Blogs and Some News
The latest news and information from the social sector.
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. ...
Tauranga Moana Waitangi Day Festival 2021
Tauranga Moana Waitangi Day Festival 2021 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, from 10AM to 4PM Free @ 17th Ave, Historic Village, Tauranga Te Kohinga Reconciliation Network will staff a Treaty/History information marquee and host workshops in the Village Theatre focusing on these...
Orientation Pack
Orientation Pack Everything you ever wanted to know about the social sector in the Western BOP.
Child Poverty Monitor Report 2021
This report uses a variety of data sources to measure indicators and impacts of poverty for households with children, covering the period to June 2019. Read the full report here.
Exemptions for the use of face masks
As you may be aware from today the use of masks or face coverings are mandatory for: • people travelling on public transport services in, into and out of the Auckland region (except for children under 12 years of age and a person who has a medical condition that...
Moving Practice Online plus a few more words
Knowledge exchange for social service practitioners adapting to the Covid -19 context.
Put together by SSPA and University of Otago.