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Stock-take of Community Organisations Providing Social Services in Waitakere – Auckland Voluntary Sector Study: working paper 1

A stock-take of community organisations and their social services in Waitakere as part of the Local Services Mapping Initiative co-ordinated by Family and Community Services.

Social Marketing and Social Capital – Its impact on recycling on Waiheke Island

Social marketing, community-based social marketing, social capital, recycling behaviour, community development, Waiheke Island, environmental not-for-profit organisations

Junk to Funk 2004: A case study investigating Social Capital, Volunteerism and Evaluation in a Community Project

On Waiheke Island the Waste Resource Trust is responsible for encouraging 8000 residents to recycle more and send less waste to landfill. Volunteers engage the community with an annual celebration…continue reading

Not for Profit Sector Remuneration Survey May 2008

Executive summary of the findings of Strategic Pay’s 2008 survey of remuneration and pay practices in the Not for Profit Sector

Love Doesn’t Pay the Bills – Critical Knowledge in Negotiating Remuneration Contracts

Announcing the 2009 Survey of Remuneration in the Not for Profit Sector

Pacific ways of talk – hui and talanoa

This case study explores Pacific ways of talking about issues of common concern with reference to two customary forms of talk that continue in current use in Fiji and Aotearoa.…continue reading

Giving, Investing and Sharing – approaches to philanthropy

Charities and philanthropy have come under increasing pressure to become more business-like in the way that funds are raised, managed and distributed. This has resulted in emphasising venture philanthropy, or…continue reading

Forming norms and implementing sanctions – deliberation and sustained dialogue in a social capital framework

Citizens have lost the capacity to engage meaningfully in making decisions about issues of concern. Many people are isolated from the talk which makes it possible understand the world and…continue reading

Becoming deliberative – A case study of activities using a deliberative approach in Porirua City, New Zealand

This case study reviews a series of events using a deliberation approach that have taken place in Porirua City. The nature of these activities is considered in relation to how…continue reading

Governance of Not for Profit Organisations in Auckland and Christchurch

This research looks into the governance of 12 medium sized not for profits in Auckland and Christchurch. It also considers how they compare with theoretical models, the strategies for dealing…continue reading

NZCOSS: The Story of a National Social Service Umbrella Organisation

A review of the historical development of the New Zealand Council of Social Services – its place in Aotearoa New Zealand’s social policy landscape, its relationships with other national umbrella…continue reading

Organic research

Describes a new model for research based on an organic approach to social change.

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