Just to keep the timelines right - nek minit..............................
Around the time that Jeannie left us, we found the perfect venue for our classes. 
We hunted for months to come up with a space that we could use, one that we could afford and one that gave us all we needed in terms of security, access to the internet and a  good central location that people could get to. 
The first hurdle came when we found the space and the price was nearly there for us, but it was still just that little bit high - we'd come from a community partnership with the Salvation Army rooms where the costs were minimal and here we were trying to fit into the current rental market in Westport - not easy, to say the least.  The first rescue came in the form of Holcim, who kindly granted us enough to get us in and up and running and keep us there until the end of the year, we're okay for 2014!
Massive thanks to Holcim for their support.

The awesome Kerry from WestREAP's Hokitika Administration team and Cheryl the ACE Co-ordinator spent a day unpacking the learning suite that Jeannie had packed away in December and setting up our new room.

Then the drama's unfolded!  We had no phones or internet lines connected.............we couldn't set up the office because no-one wanted to delve into the job of connecting everything for us.....people didn't have the time or there was a demarkation line they couldn't cross from Telecom lines into those put together by private contractors.  In the end, Buller Electricity came to the rescue............Bruce and his team worked through the night to get us up and running again and the very kind management of Buller Electricity donated their time to the community who are going to be using the centre.  We have a waiting list for Westport programmes and we're very grateful to Buller Electricity for giving us this support for our families!

You can find us at Unit 3, 187 Palmerston Street, Westport. 

Right opposite the New World Supermarket and behind Moore Flowers.  We have one of our community partners, Te Ara Mahi nearby in the front unit and we are soon to be joined by another organisation on the other side of us.  It's going to be all go in that little space, soon to be the space to go for learning opportunities!