When: Feb 12 2014 9am – 1pm Where: Unitec Mount Albert Campus, Gate 4, Carrington Road, Mount Albert, Bdg. 76 (a map will be sent on registration) Cost: $75 plus GST Enrol by emailing: events@coachingmentoring.co.nz with the names of those attending and invoicing details. Every organisation has great stories to tell. This inspirational workshop looks […]

Measuring the change that we effect has been a challenge for the community sector. Liz Weaver, who is presenting Community Research’s first webinar, Collective Impact: Getting to Shared Measurement, on 18 February, has co-produced the paper Approaches to Measuring: Community Change Indicators.  Produced with Paul Born and Denise L. Whaley, this paper is a consolidation […]

Intimate partner violence: economic costs and implications for growth and development. Women’s Voice, Agency, & Participation Research Series, 2013, no.3 This paper was commissioned by the World Bank Group to help inform a forthcoming report on women’s voice, agency, and participation. “Violence against women has significant economic costs in terms of expenditures on service provision, lost […]

This research is based on interviews with 18 people who have successfully claimed asylum and staff from agencies working with asylum seekers. They found systemic information and service delivery gaps with research participants facing an array of challenges to claiming asylum and permanent residency. The report outlines the research undertaken, the New Zealand context, an […]

What does it mean to be well in schools? An exploration of multiple perspectives on student wellbeing in a New Zealand secondary school context. A thesis by Anne Kathryn Soutter, University of Canterbury Despite recognition that wellbeing and academic achievement are compatible educational goals, few education systems have clearly established how wellbeing can be meaningfully […]

A longitudinal study of the volunteers who volunteered at the Rugby World Cup (2011) sought to explore the relationships between motivations, expectations, and experiences of RWC 2011 volunteers and the extent to which the RWC 2011 Volunteer Programme provides a legacy of increased participation in volunteering and sport, and improved employability, workplace-learning orientation and workplace-learning […]

This paper was funded by the partnership programme of the Health Research Council of New Zealand and the Ministry of Health and carried out by Whāriki Research Group SHORE and Whāriki Research Centre, Massey University. Hapū ora refers to the health and wellbeing of pregnant women and their babies. They discuss a theoretical approach to […]

 You’re invited to Community Research’s first webinar! Tuesday 18th February 2014, 11.00am This webinar will assist managers and practitioners to improve their skills, resources and understanding for shared measurement.  We’ll present some practical examples, and also some of the tools being used, and we’ll take questions too. Presented by Liz Weaver, Tamarack Institute (Canada) Liz Weaver […]

Alan Kaplan and Sue Davidoff of the Proteus Initiative have three workshops on offer early in the New Year. The Wholeness of Life: Towards a New Practice of Change 6-9 Feb 2014, Auckland Introductory, open to anyone Find the invitation here: Wholeness of life Working with Polarity: Embracing Shadow and Light 2-5 Feb 2014, Auckland Open […]

Collective Impact 2014: Convene, Immerse, Learn  25 Feb 2014, 9:30 a.m. – 26 Feb 2014, 5 p.m The Centre for Social Impact and Social Leadership Australia present an opportunity for social changemakers to learn about the Collective Impact framework. “Collective Impact is a framework to tackle deeply entrenched and complex social problems. It is an […]