Blogs and Some News
The latest news and information from the social sector.
Not for Profit Governance Forum with Institute of Directors, Bay of Plenty Branch
Do you have a trustee on your board interested in developing their governance understanding and commitment to best governance practice? A new series of quarterly luncheon forums have been established by Institute of Directors to support trustees and directors in their...
Shining a light on child poverty
A new Child Poverty Action Group is looking for people interested in taking action to help lift Western Bay of Plenty children out of poverty.The new Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG WBOP) is part of the national group whose vision is an Aotearoa where all children...
Council Long Term Plans
Bay of Plenty Regional Council Long Term Plan (LTP) Feedback due by 4pm 22 March 2021 see https://www.participate.boprc.govt.nz/ltp/submission-form Four main areas are being consulted on:...
Addressing the digital divide
Do you now of whānau that do not have a device and internet access? From a SociaLink led Covid lockdown survey, one of the community challenges identified was the lack of access to reliable devices and internet services for whānau. For those unable to access the use...
Funding Forum 2021
If you attended the Funding Forum on Thursday 4th March, then here are the slides and additional information. Please dont forget to fill out the evaluation survey here. You could be the lucky winner, if you are the 1st, 20th or 40th respondent. Bay Trust - Sam Cummins...
Social Sector Commissioning
Social Sector Commissioning As part of the government’s goal of improving how it works with social service providers, it is planning wide community consultation on Social Sector commissioning in the first half of this year. An official update was released in August...
Does Pay Equity Exist?
In our experience, most Not for Profit (NFP) organisations would agree that they strive to develop remuneration systems that are: Fair and equitable Defensible Transparent (some more than others) Affordable Achieving this in good times is a challenge and when the...
Funding secrets for social agencies
Not -for-profit agencies around the Western Bay of Plenty can learn the secrets to getting funding at a SociaLink session next week. SociaLink, the Western Bay umbrella group for social service providers and community organisations, is organising a seminar for...
Stop expecting nonprofits to merge. It’s annoying
An interesting point of view from the Nonprofit AF written by Vu Le, the former Executive Director of RVC, a nonprofit in Seattle that promotes social justice by developing leaders of color, strengthening organizations led by communities of color, and fostering...
What do auditors do to liven up the party?
They don’t turn up! By Ken Collings (Chartered Accountant and ex-auditor) There are heaps of jokes about auditors but when you want to get one it’s not so funny. First, they are hard to find and second, the fees can be pretty expensive, so why do we want an audit at...
How your IT system can deal with changes to the Privacy Act
The webinar on dealing with changes to the Privacy Act and your IT system was run on 28 January. This 55 minute webinar is available to everyone now. Thanks to Brendan Gray of AdviseIT. Contact Brendan at Brendan@adviseIT.co.nz
The Kollective – a resource for the community sector
It is timely at the start of 2021 for many organisations to think about office space, particularly given during lockdown in 2020 when many staff worked from home which has for many organisations continued, with staff working from home a lot more than pre-lockdown. ...