Two weeks today until Activate! Have you registered? If not - do it today, there are still limited spaces. In collaboration with 30 community-led initiatives we've put together our best learning event yet, combining a study tour and an opportunity to exchange ideas, learn new tools and skills.
Taking you out in busses to neighbourhoods across Auckland and showcasing locally-led change in a wide range of communities. There are scholarships available for small NGOs, community organisations and volunteers active in the Auckland area. Check out all the details here.
When we are not getting over excited by Activate, we've been spending time developing new products and projects, running workshops with Jim Deirs of course and also with a diverse range of agencies and sectors from sport to waste management. All of which are supporting the use of more effective CLD approaches.
Locally-led solutions is certainly a common theme presently, as agencies and governments alike search for answers to difficult issues facing communities.
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But what does that locally-led look like? It is quite simple, start local, build from the aspirations, strengths and assets of that place. Use the wisdom that resides in communities, remove the barriers, do with not too, take time to listen and hear, and you will enable sustainable change.
We continue to push these approaches across the multiple layers and we are looking forward to sharing more of the work we are doing to make it easier for community-led development to thrive.
There is so much energy and innovation amongst our growing network - talk about unleashing capacity! We're not the only ones noticing - we're so proud of Randwick Park who took out the 2017 Community of the Year.
By happy coincidence we filmed local resident Maree Beaven just before Christmas talking about what they've achieved and how - there's a link to the video below, so grab that cuppa and take the time to be inspired.
Enjoy
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Events
Inspiring Communities runs a number of events across Aotearoa every year. We bring speakers from across the world and Aotearoa to your place.
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5 & 6 APRIL 2017
AUCKLAND
Activate is taking traditional conference to the next step:
Day one: Discover – 20 places on offer to visit from One Co-op in Mangere, Shore to Thrive in Takapuna to the Kelston Community Hub. It's an opportunity for you see first hand a variety of uplifting and refreshing examples of CLD in action.
Day two: Ideas Exchange – share what you know while learning new tools, skills, proven ideas and much more whether it be fierce facilitation, iwi enterprise or gathering evidence.
Scholarships - If you are part of a small NGO, community organisation or a community volunteer active in the Auckland area, we have secured some scholarship funding to help you attend Activate. It's easy to apply.
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Blog
Our series of blogs offer commentary on policy, practice and approaches that enables effective Community-led Development.
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I've been Thinking... about Value
Donna Provoost, Inspiring Communities Chair
Looking at the big picture - with all the talk from central government about new approaches to social investment this should be a very exciting time to be working with CLD. But the fact is this approach is missing the most important ingredient – Communities.
We think the time has come to better understand the value of using CLD approaches, and to start integrating them in solutions.
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Stories
There are many inspiring community initiatives throughout Aotearoa that are making an impact and which have caught our attention. Part of our role is to shine a spotlight on what works and how to improve what doesn’t – so here’s some stories from a community as well as community stories.
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Randwick Park
2017 Community of the Year
"When we dont have answers that 's when we invite local services to come in and help us. All together we've achieved an amazing dream."
As part of our My Inspiring Community video series, we sat down with Randwick Park resident Maree Beaven recently. We talked to her about the community-led development approaches and principles they've applied, what they’ve achieved so far and how.
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Using ‘It’s not OK’ at Rugby League
By He Tauaa Rugby League Club Acting President Fipe Fa’amoe
We wanted to address a number of incidents that were taking place during the games. Often not from our team but none the less change was needed.
The strength of our club is that we are whanau orientated and supportive of each other. We understand that each of us have a role to play to ensure that we are successful on and off the field. If we can continue with a positive attitude, this filters to our members and their families.
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More Events
Some other opportunities you might like to explore.
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NEIGHBOURS DAY
25 - 26 MARCH
YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD!
Whether you live in a suburb, on a city block, in an apartment or on a rural property, you have neighbours – and knowing your neighbours matters. Inspiring communities is proud support Neighbours Day because we believe that every connection you have with your neighbours makes your neighbourhood more friendly, fun and safe.
There's all sorts of resources to help make it easy to get toghether with your neighbours.
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LIVING ECONOMIES EXPO
31 MARCH - 2 APRIL 2017
LYTTELTON
Imagine a country which respects the living planet; whose people enjoy fair land tenure, good housing, good health, wholesome food, a rewarding livelihood, free education, a compassionate justice system, and an adequate income: a country with an inclusive democracy grounded in vibrant communities.
This could be Aotearoa New Zealand – together, we can make this vision a reality.
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How We Help
Inspiring Communities is a team of specialists in community-led development. We use our experience and expertise to mentor, broker, train and connect communities to become even better places to live, work and invest in.
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COMMUNITY COACHING
We've designed a successful one-hour 1-1 check-in process for those working in CLD - 'doing the doing.' You'll be matched up with an IC Community Coach who can actively support your practice reflection, impact and outcomes tracking, and next steps with your community-led action planning.
ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITIES: TOOLS AND TIPS
We are developing training to support people working with communities. based on our experience and expertise we can help grow CLD skills in your organisation and provide frameworks and tools that enable approaches for working more effectively with local communities and their contexts.
MORE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
These include:
- Skills-focussed half day, full day and multiday workshops for resident leaders and practitioners, policy-makers as well local government personnel
- Bespoke information that draws on our written resources and experience
- Mentoring and coaching practitioners as they deepen their CLD practice
- Co-creating in-house capacity-building programmes with large organisations.
We have developed a set of core competencies based on our research and our vast knowledge of cutting edge CLD practice. Here’s some of these competencies, which can be clustered as required, or taught in modules:
- Working together in communities
- Facilitating groups and inquiry
- Generating and sustaining momentum
- Supporting neighbourhood-led development and engagement
- Noticing change and understanding contribution and impact from CLD efforts
- Building leadership in communities
Given the nature of community-led development - we understand diversity! We can tailor training, coaching, and support packages to your needs.
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ABOUT INSPIRING COMMUNITIES
Inspiring Communities is the reference point for community-led development in New Zealand. Our specialists use their experience and expertise to mentor, broker, train and connect communities that are focused on solutions. To find out more about Inspiring Communities, our approach to learning, our framework for Community-Led Development, and more, visit: www.inspiringcommunities.org.nz
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