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Contact PL

Phone: 64 (3) 328 9243
Office: The Portal
54a Oxford Street  Lyttelton
Postal: PO Box 74 Lyttelton  8841
Email: office@lyttelton.net.nz
Map:
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Info: PL Info Sheet

Lyttelton Facebook

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Hotlines:

Lyttelton Timebank:
027 739 1832
Official Helpline:
0800 779997
Red Cross Person Enquiry:
0800 733 276
(+64 7 850 2199 Outside NZ)

Non-Emergency Enquiry:
0800 96 0133
Official Info:
http://canterburyearthquake.org.nz/
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Info/service map: eq.org.nz
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http://www.quakeescape.org.nz/
Nationwide Call For People To Wear Red & Black Friday Mar 4

Farmers Market

Lyttelton Farmers Market

 

Held every Saturday 10am - 1pm Lyttelton Main School

 

Earthquake Donation

Help Lyttelton by supporting

local events and initiatives

Use Paypal for creditcards

Follow this link to make a direct deposit and for further informatin about our appeal

lyttel-town blog

We write about Lyttelton and the people who live here after being at the epicentre of a devastating earthquake on 22nd February 2011.

lyttel-town.blogspot.com

Project Lyttelton - Our Story PDF

Our Story by Anneleise Hall

How did Project Lyttelton get started? How has it developed? What has made Project Lyttelton a model for others?

Find out here: Our Story explores the history and vision of Project Lyttelton (PL).

The achievements of PL in the past six years have been phenomenal. The organisation has embraced cutting-edge thinking to meet the challenges of a changing world. It is showing the way forward with community sustainability, using innovative methods to capture community imagination and help create a shared vision for the future.

Our Story author Anneleise Hall is a former reporter and sub-editor and was a board member of Project Lyttelton from 2004 to 2009. This story is written from a first-hand perspective and experience of PL and through interviews with key people. Download Our Story PDF (1.5MB)

Plenty to Share
Written by Lottie Harris   
Monday, 16 January 2012 08:33

Plenty to share logo

Public Event: 28th of January, 12 - 3 pm

Where: Lyttelton Pétanque Club

Are your veggies going ballistic on your garden?

Have you baked one too many cookies again?

Is your last years batch of preserves and pickles still crowding your cupboard?

Do you wonder what on earth to do with the pile of seeds you haven't managed to plant?

Do you LIKE TO SHARE?

Project Lyttelton is inviting you to be a part of the inaugural Plenty to Share barter market & street cuisine event. This is your chance to:

  • Bring, exchange and share your home-made and/or home-grown food goodies.
  • Come and nibble on delicious BBQ specialties, made for you from local ingredients by local chef Giulio.
  • Bring your T-shirt and get a very special screen print, right there, on the spot.

This will of course also be a marvelous opportunity to hang out with your friends or friends to be and enjoy live music presented by Gap Filler.

Everyone welcome!!!

 


 
Cooperatives Talk
Written by Lottie Harris   
Friday, 13 January 2012 07:36

Project Lyttelton invites you to join Cooperatives Talk.

We have invited a guest speaker Ramsey Margolis of the NZ Cooperatives Association to share his knowledge and experience with the people of the Harbour Basin.

This will be a chance for us all to get better acquainted with the nature, opportunities, distinctions and potential of cooperative enterprises; and also to learn why cooperatives are an important element when planning for a more resilient future.

This event coincides with the launch of the International Year of Co-operatives. This is an acknowledgment by the international community that co-operatives offer an alternative economic model of both financial viability and social responsibility.

The talk will be held on Tuesday, 24th of January, between 3: 30 -4:30 pm, at Naval Point Club in Lyttelton.

Find the event on Facebook

 
Join LIFT Library
Written by Lottie Harris   
Thursday, 19 January 2012 11:41

 

In Partnership with Living Economies, Project Lyttelton Launches the New LIFT Library.

Discover, learn, be inspired and grow your knowledge in the fields of Alternative Currencies, Transition, Sustainability, and Community Development...

Click the link to find out more about

the LIFT Library

 
Garage Sale Opens Thursday Afternoons
Written by Lottie Harris   
Thursday, 12 January 2012 10:53

garage sale sign 2Our weekly garage sale is now opening its doors on a Thursday afternoon from 2-4pm. We usually have a sorting session and are receiving so many goodies at the moment that we thought why not open up to the public to!

So head down (or up) to the garage sale at the Portal, 54a Oxford st, Lyttelton and grab some bargains....

