Mary Potter Community Centre is run by the Little Company of Mary Christchurch, a Catholic religious order founded in Nottingham, England, in 1877, and Christchurch was the first city in New Zealand where its sisters settled. The centre is at 442 Durham Street North, St Albans. It hosts community centre talks, held on Mondays from 1.30 to 2.30 pm, on topics such as end-of-life care and personal stories. The Little Company of Mary Foundation provides affordable, warm and dry housing for independent people over 60. The centre's board members include a former Christchurch city councillor, a social work leader with long experience in community development and a corporate lawyer. Two other community centres are within a kilometre. CHERISH is 0.4 kilometres away and has no rating. St Albans Community Centre is 0.6 kilometres away and is rated 4.6 from 94 reviews.