{"id":7657,"date":"2021-07-20T12:56:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T00:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/?p=7657"},"modified":"2021-07-20T12:56:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T00:56:43","slug":"working-in-the-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/?p=7657","title":{"rendered":"Working in the community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;147px&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0Helping you help others<\/h2>\n<p>Our\u00a0 business purpose statement is to <strong>help our community by helping the organisations within it achieve their goals<\/strong>.\u00a0 We do that with IT that is reliable and more importantly, does the job they need to make them successful.<\/p>\n<p>Occasionally though, we step away from our keyboards and put in some help for community organisations &#8216;in the field&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; min_height=&#8221;335px&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3>Time for a field trip!<\/h3>\n<p>To support this, every Kinetics colleague get one paid day a year to not come to work. Instead we ask that they find a project that resonates for them.\u00a0 Sometimes its collecting donations for charity, or supporting a community BBQ.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, two of our colleagues joined with friends from a couple of clients; Attenti and Te Whangai, to support a project restoring the bush around Lake Pupuke.\u00a0 Our colleagues were asked to help clear weeds and scrubs ready for replanting.<\/p>\n<p>Te Whangai are well worth checking out &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/tewhangai.org\/\">Te Whangai Trust \u2013 Work &amp; Life Skills Self Development<\/a> &#8211; they do amazing work to assist people get into the workforce &#8211; people that would otherwise find their background, or have other challenges that might normally make this impossible.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/LakePupuke-scaled.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_text=&#8221;LakePupuke&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;41px&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; min_height=&#8221;14px&#8221; transform_translate=&#8221;9px|-23px&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>A huge thanks to colleagues Garreth Keet and Matt Paterson who went out and lent a hand to the team to make this particular project a success.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Helping you help others Our\u00a0 business purpose statement is to help our community by helping the organisations within it achieve their goals.\u00a0 We do that with IT that is reliable and more importantly, does the job they need to make them successful. 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