Community Connect
Welcome to the seventh edition of Family and Community Services' e-newsletter.
ISSUE 7 • JULY 2009
E-news from Family and Community Services
In this issue:
The Government launched a fund in early May supporting social services to deliver real help to communities during the recession.
A new document has been published to help community-based organisations cope with health and business risks created by an influenza pandemic.
The recently published Hutt Valley Community Profile is more a springboard than a printed report.
The ChangeMakers Refugee Forum hosted an event to report on the success of the Settling In programme. It took place at the Wellington Multicultural Services Centre on 8 June.
Take the Time…Value Older People is the title of a new booklet about elder abuse, produced by the It's Not OK campaign and Age Concern.
Over sixty mothers celebrated being a 'mother' at a series of workshops held at three schools in Manurewa in early May 2009.
The international research firm Institute for Public Service Value will feature a New Zealand initiative in an upcoming research project.
The Otautau Districts Community Charitable Trust celebrated twenty-five years of service to the people of the Otautau on June 2009.
The 2009 New Zealand Diversity Forum takes place in Wellington on 23 – 24 August.
Forty-nine community projects have been funded through the It's Not OK campaign's Community Action Fund (CAF).
More than half a million dollars is going to be invested for the parents of pre-schoolers around the country, says the Minister for Social Development and Employment Paula Bennett.
A Wellington workshop, called Impact on Communities: Managing the Downturn Together was held last February 2009.
After 20 years of serving the people of Mangere from a small office in the town centre, Mangere Budgeting Services has shifted to a new location in June 2009.
Mayors from around New Zealand gathered in Waitakere in April to discuss ways they can help reduce and prevent family violence in their communities.
"What do you want your children to remember about you?" was the question for men at the Warehouse North Island Distribution Centre (DC) in South Auckland recently.
Three new members were welcomed to the Pacific Advisory Group at their 27 April meeting in Wellington.
Alfred Ngaro was awarded a Sir Peter Blake Emerging Leader Awardat a ceremony aboard HMNZS CANTERBURY on 26 June in Auckland.
Research by the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) called "Grassroots Voices" confirms that that when community and government organisations work together to provide an appropriate range or 'mosaic' of family support ...
The NGO Social Work Study Awards continues to support social workers in the community sector with applications now open for the 2010 awards programme.
DOVE Hawkes Bay, a member of the National Network of Stopping Violence Services, reports positive results for their men's programmes for stopping violence.
Manuwera Grassroots Parenting Programmes Makes a Difference
The recently completed 2009 Heartland Services customer satisfaction survey confirms the important role that Heartland Service Centres play in rural communities.
