October and onwards

There may not have been any posts here for a while, but we have had plenty going on in our Wanganui CIH project. Our new Community Partnership Fund agreement for Wanganui CIH Phase 2 was signed off this week. This means we can now get stuck into getting the show on the road.

Adult Learners Week/He Tangata Matāuranga, 7-13 September was a biggie for us with a wonderful celebration for Wanganui’s adult learners providers and learners in Whanganui UCOL’s Atrium. We heard inspiring stories from several learners and a presentation from our special guest, Gordon Dryden about his new book UNLIMTED – The new learning revolution.
Click here to see Mark Brimblecombe’s photos from the celebration
Click here to see scans of our newspaper coverage.

Wanganui’s eDay 2009 was held on 12 September. It was our 3rd year and we collected 27 tonnes of eWaste this time. This is nearly 100 tonnes over the last 3 years (27 + 41+25), a significant achievement for Wanganui to make the environment safer. We had more than 500 cars dropping off eWaste at the Wanganui Racecourse. Over 60 wonderful volunteers generously helped make it the best run event yet.
Click here to see photos
Click here to visit the eDay website

Our new Stepping UP programme is going really well. We have had more than 220 learners sign up so far and expect over 200 will receive their completion certificates by the end of this year. We were pleased to host Belinda Gorman, Community Affairs Manager for Microsoft NZ and Di Das, National CIH Coordinator; who visited us for our ALW/HTM celebration on 9 and 10 September.

Thanks again to Sasha and Sally-Jane at Whanganui UCOL for organising our Second Newsletter. Click here to view