PUBLIC TALK

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

Our 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

Public Event: 28^th 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:

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!!!

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, 24^th of January, between 3: 30 -4:30 pm, at Naval Point Club in Lyttelton.

Find the event on Facebook

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.

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

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

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.......

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