At Activate Physiotherapy we recognise the importance of community. Below are some of the community events and fundraisers that we have been involved in over the years.
STILL ME eXHIBITION
The STILL ME Exhibition in September 2019 was a great success! A huge thank you to everyone who supported this event.
Over $20,000 was raised through this event, which provided funding for Nelson men and women to receive rehabilitation following their cancer treatment. We also helped to raise greater awareness within the community of the availability and the need for specialist cancer rehabilitation.
STILL ME is an exhibition featuring large format photographic images printed on Japanese silk with accompanying video installations. It explores the journey from illness to wellness, re-found identity and body confidence following a cancer diagnosis. It is a reminder of our inner beauty and light that no disease can extinguish. An emotional reconciliation of body and soul - STILL ME!
STILL ME is a collaboration between Jose Gay Cano - photographer and artist, and Helen Nott, local physiotherapist and deliverer of cancer rehabilitation services through the PINC & STEEL Cancer Rehabilitation Charitable Trust.
The exhibition endeavors to empower and give voice to the women who will be sharing their images as part of their emotional healing, as well as to create a greater awareness within the community of the availability and need for specialist cancer rehabilitation.
The images enable the viewer to enter into a silent dialogue with the women portrayed as they are reminded that cancer is a disease that is not distinguished by age, ethnicity, gender or lifestyle and can affect anyone at any time.
RELAY FOR LIFE
For years our Activate Team has participated in the Cancer Society Relay For Life fundraiser. Through this event we join with our community to “celebrate/whakanui cancer survivors and carers; remember/maumaharatia loved ones lost to cancer; and fight back/tū atu by raising awareness and funds for the Cancer Society” - Relay for life.
Lily and Freesia Fundraiser
Each year, alongside the Nelson Haven Lioness Club Charitable Trust, we fundraise for the PINC & STEEL Next Steps programme by selling lily and freesia bulbs. This is a lovely way to give back to the community and enjoy beautiful flowers in your own garden.
