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Community conservation and environmental groups are being given a boost to achieve their aims with the appointment of a regional facilitator to support and strengthen their efforts.
Sarah Churchouse, of Puhoi, will be assisting and encouraging collaboration between more than 40 different community groups in the Restore Rodney East (RRE) area, which runs from Mangawhai in the north down to Waiwera in the south.
RRE is an environmental initiative established earlier this year to help groups concerned with wildlife preservation, pest control and conservation, with funding from Rodney Local Board and Auckland Council. After an initial hui in June at Mahurangi College, convenors have been putting together a strategic plan, a key aspect of which was the appointment of a facilitator to support the diverse range of local groups and projects.
Sarah said she was thrilled to take on the role and was looking forward to connecting with the groups and helping them reach their potential, whether their focus was on trapping, weed control, stream restoration or wildlife preservation.
“As a long-term local to the area myself, I am passionate about my community, and finding pathways to how I can give back,” she said. “It gives me great pleasure to be able to now assist and support the groups within RRE, to reach their potential and achieve their goals.”
She said she would be encouraging collaboration and effectiveness by making available a wide spectrum of skills, experience, leverage and resources, although first few months would be spent getting to know groups and their needs.
Sarah Churchouse can be contacted by email at facilitator@rre.org.nz
The draft RRE strategic plan can be read here: https://infocouncil.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/Open/2021/11/RD_20211117_ATT_10660_EXCLUDED.PDF