Now open :

  • Thursday's 2-4pm
  • Saturday's 10-1pm

The Garage Sale: Fundraising for Lyttelton Harbour Community initiatives

Click here to read more about the sales

 
Transition towns the movie
Written by Lottie Harris   
Monday, 09 January 2012 13:58

We are part of a Transition film coming out of the UK - this clip is the trailer for the FREE prelaunch viewing we will be having at the Portal on Friday morning 3 February at 9.00am - yes - that early so we coincide with the viewing in the UK!

Click HERE to watch the movie trailer

 
Donations Making a Difference
Written by Lottie Harris   
Thursday, 15 December 2011 08:41

Some quick thinking from Project Lyttelton in February saw an appeal for funds for Lyttelton township gather momentum soon after the February 2011 earthquake. A PayPal fundraising button was added to our web site and some general information was given out to a wide network of people. Within days generous donors were sending money to Lyttelton.

Our community received $$46,571.17 from people from New Zealand and around the world. A sum of $15,506 was sent from the Matakaana Markets. Some of this money was used to pay for the performance structure for The Loon's MacBeth performance. Some of this is still to be spent on entertainment for the town.

 

The balance of the money, $31,065.70 has been distributed by our PL Earthquake Communty Fund Team, made up of representatives from Project Lyttelton, Lyttelton Mount Herbert Community Board, Community House, Lyttelton Harbour Business Association and Lyttelton Main School.

Click here to find out what has been achieved with the generous donations...

Read more...
 
Farewell sweet volcano - photographic exhibition comes to Lyttelton
Written by Lottie Harris   
Friday, 02 December 2011 10:45

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This exhibition has been funded by the Project Lyttelton Earthquake Fund. Click here to read more from the photographer Amelia de Roo

Read more...
 
Time Bank Twilight Celebration
Written by Lottie Harris   
Thursday, 01 December 2011 08:29

 

 



EVERYONE INVITED, EVERYTHING FREE!


DECEMBER 9TH, GRASSY FLAT (NEXT TO SCHOOL), 5-7 PM.

Find out what TimeBanking is all about by having fun and trading skills!

So far the line up includes:

  • Big Swapping area- bring your unwanted treasures and take home some new ones! Anything swapped- clothes, books, toys, trinkets, household items!
  • TEA-and TALK area
  • Shared food, BBQ
  • Have fun learning new skills: wool craft - knitting- tussi-mussi making
  • Brain-Buzz: -Timebank members will share their knowledge about Books- Money- Lyttelton CCC Masterplan- Co-Ops
  • Toddler-area with toys and paddle pool
  • Facepainting
  • Kids Games
  • Live Music
  • Yoga session


More activities confirmed daily!! See you there.......

 
Lyttelton Art Exhibition huge success
Written by Lottie Harris   
Monday, 21 November 2011 11:04

A message from the organisers:

 

Thank you for supporting our fundraising art exhibition last weekend! As some of you know first-hand, it was a huge success!!

Over the three days, the show was open, we had about 300 people coming through, with approximately 200 on the opening night.

31 art works were sold and we raised $4295 from which half goes to the artists and the other half to the Harbour Arts Collective!

For more photos and to read more about the event

Read more...
 
Community Garden Open Day
Written by Lottie Harris   
Thursday, 10 November 2011 09:53
Lyttelton Community Garden

Open Day

 

11am - 1pm

Saturday 12 November, followed by free BBQ

If you have not been before, here is your opportunity to discover the delights of the Community Garden.

Everyone is welcome, ‘how-to stations' will be set up around the garden on composting, seed sowing, pricking out seedlings, chicken care and more...

access via laneway between swimming pool and playground

Join us for an explore, a play, and for some yummy food...

 
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Being the change

Project Lyttelton is a non-profit grassroots organisation committed to building sustainable, connected community.

Through a range of innovative projects, PL is harnessing the power of community and fostering hope and inspiration to create a collective future. Our values-based approach is inclusive and participative - we recognise all people have intrinsic value.

Some of our projects include; supporting local food production, looking at ways to meet energy needs through innovative community-based solutions, minimising waste, creating opportunities for people to come together to play, share information and skills, the initiatives continue grow!.

The PL model is attracting interest both nationally and internationally and we are happy to share what we've learned.

Planning on visiting - Print off the Snakes & Ladders Walking Map to discover our historic town.

 

Map Of Lyttelton