Mary’s Staff Update It’s hard to believe this is the final update of the year with Christmas looming fast!  The last few weeks have been either super busy or a little quieter – no steady pace in the workshop! We have been applying reflective stickers to road signs for Fulton Hogan and putting together bags …
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Margaret’s Staff Update Hi everyone, This is my first update I’ve done since I’ve gone into semi-retirement: reducing my hours to just Fridays. This will drastically reduce how much I have to say. Not entirely a bad thing. Friday mornings I alternate between going to the garden and the Southern Centre. I’ll start with Garden …
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Mike’s Staff Update My name is Mike, and after starting at AJ’s in January I have now been there a little over 8 months – how time flies! As Lynne started a week before me, I am technically the newest staff member, though thankfully Jimmy K still calls Jacob the “newboy”. Being a fairly quiet …
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Lynne’s Update Hi, I Have been working at AJs for four months now, during this time I have been enjoying getting to know everybody and learning how AJ’s runs. Time at AJ’s has been flying by, the workroom has been bustling, with many people involved with work contracts from local businesses. It’s been an eyeopener …
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Julia-Grace Staff Update Hi everyone, Hope everyone is doing well despite the bugs going round and covid having a bit of a surge again in Christchurch. During the week I do a few FOCUS sessions, with the FOCUS program we do with the guys I do a few one-on-one sessions. The primary goals are normally …
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Bronte’s Staff Update: Kia Ora, I’m Bronte and I have been lucky enough to join the AJs family over the summer. I am in my final year studying sustainability and outdoor education at Ara and first started working with AJs for my adventure therapy paper, where I designed a programme for a small group from …
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