Wisdom and Wellbeing
Day: Wednesdays 10.30 am – 12 noon
Activity: Social morning for Seniors. Morning tea followed by guest speakers, activities and occasional outings
Hosted by: Renee Adie and volunteers
Cost: $4.00
All are welcome. Pick ups from home available and returned home afterwards
Contact: Renee 027 434 2595
W&W has been going for about 17 years, started up by our Social Worker Heather Evans. Around 2009 we changed the name from Seniors Group to Wisdom and Wellbeing to reflect what the group was all about. The Group was set up for older people in the South Wairarapa who are feeling cut off from the community and their support networks.
Featherston Beautification Group
When: 3rd Monday of Month, 19:00-20:30
Cost: $2 Koha
Contact: Rhonda Jones 06 308 8445 featherston.b.g@gmail.com
We are a small group committed to making a difference in our town. Our aim is to beautify our town. To date, our projects include providing public benches in local parks and reserves, where we’ve also planted trees and maintain garden beds and planters on the main street which are not under the auspices of City Care. We have commissioned and installed 2 gateway signs at the entranceways to Featherston. Our future projects include additional gateway signs at State Highway 53 entrance to Featherston. We produce annual fundraising calendars to raise funds, we are grateful to the public for their support in purchasing these. Look out for us in our hi-viz vests with the Beautification Group logo!
Anyone interested in joining our group or finding out more information please contact us, we’d love to hear from you.
SW Branch of the Labour Party
When: 1st Thursday of the month, 7.00 - 8.00pm
Contact: Ken, 027 347 2891
Branches represent the interests of members at a local level.
To find out more about the NZ Labour Party visit www.labour.org.nz/party_resources
The South Wairarapa Community Network
When: Next meeting contact Marina at info@wcn.org.nz for details
Where: Featherston Community Centre
Contact: Dannii Sargent, 022 586 9528, South Wairarapa Community Network Co-ordinator, Dannii@wcn.org.nz
The Wairarapa Community Networks holds its South Wairarapa Community Network meetings at the Featherston Community Centre. The purpose of Community Network meetings is to bring together people who are working in and for the community.
Meetings are open, no need for an invitation just turn up. Typical attendance is around 20-25 representatives of community groups, local government, health, education, social service providers, community-development, schools, etc. Meetings connect people from grass-roots voluntary groups through to government agencies and are opportunities to connect with others interested in similar issues; hear about what’s happening and promote services/events etc in South Wairarapa; discuss ideas, current issues, projects of interest; share experience and expertise; and seek advice or support for your activities / projects. If you can’t make meetings but want to stay in the loop let Kara know – she will share the meeting notes with you.