Bushcraft course helps beginners

Press, 23 October 1989, Page 14

Bushcraft course helps beginners

Those wanting to go on week-end tramps, but needing some practical know-how, will find the Canterbury Mountain Safety Committee’s Introductory Bushcraft course helpful. This will be on the week-end of November 18

and November 19, in the Nina Valley, Lewis Pass. Participants will learn about gear, food, camp sites, hygiene, fire lighting, map reading, route finding, river crossing, and first aid. The fee is $3O, which excludes food and transport. Numbers are limited to 35 and registrations close on November 3. Contact the Outdoor Recreation Centre in the Arts Centre for registration forms, or phone Julie Simpson at 327-646. Carers of the elderly

Caring for an elderly person and having an-

other job too can be very stressful. A workshop for employed people who are also carers will be held on Saturday, November 4 at the Presbyterian Support Services seminar room at 236 Hereford Street.

This will be an opportunity to look at the dilemmas of employed carers, to inform carers

of the ageing process and to offer support. The workshop, which runs from 10 a.m. until 3.30 p.m. costs $lO, which includes a light lunch. Numbers are limited to 20. For bookings and more details phone Anne Millar, Presbyterian Support’s community resource person at 665-472. ADARDS Ways of helping carers with behaviour associated with dementia is the topic of the public education meeting of the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Society this Thursday, October 26/ The speakers are Sally McPherson and Julie Shepherd, who have wide experience of caring for those with dementia. Questions will be welcome at this meeting, which runs from 1.30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Disabled Persons Centre, 314 Worcester Street. For more information phone ADARDS at 792590. After separation A workshop to explore and celebrate new beginnings after separation starts at Marriage Guidance on Tuesday, November 14. This will be particularly useful for those who have already completed some grief work, such as separation counselling.

The four-week course, in the evenings, will help participants to like and look after themselves, to explore the new choices in their lives and to feel

positive about forming new relationships. The cost is $25, and only 16 places can be offered. Phone Marriage Guidance at 668-805 for bookings or more details. P.A.I.N.Z. Barbara Morgan, a naturopath, will talk about naturopathy in the treatment of pain at an open meeting of Pain Action in New Zealand this Wednesday, October 25. This will be in room 114 of the Cranmer Centre at 7.30 p.m. A door charge of $1 will be made to non-members. On Thursday, October 26, P.A.I.N.Z. is holding a stall in Cathedral Square. Anyone with items to donate can leave them at the Cranmer Centre the night before, or bring them to the stall on the day. Otherwise phone the P.A.I.N.Z. centre at 660716 and they can be picked up. Any offers to help out at the stall would be appreciated. Wardrobe planning With clothes the prices they are, it’s easy to make expensive mistakes. Wardrobe planning can make the difference between dressing disaster and well co-ordinated clothes that offer lots of possibilities for different occasions. Shary Vargo and Carmel Bacon, colour consultants, are offering a wardrobe planning evening next Wednesday, November 1. This will be at the

Bishopdale Community Centre, from 7 p.m. until 9.30 p.m. The seminar will cover the basic survival wardrobe, colour confidence, 15 ways to tie scarves and how to avoid impulse buying. Tickets cost $l5 (which includes supper) and are available from Shary. Phone her at 480-585. Homeless youth Brother Bernard is in the front line providing help for disadvantaged and homeless young people in Christchurch. He will speak on these young people, some of them just children, at an open meeting this Thursday, October 26. This will be at the Crippled Children’s Society buildings, 27 Kilmarnock Street, Riccarton, at 7.45 p.m. All interested welcome. The talk will be preceded by the annual general meeting of the Disturbed Children’s Aid Movement. Hepatitis B Hepatitis B vaccinations are being offered to older children, students and adults in the Lincoln area this Saturday, October 28. This will be at the Lincoln Community Centre, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Follow-up shots will be given over the next few months. The cost is $lO per dose for the under-1 Is, and $l5 per dose for those older. The campaign has been organised by the Lincoln and Districts Community

Care Association and Smith Kline Biologicals.

For more information phone Dini van den Dorpe at 296-859, or Margaret Allan at 252-007. Social policy changes Social service agencies who care for children, young people, families and the aged will be interested in a talk on recent social policy changes this Wednesday, October 25. This will be given by M.P. Margaret Austin, at Presbyterian Support Services’ annual general meeting at 7.30 p.m. in Deans Hall, 245 Antigua Street. All welcome. Weight loss Sue Taylor is taking names for her next series of weight loss courses, using a many-sided approach that can be adapted to meet individual needs. She would like to start a class for men and for couples — but as usual, women are very welcome. Phone 852-123 for more details.

Templeton Hospital Dr Michael Cullen, the Minister of Social Welfare

and the Associate Minister of Health will speak at a meeting of parents, friends, and caregivers of Templeton Hospital, and Training School residents, this Wednesday, October 25. This will be at the Templeton Hospital Hall, at 7.30 p.m. All welcome. For more information phone Michael Bourke at 524-698. Mid-career assessment Another of the popular Mid-Career Assessment workshops to help people look at their jobs and lifestyle, will be held at Hagley High School on Friday, November 3, in the evening, and all day on the Saturday. The cost is $25. For more information phone the convener, Dr Bryan Gray at 559-872 and for enrolments phone 793090. Allergies Jackie Steincamp will talk on the role of nutrition in degenerative disease at the Allergy Awareness Society’s meeting this Wednesday, October 25. This will be at the Disabled Persons Centre, 314 Worcester Street, at 7.30 p.m. All welcome. Compiled by GLENYS WALKER Please send in items, at least a week before publication, to Glenys Walker, “Making It Happen,” Home and People Page,. “The Press,” Private Bag, Christchurch.