Community View looks at groups, projects and community development

Sites added

localeye focuses on Fair Trade

MacLeod Claims Management
Chartered loss adjustors, marine surveyors, dispute resolution specialists. Core services - adjustment and management of insured losses, litigation support, dispute resolution and catastrophe management.

Hooray.co.nz
Online shopping site based in Christchurch. Local and imported electronic products, home decor, appliances, furniture, outdoor and garden items, tools, heavy duty industrial machines, leather and fur products.

Coffee?

Fair Trade Fortnight 29 April - 13 May focuses on Fair Trade, an alternative approach to conventional trade that seeks greater equity for producers and workers in the developing world. localeye looks at where to go to buy Fair Trade products in Canterbury.

News & Events

Supporting Fair Trade @ localeye

Montana Christchurch International Jazz Festival
24 - 30 April
Artists include Georgie Fame, James Morrison and Nathan Haines.

Wheels Week
6 - 14 May
Ashburton's 16th annual Wheels Week - Wheel Extravaganza is a hugely popular week
packed with a diverse variety of events themed around the wheel
.

Trade Aid has the motto of "Building just and sustainable communities through Fair Trade". Part of this involves utilising volunteers in their shops. 

For more opportunities see the localeye listing for volunteering.

To read past newsletters, see our archive
localeye Community View April 2006