Resilient communities
Covid 19: Grey Lynn Community Response 2020
We partnered with the Grey Lynn Farmers Market stallholders to deliver fresh food to 50 families the Auckland Women’s Refuge support. Community resilience and partnership in action. We applied for and received an MSD grant for COVID-19 Community Awareness and Preparedness to look after vulnerable people in our community and also support the local market…
Read MoreCovid Lockdown Photography Challenge
During the first Covid 19 ockdown, Grey Lynn 2030 hosted the “COVID-19 Lockdown Photography Challenge – Grey Lynn” Lockdown was something new to everyone. We wanted to create an opportunity that would allow people in our area to document this difficult, unusual and unique time. We invited Grey Lynners to take photos of their COVID-19…
Read MoreCovid: Applaud our Essential Workers
Grey Lynners were invited to join a worldwide initiative to thank our healthcare workers and essential services, and to show solidarity at this time. We highly respect the work our essential workers did for our people during the COVID-19 Alert Levels. To celebrate and show our appreciation for these dedicated members of our nation, Grey…
Read MoreCovid 19: Adopt your Street
Neighbours in our community looking out for each other during COVID-19. The “Adopt Your Street” initiative was set up by Grey Lynn 2030 in the week leading up to the first COVID-19 Lockdown as a way of keeping in contact with members of our community during this time. So, how did it work? We invited…
Read MoreGrey Lynn Finally fruit-fly free
The confirmation yesterday that Auckland is free of the Queensland fruit-fly is great news for the Grey Lynn Farmers Market and all produce retailers in the zone. The market is open with no retrictions every Sunday 9am – 12.30pm at the Grey Lynn Community Centre Media Release Auckland Council: Auckland free of Queensland fruit fly Grey…
Read MoreWant to see our community even more resilient, connected and vibrant?
At the end of June representatives from a wide range of Grey Lynn groups came together for an afternoon workshop to share ideas, brainstorm for Grey Lynn’s future and plan some actions. This is core to Grey Lynn 2030 as our name is about how we want Grey Lynn to be in the year 2030.…
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