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What Difference Does Community Research Make?

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  • Download the 2020 Annual Report here
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User Survey

In our April 2019 Survey, we asked over 6,000 people and organisations in the Tangata Whenua, Community and Voluntary Sector, what difference we make.

300 people told us in their own words and the themes were:

    • People are better at working with communities
    • Organisations are setting better strategies
    • They are using evidence to make improvements
    • People feel connected and informed and their collective capability has been fostered
    • Māori aspirations are being met
    • People are using an amazing collection of essential tools and resources, whenever and wherever they need them, including rural and isolated groups
  • They are undertaking better research

‘There is a valuable, organised body of Aotearoa community research and “how to” resources accessible to people I work with doing community-led māhi that makes doing and using research within reach. I often refer students or community organisations struggling with how to do effective evaluation to Community Research.’

– 2019 Survey Respondent

What are our intended outcomes?

We contribute to ‘A healthy, engaged and informed Tangata Whenua, Community and Voluntary Sector in Aotearoa New Zealand’

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    • News
    • Community approaches to substance misuse by children – The Maraea Collection
    • Understanding Ethnic Migrant and Refugee Communities’ Settlement and Integration Process: A Research Collection
      • Introduction by Tayo Agunlejika
      • The Research Collection
    • How to Make a Webinar
    • Collective Impact for NGOs and iwi/Māori organisations.
    • Census 2018 – Data Analysis by Suburb
    • Learning from Christchurch page
    • Researchers Directory
    • Resilience, Change and the Third Sector
    • What Works?
    • RSS Feeds
  • What We Do
    • What Difference Does Community Research Make?
    • Code of Practice
    • Kuhu mai
    • Support Us
    • Membership
    • List Yourself In The Researchers Directory
    • Create a Special Collection
  • Who We Are
    • About Community Research
    • Our People
    • Supporters
    • Researcher Stories
  • Events
    • Te Auahatia: Community Research and Evaluation Social Network Programme 2020
      • Te Auahatia: Community Research and Evaluation Social Network Programme 2020
      • Te Auahatia – Videos
    • Te Auaha Pitomata New and Emerging Community Researcher Awards 2019
  • Contact Us
  • COVID-19 – Māori Response
  • Black Lives Matter

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