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Keeping On is published four times a year: February, May, August and November.

47,040 copies of Keeping On were printed and distributed throughout Christchurch and the South Island.

From May 2022 a digital version of Keeping On was available to read as a flipbook at www.ageconconcerncan.org with 240 online reads.

“Keeping On is a wonderful magazine and I always read it right through with much enjoyment. It is a credit to Age Concern Canterbury.” Keeping On readers.

Website and Facebook

Our Website was visited by 42,557 people, viewing 113,588 pages from 53,399 sessions.

We currently have 1,368 followers on our Facebook page and this is growing daily, with an increased focus on connecting with people via this medium. The average post has 1,054 readers with the most viewed post recieving 4,382 views. Posts about driving courses and scams are most often shared by other agencies.

Other Activities

Kahukura Kaumatua, a day programme for older Maori people will be held in the Birdlings Flat Community Centre, in partnership with Te Whatu Ora Waitaha, Ryman, and Nurse Maude.

Our Rainbow Group for older LGBTQI+ people been in place since October 2021.

Our Finances

Acknowledgements

Age Concern Canterbury wishes to acknowledge with thanks the financial assistance of:

Age Concern Canterbury Trust Estate of Margaret Olive Burns

Community Trust of Mid and Estate of Lorna Allen

South Canterbury Estate of James Massey Stewart Lutton

Christchurch City Council Estate of Dorothy Nancy Uttley

Margaret Burns Charitable Trust

Jones Foundation

Canterbury District Health Board Ministry of Health Ministry of Social Development