South Canterbury EcoCentre interest 2021

Match your skills with ECOCENTRE needs!

A survey to see how you could help us in Timaru & to register your interest.

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* 1. Would you like to see if your life skills match with any of our needs for volunteer help, through Friends of the EcoCentre, from summer 2021-2022?

Yes, I'll try this ten minute questionnaire now, or

I'd rather talk with someone - phone me please.

My telephone number is:

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* 2. If you are ‘Environmentally minded’, aware of sustainability issues such as climate change, water pollution, needs for waste minimisation and energy efficiency; where would you place yourself on a four-point scale from new learner to very experienced? PICK ONE, PLEASE:

I’m new to all this, everything to learn

I've got a basic grasp of issues, ready to learn more

I understand some detail, am ready for action

I'm ready and have some expertise to share (as below)

Topic(s)

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* 3. If you are ‘Community focused’ where are your main people-skills based? PICK A TOP CHOICE

Catering for events

celebrating/using Maori tikanga and kawa

Social media - confident user

focus on meeting basic needs e.g. shelter, food, winter warmth

managing charities

sharing eco-insights, practical home skills

teaching or training adults

Reception – greeting visitors

fund-raising

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Organic food? And other healthy, lower-impact foods? PICK ANY of your interests.

Growing fruit and veg at home

Agriculture that regenerates soils & protects waterways

Preserving and food storage methods

Understanding organic food production

Help make an educational garden at EcoCentre

Farm animal welfare

Another aspect of food?

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* 5. Are you a Crafts person? What have you experienced that might be shared with others through Creative group projects? PICK A TOP CHOICE

creating displays

weaving or creative fabrics

woodwork, turning or furniture making

painting and prints

Decorative metal work and welding

photography or video

music-making, performance

Other creative craft skill:

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* 6. Are you already a gardener, perhaps of Edibles? If so, do you have a grower’s experience to share on: PICK A TOP CHOICE

fruit growing

vegetable growing

making compost

permaculture design

NZ native plants

Lawns, borders and path maintenance

greenhouses

plant propagation, nursery experience

flowers (especially ones for dry areas)

none of these.

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* 7. Does Nature excite people that you know? e.g. Have you had experience of sharing Nature with children: PICK A TOP CHOICE

yes, as a parent

as a pre-school or kindergarten educator/helper

as a trained primary school teacher

as a trained secondary school teacher

as a kids club leader/helper

as a bird watcher, fisher or tramper

as a member of Forest & Bird or similar group

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* 8. Are you a Tradie - whether active or retired? PICK YOUR STRONGEST SKILLS

carpentry and house-building

plumbing and drainage

electrics or electronics

brick, paver or block-laying

road and path construction

engineering

Additional trade skill (or none):

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* 9. Do you already Re-use and repair? We seek help from people with experience in: PICK A TOP CHOICE

consumer electronics and computers

repairing or sharpening tools for garden or workshop

experience in a MenzShed

renovate and decorate furniture

sewing, to upcycle or re-fashion garments, cushions and curtains

repairing bicycles

None of these, but I have items needing repair!

Different interest/skill:

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* 10. Are you a scientist or engineer with an interest in Energy? Could you help us to: PICK A TOP CHOICE

monitor EcoCentre energy generation and use

research and maybe test-run consumer equipment/appliances

learn to advise households on potential energy efficiency improvements (e.g. by training as a Future Fit advisor)

none of these, but have other science skills:

What skill or specialism in science or engineering?

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* 11. Because volunteers come with many skills and abilities, we can’t have anticipated all the possibilities here using E.C.O.C.E.N.T.R.E to prompt those nine questions - so what else would you like to offer?+

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* 12. Your contact details please

First or preferred name

Family name

email address

postal address

telephone number, if not entered on first page

Which Social Media do you use?

Have a partner, friend or family interested alongside you?

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* 13. Your access to the EcoCentre (and Crow's Nest shop) at Shaw Street, Redruth. How would you most often travel there:

Electric vehicle (we will have EV chargers)

Other car, van or motorbike

Get a lift in another’s car

Cycle

Walk

MyWay bus (= door to door, pre- booked)

Not often visit, but could help from home, by phone and on-line

Any limits to ability, health or access that we'd need to know about, to make you welcome and safe?

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* 14. Rough estimate of time that you could potentially put in per month, volunteering for the EcoCentre (not a commitment, just an indicator):

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* 15. Finally, please rank how you might prefer to volunteer: MOVE THE MOST PREFERRED TO TOP

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* 16. Thankyou for getting this far - we are impressed. Anything else that we should have asked you?

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* 17. Please give us permission to store this information for internal use by Sustainable South Canterbury Trust and its EcoCentre manager, to help us welcome and work with volunteers. Information will not be shared outside the trust, for your privacy. No junk advertising involved.

Yes = OK to store this information securely for the Trust's internal use.

Conditional agreement = If I do not become a volunteer within 6 months the information must be deleted.

No = having completed the questionnaire, I don't think I'll be volunteering, so thankyou for reading my comments but do not store the information, apart from my name as a correspondent.

Thank you