Newsletters:
Our newsletter goes out to our members every fortnight
Click below to view previous issues:
Wed November 20, 2024 – Does your organisation need some help in these uncertain times?
Wed November 6, 2024 – Collaboration, especially important in these tough times
Wed October 23, 2024 – Do you know what is meant by ‘Social Investment’?
Wed October 9, 2024 – The State of the Sector Report is out!
Wed September 25, 2024 – Training in Canva and more
Wed September 11, 2024 – Free Organisational Advisor time and other opportunities/updates
Wed August 28, 2024 – Events you won’t want to miss!
Wed August 14, 2024 – Lots of events to tell you about
Wed July 31, 2024 – Funding tips and more
Wed July 17, 2024 – Tell us about your funding changes, have your say!
Wed July 3, 2024 – Who are you going to vote for? This could help
Other News & Blogs:
Commissioners meet with social sector
Tauranga's residents have a sense of helplessness about the overwhelming growth of their city, commissioner Anne Tolley told social sector agencies on Thursday at The Kollective.The meeting was organised by The Kollective and SociaLink, the umbrella organisation for...
SociaLink to meet with city commissioners
Social agencies around the city will meet with Tauranga City Council’s commissioners next week to discuss the region’s social issues.The meeting has been organised by The Kollective and SociaLink, the umbrella organisation for social agencies and charities in the...
Helping social agencies find their way
SociaLink’s new Organisational Advisor Luke Wilson has a wealth of expertise to assist both new and existing social agencies to be as efficient and effective as possible.He comes from an extensive background in finance and accounting for both the public and private...
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...