Aranui Handiscope

Aranui Handiscope A Voluntary Community Project which provides facilities for craftwork, recreation & companionship for all people with a disabitily and alone

Handiscope Centres provide facilities for craftwork, recreation and companionship for all persons. Centres are run by voluntary help, and meet once a week. ( not in school holidays )
Each centre is self supporting, raising funds by selling craft work to the local community. As well as craft work numerous other activities are encouraged and celebrations for special occasions. Handiscope has no pai

d staff, we keep costs to the minimum and enjoyment to the maximum. While primary for people aged 20 yrs upwards, age is no barrier to attend, everyone is welcome.

03/06/2026

Greetings everyone. Searching for our big birthday and found the video taken a few years ago. I hope you get to enjoy as much as l did, having a few tears of so many wonderful people we have lost over the years and to the many wonderful memories we have shared as a beautiful community group. Much laughter, tears of sadness and happiness. Be blessed to enjoy this day - with many blessings from myself = Julie ( I do not have rights to the music played ) I thank my son Chris Williams for helping me put this together πŸ€—β€οΈ

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02/06/2026

Celebrating our 10th year on Facebook,prior to starting our amazing group. Thank you for your continuing support family n friends , we could never have made it without you. πŸ™πŸ€—πŸŽ‰

Good evening family n friends, hope you had a great weekend πŸ€— once again some of our lovely volunteers n members were aw...
02/06/2026

Good evening family n friends, hope you had a great weekend πŸ€— once again some of our lovely volunteers n members were away due to health, which seems to be hitting so many people. We had a great day where some members made coasters which look great. You can check them out next week πŸ€— others relaxed doing a puzzle, knitted or word searches. All excited for our birthday next week. Looking forward to share so much next week. Have a wonderful week everyone n take care with the cooler weather.with blessings from the team

Good morning, Family and friends more of our memories from over the past 10 years, enjoy viewing
27/05/2026

Good morning, Family and friends more of our memories from over the past 10 years, enjoy viewing

Good evening family n friends.  Hope your all having a great week  n keeping warm.  We all had a lovely day yesterday, m...
27/05/2026

Good evening family n friends. Hope your all having a great week n keeping warm. We all had a lovely day yesterday, mindful so many away with bad flu's and we certainly wish them well. πŸ™ Our lovely members got into jewelry making and some wonderful items were created. πŸ€—others sewed, or knitted, did puzzles etc. we got to celebrate another birthday Tina Maree n she loved her flowers n gift. πŸŽ‚πŸ₯³πŸ₯³ We hope she has a wonderful day celebrating her special day . Next week we have our mini sales table n got some crafts being organized to make πŸ€— so until next week enjoy the long weekend n take care. Blessings from all the team

Good evening, Family and Friends let us go down memory lane again, remembering of past members and good times we have sh...
23/05/2026

Good evening, Family and Friends let us go down memory lane again, remembering of past members and good times we have shared together. Have a wonderful evening!

Good evening family n friends, certainly hoping you are all keeping well , with so many flu bugs about.  We had quite a ...
22/05/2026

Good evening family n friends, certainly hoping you are all keeping well , with so many flu bugs about. We had quite a few away on Tuesday due to health , so we wish our volunteers n members a fast and speedy recovery πŸ€—
The rest of the team , members n carers enjoyed bingo with wonderful little prizes , well done to all the winners πŸ˜„πŸ˜„πŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒ
We surprised one volunteer Glenys with a little gift for her 50th wedding Anniversary, which is actually today. So we wish you a very happy Anniversary 🍾πŸ₯‚πŸ’ž we hope you celebrate your special day as you want 😊 more photos from our memory lane will be put up again later, alot of chatter about these when we meet n discuss on a Tuesday. Have a wonderful weekend everyone, take care n blessings to all from all team πŸ˜ŠπŸ˜„

Memory Lane  -hello family n friends, remembering times together over the years 😍
16/05/2026

Memory Lane -hello family n friends, remembering times together over the years 😍

Down memory lane once again, a lovely range of photos and here we have quite a few who have now passed away πŸ₯². These lov...
13/05/2026

Down memory lane once again, a lovely range of photos and here we have quite a few who have now passed away πŸ₯². These lovely members are never forgotten. 😊 Enjoy our memory lane of photo

Good evening family n friends. A quieter day yesterday, bugs certainly keeping people home. So we wish them well.πŸ€— Our l...
13/05/2026

Good evening family n friends. A quieter day yesterday, bugs certainly keeping people home. So we wish them well.πŸ€— Our lovely members, carer's n volunteers had a very enjoyable afternoon with a range of activities, painting, knitting, jig saws, finished fridge magnets, and a few board games. Plus dear Goldie got to model a knitted coat made by piggy squares πŸ€—. We also got to celebrate an upcoming birthday πŸ₯³πŸ₯³ n two of the lovely members presented a card, gift n roses. And a round of happy birthday. Was very special indeed to see the happy smilesπŸ€— once again l be posting more older photos from our book of memories, so have a look. Until next week take great care of yourself n many blessings to all πŸ€—

Address

309 Breezes Road
Christchurch
8061

Opening Hours

1pm - 3pm

Telephone

3884184

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