Collaboration
Partnering to Prosper fund open again
Local funders, councils, and SociaLink invite community organisations to explore partnerships and collaboration across the Western Bay of Plenty. Submit your ideas and innovate together.
Ā MATOU MAHI | WHAT WE DO
We offer a wide range of free or highly subsidised services for community organisations, social service providers, hapori Māori, and local networks to support their journey and help achieve their goals.
Key services we offer:
- Learning Opportunities
- Organisational + Funding Advice
- Information
- Access to Research + Data
- Sourcing Volunteers
Community Members
1000
+
Organisations Supported
100
+
Training Sessions
100
+
Community Collaboration
1
+ yrs
Ā MĀTOU RATONGA | OUR SERVICES
Free or subsidised support services
COLLABORATION
Connecting organisations to work together to achieve greater impact.
DATA PROJECTS
Helping organisations to gain confidence with data - to collect, analyse and report on their own information and to use external data resources. Data can help demonstrate impact. Service provided by Community Insights - a division of SociaLink.
DISCOUNTS
Business Heroes Directory is a list of businesses that offer support and/or discounts to for-purpose and not-for-profit organisations.
MENTORING
A 6 month programme where new or aspiring leaders are matched with experienced.
ORGANISATIONAL ADVICE
Advisors available to provide one-on-one support for all aspects of the running of your organisation, including governance.
COMMUNITY INSIGHTS
Assisting with collecting and collating data across the sector for community benefit.
NETWORKING
Events and forums to support organisations to connect, learn from each other and grow together.
OPERATIONS (OFFICE) SUPPORT
A highly subsidised support service from a senior operational manager to help with various organisational needs like projects, administration, systems, marketing + websites, policies and more. Purchased in blocks of 20 hours so there's no ongoing commitment.
VOLUNTEERING SERVICES
Assist community organisations to recruit and retain volunteers as well as encourage and promote volunteering.
RESEARCH
Undertake and provide access to research relevant to community and social service providers.
RESOURCES
DIY tools including templates, guides, videos and links to other great resources.
TRAINING + WORKSHOPS
Professional development training and workshops to learn and develop skills.
AND MORE
Our goal is to support the social sector and community organisations. We offer a wide variety of resources. Where there is a gap we are here to help connect the dots or develop needed resources. Contact us for more.
COWORKING SPACE
Managed by SociaLink, The Kollective co-working space is dedicated to the success of for-purpose, social enterprise and charitable organistions.
FINANCIALS + FUNDING
Support for all aspects of an organisation's finances and help with funding applications.
ADVOCACY
Prepare submissions and advocate on issues relevant to the social sector locally and nationally.
KAUPAPA MĀORI - WHAKAMANA TANGATA
Dedicated Kaimahi supporting hapori Māori to strengthen capability and capacity to access funding and achieve their goals.
PITOPITO KŌRERO | COMMUNITY HIGHLIGHTS
Check out our latest news, events and happenings in our community.
Advocacy
Where there’s smoke, there’s…Advocacy
SociaLink has been busy advocating for the Western Bay’s social and community sector. In the first two months of the year alone, the team prepared five major submissions on new legislation and policy changes, championing community voice, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and fair outcomes for the communities we serve.
Member Newsletter
SociaLink Sector Update – 4 Mar 2026
AI Is Here – Let’s Get Learning!
Training
Website Info & Resources
Mentoring closing soon
Business Heroes Directory story
Ka kite anō Christa
Nau mai haere mai Ani
Mental health providers hui
Cultural Induction
Running Meetings That Matter
Council Funding
Suicide Prevention Funding
Workforce Futures Funding
Women’s Day Screening
Multicultural Festival
Volunteer Hop Waihi Beach
Social Enterprise Support
Committee/Board Roles
Equal Pay Amendment
Founders of Fundsorter
AROTAKENGA | REVIEWS
Read what some of the organisations we’ve worked with have to say about our team and services.
They are really connected to the social sector, and understand the needs and wants of various organisations, and that varies so much from very, very small organisations to bigger operations.
COLAB recently worked with Jana to change over our systems. All her information and training was easy to follow and clear to understand. She was easy to get a hold of if we had an issues or questions. It was a pleasure to work with her.
Thank you for doing an amazing job. We appreciated all your hard work.
Often, I’m thinking, ‘it would be great to get some training in this area’ and then, within a month, there’s something that
[SociaLink is offering that] is bang on to what we are needing or looking for.
You always have excellent answers 😃
Thanks so much for these links - these have given me some fresh inspiration for the policies.
They know the road map for success, so they help you from – establishing a new organisation – they have the resources, templates. They can educate you with the processes, how to engage with charity services and with funders, can help introduce you to funders, help you with governance. I feel like they hold my hand and walk me through it.
SociaLink Office Support is great! It saved our organisation both time and money...the service is far more than admin support. We had tech issues that we had been struggling with for months that Jana solved in a matter of hours.
A++
There is no one else that could have provided the ‘one stop shop’ like SociaLink. You know the links that you have for mountain climbing – you have those links that you use? I see that as who SociaLink is like – the links that help you get up the mountain.
Thanks for putting together your fortnightly newsletter - it's always an interesting and helpful read!
They curate really relevant stuff for us and that curation of expertise is really relevant – instead of us wading through the
masses of information and finding things that aren’t quite relevant.
It’s so reassuring to know I can discuss these topics with someone as knowledgeable as you. You will have saved me countless hours of time and stress, ensuring that Pyes Pa Hall is on the right path to governance success.
It’s so reassuring to know I can discuss these topics with someone as knowledgeable as you. You will have saved me countless hours of time and stress, ensuring that Pyes Pa Hall is on the right path to governance success.
NGĀ MIHI | THANKS TO OUR KEY FUNDERS
