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Archive for November, 2013
Effectively Involving Men in Preventing Violence Against Women
Issues Paper 5, November 2013 Effectively involving men in preventing violence against women Garth Baker, BA (Social Anthropology), PGDipBusAdmin (Dispute Resolution). Violence prevention researcher and programme designer. “Engaging men and…
Give Me Shelter: A Report into New Zealand's Housing Assistance Policies
Give me shelter: An assessment of New Zealand’s housing assistance policies The Salvation Army, November 2013 This paper begins by explaining what housing subsidies are, providing an overview of housing…
Resilience, Change and the Third Sector" ANZTSR 2014 conference
12th Biennial Australian and New Zealand Third Sector Research Conference 18-20 November 2014, Otautahi/ Christchurch. As it recovers from one of the most destructive earthquakes to hit this part of…
Ka Whānau Mai Te Reo: Honouring Whānau Upholding Reo Māori
Written by Nicola Bright, Alex Barnes and Jessica Hutchings This study is part of an on-going project of revitalisating reo Māori (Māori language) within the schooling system, the home, and…
Inspiring Impact
Inspiring Impact is a UK-wide collaboration between eight organisations to make high quality impact measurement the norm for charities and social enterprises by 2022. The partnership includes organisations like National Council…
Investing In Our Nation’s Kids: Solutions to Child Poverty in New Zealand.
As New Zealanders we like to believe our country is a great place for children. Poverty is a real and widespread issue within New Zealand. As many as 25 percent…
Microvolunteering – Evidence of Impact
This report, Microvolunteering: Evidence of Impact, is based on the implementation of microvolunteering that Help From Home promotes. It is a roundup of the impact from microvolunteering that participating organisations…
Connecting Education and Communities – two opportunities to share learning and inspiration
As part of our efforts to make a difference for disadvantaged children and their families, the J R McKenzie Trust supports work that engages parents, families and whānau in their…
People behind the research: Jen Margaret and Working as Allies
In August 2013 AWEA released the book “Working as allies: supporters of indigenous justice reflect” by Jen Margaret. Jen shares why she does research, talks about her work promoting dialogue…
Monetary Value of Hutt City Libraries
Social Return on Investment analysis: Hutt City Libraries Utilising the Social Return on Investment model, Hutt City Libraries sought to estimate the monetary value that their nine libraries provide for…
Talking with Kirimatao Paipa
“We’re in a strong space as researchers and evaluators to help the real work that’s going on on the ground. Evaluation on its own is not a means to an…
Pasefika Proud Family Violence Research Plan Launched
This five-year plan focuses on establishing a comprehensive and systematic body of knowledge on Pasefika families and family violence, strategically supporting national family violence and cross-sector Pasefika initiatives, and clearly…