Newsletters:
Our newsletter goes out to our members every fortnight
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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:
Volunteer Bay of Plenty to close its doors
After 17 years of dedicated service to the volunteering sector and local communities, Volunteering Bay of Plenty will be closing as a registered non-profit charity, acting Chair Berenice Langson said. “Unfortunately, Covid has made its impact in various ways, and it...
Democracy and co-governance are not mutually exclusive – Liz Davies
One of the main concerns people seem to have about Three Waters and health system reforms is a perception that democracy is denied in co-governance with Māori. Concerns seem to be driven by what some of us think we might lose, rather than what we might gain. It seems...
TECT funding boost for Community Insights
TECT funding will allow SociaLink’s Community Insights to support Western Bay of Plenty community organisations with useful data for another two years. The website, www.communityinsights.org.nz, provides Western Bay of Plenty community organisations with up-to-date...
What is fuelling the racist backlash?
The introduction of co-governance as part of the Three Waters reform and the establishment of a new national Māori Health Authority seems to have created a noticeable racial backlash, whether it’s due to opposition to co-governance or, at its worst, expressed as...
SociaLink meets with Minister
SociaLink Western Bay of Plenty met with the Minister of the Community and Voluntary Sector Priyancha Radhakrishnan, who was promoted to Cabinet this week.They also met with Minister of Women and Internal Affairs Jan Tinetti who is also Associate Minister of Education...
Matariki
Are you, like us, looking forward to Aotearoa’s new Matariki holiday (on Friday 24 June)? The stars of Matariki will reappear in the morning skies of Tauranga Moana at the end of this week, signalling the start of an important time in the traditional Māori calendar....
SociaLink launches website to share social agencies’ data
Liz Flaherty and SociaLink Policy Advisor Liz Stewart check out the dashboard SociaLink has launched a new website this week which makes evidence-based information available for community groups about the communities they serve and the social issues they are facing. ...
Budget not enough to fix child poverty
While the Government made some good changes in last week’s Budget, it’s just not enough to make a real difference to child poverty in New Zealand, Tauranga social agencies heard this week. The Western Bay of Plenty branch of the Child Poverty Action Group, supported...
Social agencies discuss effect of Budget on child poverty
What does the Budget mean for the local social sector, and children living in poverty in New Zealand? The Western Bay of Plenty branch of the Child Poverty Action Group supported by SociaLink are hosting a discussion on May 24 for social agencies to hear the national...
New Organisational Advisor for SociaLink
Christa George is the new Organisational Advisor for SociaLink. SociaLink is the umbrella organisation for social agencies and charities in the Bay of Plenty. Christa has more than 25 years’ experience working in executive management teams across the education and...
Media Releases – how to…
How do I write a media release so the media will actually use it? Is there a structure? Yes there's a structure - include who, what, when, where, why. Start with the most important thing, which is what the release is about. You may be running an event so start with...
Commissioners meet with social agencies
Tauranga city commissioners met with social agencies this week to discuss the Long Term Plan and Annual Plan for the city. The meeting was organised by SociaLink, the umbrella agency for social agencies in the Western Bay, and was focused on community needs for the...