwyn-based charity and not-for-profit groups to talk to locals about how they could join an awesome volunteer team. It was a fabulous afternoon - thanks to all who participated and made this event such a success! Special thanks to our volunteer helpers on the day - Mia, Georgia, Aisling, Lilly, Lucy, Rahil and Donia!

Two highschool students wearing yellow high-vis jackets, standing in front of the Volunteering Canterbury banner Lizzie Daly (Volunteering Canterbury Selwyn Outreach) standing with Nicola Grigg, National MP for Selwyn Three people behind a sewing machine, making Cuddle Hearts Two people sitting behind a table, with the Rolleston College flag Two adults and a baby sitting behind a table, with the Rolleston Rotary flag A person standing in front of a table, with the Selwyn Parenting Network banners Visitors to the Selwyn Newcomers Volunteer Expo Visitors to the Selwyn Newcomers Volunteer Expo
10 Sep 2023

VolCan at Selwyn CultureFest 2023!

We had great fun at this years' Selwyn CultureFest! Joined by volunteer students from the Southern Cross Language Institute, we encouraged youngsters to decorate Care Bags for the local Cancer Society. What a fantastic opportunity to talk to young and old about volunteering and all it's benefits.

The Volunteering Canterbury stand at CultureFest Selwyn, 2023. Two large banners, behind a table of brown paper bags & coloured pens, and volunteer students in high-vis vests Two young girls looking through the red Volunteering Canterbury frame, holding a decorated brown paper bag A young child holding a decorated brown paper bag Children decorating brown paper bags at the Volunteering Canterbury stall A father with his two young children, looking through the red Volunteering Canterbury frame, holding a decorated brown paper bag Volunteer students at Volunteering Cantebury's stall, inside the 2023 Selwyn CultureFest event A young boy looking through the red Volunteering Canterbury frame, holding a decorated brown paper bag
31 Aug 2023

2023 Annual General Meeting

They say a meeting without food should have been an email… so luckily for us our AGM was followed by some delicious nibbles! Thank you to all who came along to our Annnual General Meeting to look back over the year that’s been and celebrate what we have achieved together. It is inspiring to see what a difference we can make when we all work together. We were also very excited to be joined by a team of students from New Zealand Broadcasting School who have been working on a video campaign for us, to mark our upcoming 35th Anniversary. Stay tuned for more on that to follow!

People sitting around a table indoors, reading the 2023 Volunteering Canterbury Annual Report A table covered in nibbles, water glasses and the 2023 Volunteering Canterbury Annual Report
5 Aug 2023

Knit for Purpose: The Big Handover!

We were delighted to conclude our Knit for Purpose Micro-volunteering Project with The Big Handover! Thanks to the impressive work of many volunteers, we were able to gift 14 beautiful, handmade blankets to some very deserving community organisations, including Birthright Canterbury, The Nest Collective Christchurch and Age Concern Canterbury. These will be put to excellent use amongst the people and clients they support.
Thank you to all the many volunteers who contributed to the project - knitting, sewing, donating - you are all SUPER STARS!! Special mention to Mark Peters, City Councillor for Hornby Ward, who supported our project and presented the amazing volunteers with certificates of appreciation for all their knitting and sewing efforts.

Volunteering Canterbury banner, behind a table covered with folded blankets, wrapped in ribbons Councillor Mark Peters presenting a bundle of blankets to Katie Faithful, from Age Concern Canterbury Councillor Mark Peters presenting a bundle of blankets to Rhodora Sagles, from Birthright Canterbury Trust Councillor Mark Peters presenting a bundle of blankets to Glenis McNab, from The Nest Collective Christchurch Leanda, a volunteer knitter, recieving a Certificate of Appreciation Robyn, a volunteer knitter, receiving a Certificate of Appreciation Monique, a volunteer knitter, receiving a Certificate of Appreciation Cathrine, a volunteer knitter, receiving a Certificate of Appreciation
2 Aug 2023

Student Volunteer Expo 2023

Each year, our Student Volunteer Expo is run in partnership with the University of Canterbury and proves itself year after year as being something of interest and value both to the students and the organisations which take up the opportunity to attend. In 2023, we had 26 community organisations there to talk to students about getting involved on volunteer teams, and just over 300 students come through the expo!

Glenda Martin, her service dog Kobe, and Maia the Heart Kids Bear Mascot, at the Student Volunteer Expo A large room full of university students, talking with community organisation representatives about volunteering [A large room full of university students, talking with community organisation representatives about volunteering A large room full of university students, talking with community organisation representatives about volunteering