How to help not hinder a search in your neighbourhood

Community Centre Advocate from Tawa Community Centre

Why is the event happening?
Recent high profile searches in the Tawa, Linden and the northern suburbs have identified that there are many well intended spontaneous volunteers in the communities but very little resources that can enable these efforts to be positive and helpful to a search outcome for a missing person.

This meeting is going to change that! This meeting will bring together the community and develop ideas around scenario based situations on what the public can do safely, responsibly and would contribute in a meaningful way to future searches in their area. Resources and outcomes will be converted into fact sheets and made publicly available as a resource for Police and Land Search and Rescue in order to help guide others.

What this meeting is NOT
This meeting is NOT a venue for a Search Debrief. It is essential we keep the workshop focused and on track. This is about bringing the community together to pro-actively educate and generate useful information that looks to the future and help fellow concerned community members in having resources that genuinely help a search and practices that are safety focused.

Community Group Participation
Various community groups have been approached to help. Feedback has been identified a desire for static wall/window displays of their groups to be included at the event so the public is able to browse during supper and learn more about the organisations in their community. If you would like to have a display, please let me know.

Areas support is still required
If you would like to help we still need support for;
• pre-event distribution of event information and encouraging Tawa/Linden and the communities beyond to attend and contribute
• manning the welcome desk at the event
• covering the cost of workshop materials
• assisting group facilitators at the event to support Wellington LandSAR members
• post event - assistance with creating content/format for fact-sheets
• post event - assistance with graphic design skills to layout fact-sheets
Event Signup
Please indicate attendance on Facebook at: goo.gl... (Or follow this link)
Numbers are limited to 75 persons only

Event Flyer
A flyer is attached for your distribution.

Event Details:
Date: Thursday, 22 Nov 18
Time: 6:30pm
Venue: Tawa Community Centre Hall, 5 Cambridge St, Tawa