Posts Tagged: Groote Schuur CID
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Aug 13, 2018
No CommentsGSCID celebrates Women’s Month
The GSCID, in partnership with LMRID and Mowbray SAPS, assembled hygiene packs for the matriculant girls at Thandokhulu High School in Mowbray. Eighty seven (87) girls received a hygiene pack filled with soap, sanitary towels, toothpaste, a toothbrush and deodorant. The joy and gratitude expressed by the recipients made this Women’s Month Initiative a huge...
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Oct 09, 2017
No CommentsGSCID/ LMRID Christmas Bucket Drive 2017
As the holiday season approaches, we appeal to all to spare a thought for those less fortunate by donating to our annual Christmas Bucket Drive. Beneficiaries of the GSCID/ LMRID Christmas Bucket Drive will be the homeless working on the Straatwerk programme within the GSCID/ LMRID precinct. Items that would be preferred are: peanut...
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Jul 15, 2017
No CommentsOperational Secretary promoted to Office Administrator
Congratulations to Monique Daniels who was recently promoted from Operational Secretary to Office Administrator. Monique has been working in the security division of the GSCID for close on six months where she was exposed to all the other departments of the GSCID. During this time she has become enthralled by the work and objectives of the...
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Apr 26, 2017
No CommentsGSCID collects grey water to give local trees new life
On Tuesday, 25 April, the GSCID team took to the Main Road armed with grey water they have been collecting to bring life back to the trees on the Main Road, in front of the GSCID offices, as well as in the UCT garden. After four weeks of collecting grey water from anyone willing to...
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Apr 13, 2017
No CommentsEaster Greetings
Wishing all our stakeholders, business partners and friends well over the Easter...
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Sep 20, 2016
No CommentsSay goodbye, criminals
There’s a new sense of security in the Mowbray area with The Little Mowbray Rosebank Improvement District (LMRID) launching its new 24-hour security patrol service last week. Marc Gammon, chairperson of the organisation, says this milestone is the culmination of an extensive three-year community participation process driven by volunteers from the community and which saw...
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Jul 01, 2016
No CommentsGSCID Winter Warmer Drive draws to a close
The GSCID Winter Warmer Drive has.ended with a total of 260 scarves collected over the two month period of the initiative driven by the GSCID’s Social Outreach Division under the guidance of Ingrid Frieslaar (GSCID Social Outreach Manager) aided by other GSCID staff and Chrysalis student interns. The GSCID would like to thank all the generous...
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May 31, 2016
No CommentsGSCID assists homeless to get their ID documentation
On a monthly basis the GSCID social outreach team, along with the help of Chrysalis students, assists homeless clients within the GSCID boundary, to apply for their ID. This past month the GSCID has helped three homeless clients to successfully obtain their IDs. This is just one of the many ways in which the GCSID...
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May 27, 2016
No CommentsGSCID and Spire Property Group work together to combat litter on Liesbeeck River Trail
Staff of the GSCID and the Spire Property Group teamed up recently to tackle the litter problem on the Liesbeeck River Trail behind Rondebosch Pick n Pay (Belmont Bridge). The Spire Property team put on their wellingtons and got busy cleaning up along the river bank and in the river, collecting all kinds of litter....
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Apr 20, 2016
No CommentsGSCID staff initiate a Winter Warmer Drive
It is that time of year again with winter almost upon us and we all know how very harsh the Cape winters can be. The GSCID staff have initiated a Winter Warmer Drive in aid of the homeless and are appealing for donations of wool and knitting needles to knit scarves. Donations of knitted scarves,...
