RANDWICK PARK

“For those that don’t know Citycare Open Spaces actually subcontract a not-for-profit social enterprise in Randwick which is a suburb in Manurewa. The social enterprise is called Stepping Stones and they maintain all of the parks in Randwick on behalf of Citycare.

The work they do is edging, gardening, mowing and loose litter. The idea of Stepping Stones is to give local people, local jobs. Everyone who works for Stepping Stones lives in Randwick. This gives locals, local employment opportunities, which creates small stepping stones into employment. Since they have been a subcontractor for Citycare there have been success stories of people starting out at Stepping Stones to become a lawyer, primary school teacher and a drain layer.

The two people in the photographs is David and Andre who were gardening at the time of my visit and they take great pride in maintaining Randwick not only that but they had very positive personalities. Kudos to them, Dave Timms (Founder of Stepping Stones) and Francois Viljoen (Stepping Stones Manager). Keep up the great work.”