Collaboration
Connecting organisations to work together to achieve greater impact.
Collaboration Services
- Facilitation
- Group Collaboration
- Meetings + Minutes Support
- Formalise Groups
- Networking Events
- Events + Project Management
- Collective Funding Applications
- Fundholding for collective groups
Frequently Asked Questions
How long can a group meet for?
- “Time-limited” – to complete an identified event or project
- Long term – an annual review will be completed to explore group purpose
- Short to medium term – a group may evolve and become permanent and self-governing
How often does a group meet?
The collective group will decide on how often to meet and how. This will be reviewed annually.
Collaboration and networking can strengthen inter-organisational relationships; present the opportunity to pool resources to support everyday mahi, or be the vehicle to start and sustain aspirational collective objectives.
What:
Collaboration between organisations can be supported by the Collaborative Practice Coordinator by:
- Bringing people together to gauge interest in a specific project or action
- Support groups to connect for longer terms or annual projects
- Organising and facilitating hui
- Taking hui notes and tracking tasks and actions to achieve desired outcomes
- The option to formalise collaborative groups to ensure groups work well together by developing a group vision and mission, strategic plan, work plan, Memorandum of Understanding or Terms of Reference.
- Networking events
- Event or project management
- Collective funding applications and reporting on behalf
- Fundholding on behalf of the collective group by SociaLink
Why?:
- Build new relationships and strengthen existing relationships that promote knowledge of the sector and available services between organisations
- Break down silos and promote working together to optimise impact in the community
- Develop and work towards shared outcomes that may not be possible otherwise
Who it’s for:
Any not-for-profit or for-purpose organisation operating in the Western Bay of Plenty.
Cost:
FREE
Charlotte Van Doorn
Collaborative Programme Lead
A true outside-of-the-box thinker, Charlotte supports groups in working collaboratively to achieve more than they could individually.
Click to view her bio.
Networking – they run hui…I find them really useful for staff to attend with other community organisations. We meet the organisations we work with but don’t ever get to meet [others]. Really useful for all staff to go to. Great way to learn about other organisations. They have guest speakers from local organisations. That has been really successful.
– Anonymous (Momentum Research & Evaluation)
Massive value. I don’t know what it was like before [SociaLink]. I imagine if they didn’t exist there would be a huge gap and a lot of duplicating services and not a lot of collaboration, and not a lot of upskilling, and not a lot of support when you need it.
– Anonymous (Momentum Research & Evaluation)