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Phone: 64 (3) 328 9243
Office: The Portal
54a Oxford Street  Lyttelton
Postal: PO Box 74 Lyttelton  8841
Email: office@lyttelton.net.nz
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Project Lyttelton is a registered charitable trust that has been working in and for the community for many years.

Project Lyttelton will engage the whole of the community in how best any funds are invested.

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If you feel moved to help us regenerate in a clean, green, sustainable, community focused way, then please donate to Lyttelton today.

After tragedy discussion amongst this resilient community has begun about using this chance to create something new, beyond rebuilding what we have lost. Imaginations are sparked and hearts are being focused on creating a sustainable, bright, better place, a Lyttelton of and for the future.

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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.

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Our funding team has been able to put these funds to great benefit for the Lyttelton Community. The projects that benefited from these fabulous donations are:

  • Community House received $1000 for its elderly food programme.
  • The Harbour Arts Collective was able to employ Trent Hiles to co-ordinate the response for Arts Initiatives in Lyttelton. $3200
  • The eARTHquake Therapy Initiative Chartitable Trust was also able to employ Michael Herman part time to develop their arts therapy programme $3954.24.
  • Pirates of Corsair Bay, a play that is scheduled for March 2012 will be able to employ creative people for school workshops getting children ready to be pirates for the play $2000
  • The Harbour Arts Collective was able to have a fundraising exhibition at the Tin Palace. $400. This was the first exhibition in Lyttelton in months.
  • We were able to donate $5000 to the Lyttelton Combined Schools Trust for   reproduction of an Earthquake edition of the Lyttelton Harbour Cookbook. This cookbook will be used as a vital fundraiser for the schools.
  • $1440 was donated to Lyttelton Main School so that several children were able to go away on camps, have some fun and be children again.
  • The Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre received $1000 for some leaflets for activities for summer $1000.
  • Amelia de Roo spent a large part of the year photographing Lyttelton recovering. We supported her with $900 to get her book published and an exhibition organised. Proceeds from the exhibition and book sales will be donated to Lyttelton's recovery.
  • "The Clinic" was given $800 for two free Lyttelton performances of their out door Eathquake Comedy "Hold Onto Your Horses". One performance happened on December 3rd and the second is scheduled for January 21st.
  • The Menz Shed received $100 for some track repair work.
  • The Loon's received $4800 to pay Kate Anastasiou to be a part time fundraiser so they can get their building back up and running again.
  • The Lyttelton Muso's Club received $1000 for the bands to play at the Lyttelton Christmas Party on December 16th.
  • The Grassy Market received $560 for a new gazebo plus also received an additional $1000 for sound equipment from our Mataakana entertainers funding.
  • Finally the Lyttelton Tennis Club received $5000 to re-fit the small club house and make that site an attractive community asset again.

On behalf of the Lyttelton Community this is a thank you to all those generous supporters who helped us. Your donations have made a big difference to this town and have enabled so many projects to get under way.

 

Currently all available funding has been distributed so further applications will be put on file in case more funding is given. Alternatively if you still need funding please contact Wendy Everingham at the Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre and she'll give you other options Ph 329 9093.
 
On 22nd February a violent 6.3 magnitude earthquake brought widespread destruction across Christchurch. Lyttelton was the epicentre of this devastation. Hundreds of homes, historic buildings, and virtually all businesses lie in ruin. Many have lost their livelihoods and still more are displaced, disorientated, or left grieving for the loss of a family member, friend or colleague. As the ground continues to rumble we focus on the now, on each other, taking small steps into an uncertain future.

As each day dawns the realisation of what we have lost sinks in a little more, but as each day dawns we also stand a little taller, together, and realise that the inspiration and strength of this community is not in its bricks and mortar but in its people, their passion and compassion, their energy and spirit and that has not been broken. Together we dare to look to the future.

Before 22nd February Lyttelton was an exciting vibrant little town, taking bold steps towards sustainability, exploring new ways to create and nurture community. Lyttelton had created an invaluable community radio, highly successful farmers market, thriving volunteer network and time bank, community garden, grow local co-operative, information centre and supportive local business network to mention but a few initiatives. All these are in jeopardy as a result of last week's earthquake.