Christchurch Community Development Centre

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Christchurch Community Development Centre
At the Christchurch Community Development Centre
we work with peoples skills and talents The
Jug is always half-full!
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Christchurch Community Development Centre

• Walker Street Hub Ltd
• a collaboration between
• Christchurch Small Business Enterprise Centre
  Ltd
• Christchurch Community Business Trust
• Just Dollars Trust
• Adult Reading Assistance Scheme
  (Christchurch) Inc
• Christchurch Budget Advisory Services Inc.

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Christchurch Community Development Centre

• Mission
• To establish a Community Centre where the public
  can access practical assistance, support and
  services that empowers them to engage in
  citizen-led and people-centred, personal and
  community and community economic development.

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Christchurch Community Development Centre

• Purpose
• To share assets, knowledge and resources to
  maximise the effectiveness and efficiency of
  participating agencies and the Christchurch
  Community Development Centre to maximise benefits
  to individuals, their families and their
  communities.

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Christchurch Community Development Centre
Community Development Institutional Welfare
Focus on ASSETS Focus on NEEDS
Builds from OPPORTUNITIES Responds to PROBLEMS
INVESTMENT Orientation CHARITY Orientation
Emphasis on ASSOCIATIONS Emphasis on AGENCIES
Focus on COMMUNITY Focus on INDIVIDUALS
Goal is EMPOWERMENT Goal is SERVICE
Power comes from RELATIONSHIPS Power comes from CREDENTIALS
PEOPLE are the answer PROGRAMS are the answer
People are CITIZENS People are CLIENTS
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Christchurch Community Development Centre

• Culture and Values
• Emphasizes Citizen Led initiatives
• Strengths Based
• Hotbed of Social Entrepreneurship
• Hotbed of Community Development Leadership
• Welcomes all people

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Christchurch Community Development Centre

• Core Services

Community Leadership
Social Entrepreneurship
Literacy Numeracy
Business Planning
Marketing
Financial planning
Report Writing
Bookkeeping
Proof Reading
Micro Finance
Accounting
NFP Management Skills
Small Business Support
Document Finishing
Library resources
Small Business Courses
Social Enterprise planning development
Budgeting
ASPIRE
Proposal Writing
Strategic Planning
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Christchurch Community Development Centre

• Facilities Available
• Training Meeting Rooms
• Data Projectors
• Interview Rooms
• Kitchenette
• Wireless Internet
• Photocopying Printing

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Christchurch Community Development Centre

• Benefits
• Engaged and Empowered Citizenship
• Increased Social Capital
• Local Investment in ideas, time, labour, skill,
  money
• Shared resources, skills and knowledge.
• Individual and Community Resilience
• Local businesses creating local jobs by doing
  local work and providing local services.

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Christchurch Community Development Centre

• We Invite You.

To share your talents, ideas assets enthusiasm
to build an economy in which people matter
To put your best foot forward to build a better
place for people to live, work and play
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Christchurch Community Development Centre
Contact david_at_csbec.org.nz 03 366 9978 or 021
415 873 WWW.csbec.org.nz
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a
single moment before starting to improve the
world. Anne Frank
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Christchurch Community Development Centre

• Facilities Available
• Training Meeting Rooms
• Data Projectors
• Interview Rooms
• Kitchenette
• Wireless Internet
• Photocopying Printing