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Community Connect

ISSUE 6 • MARCH 2009

E-news from Family and Community Services

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In this issue:

  1. Te Anau Heartlands has immigration success
    The town of Te Anau lies nestled in the heart of Fiordland. Lakes, mountains and the Milford Sound characterise this beautiful place, but it is also at least a two hour drive to the closest town.
  2. PAFT makes a difference
    The Parent As First Teacher's programme, (PAFT), philosophy that parents are their children's first and most important teachers is reaping rewards.
  3. MSD computers put to good use in Cook Islands
    Forty-four "retired" computers provided by the Ministry of Social Development will be used by the Cook Islands government in delivering its services to beneficiaries, children, youth and older people.
  4. Results Based Accountability reaps rewards in Hawkes Bay
    When Pam McCann made the move from Child, Youth and Family Services to managing Family Works Hawkes Bay, she wanted to find a way of better expressing what they were trying to achieve and what a difference they were making.
  5. Fund supports innovative positive parenting
    Do you share our vision of positive parenting? Are you an innovator within your community? If so, now is your chance to apply for funding from Round 10 of the Strategies with Kids – Information for Parents (SKIP) Local Initiatives Fund (LIF).
  6. Franklin Family Support opening a new office
    Franklin Family Support Services will open a Waiuku Office in March. The organisation has been operating in Pukekohe for 27 years and employs 12 staff and has 60 volunteers.
  7. Community Link Approach Builds on Heartland Services
    Helping people access the services they need is the focus of two initiatives offered by the Ministry of Social Development – Heartlands Services and Community Link.
  8. Community Action Fund Round Four now open
    Applications are invited for the fourth round of the Campaign for Action on Family Violence's Community Action Fund (CAF). CAF has funded 97 community projects since the Campaign began.
  9. Planning for success
    Horowhenua is the latest district to use Local Services Mapping (LSM), a community-based planning process, to identify ways to improve the effectiveness of social services in its communities.
  10. Twenty parent volunteers offer to become teen parent mentors
    As a result of the Auckland Women's Centre's Local Initiatives Fund (LIF) from SKIP, 20 parents have volunteered to become mentors to teen parents.
  11. Tough guys promote love and respect
    They look tough but their message is of love and respect. Super Maori Fullas Roger, Jack, Mathew and Mervyn Rawiri, are riding against family violence on their Harley Davidson's during February.
  12. Whānau Christmas event celebrates family
    Television personalities Nicola Kawana, Jude Dobson and Kiel McNaughton joined thousands of families for a free day of entertainment in Auckland, celebrating Whānau Christmas. The event was supported by the Campaign for Action on Family Violence.
  13. DVD provides voice for teens
    Young people's relationships with parents are the subject of a new DVD jointly developed by SKIP and the Ministry of Youth Development.
  14. Not-for- profit annual pay survey helps set pay expectations
    The annual Survey of Remuneration in the Not for Profit Sector, conducted by remuneration specialists Strategic Pay Limited, is currently underway.
  15. What's happening in the community
 
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