For the last 6 years the NZCCSS Vulnerability Report has tracked the experiences of the families affected by the impacts of the Global Financial Crisis and the organisations that work alongside them. The report shows that, apart from a short period in the 3 years immediately post the Global Financial Crisis, funding for social services […]
New charities services blog
Auckland Council’s proposal is to partner with a third party social housing provider to form a new CHP that is separate to the council but that we have a minority interest in. The consultation process is on now.
Key Points about the new Health & Safety at Work Act 2015
by Denise Lormans, Manager Southland Community Law Centre and Chair Community Networks Aotearoa
A new word has been introduced into the English language: “The precariat”, an emerging social class with job insecurity. Included are immigrants, young newly educated with high student loans to repay and people who have been made redundant from industry.
The new Health and Safety at Work Act came into force on 4 April. The Southland Community Law Centre has developed a series of useful templates in response to the changes in order to assist NGOs. These templates include a Health and Safety Policy, Governance Health and Safety Policy, Hazard Register and Hazard Notification. The […]
Towards a Living Wage – What will it take? Where are we at? Anne-Marie Coury Economists continue to talk up the value of the Living Wage as an effective intervention that will ease the pressure of rising inequalities on families and communities. Thomas Piketty and Max Rushbrooke have both written books providing the analysis of […]
Recently, I went to hear Alan Johnson (Salvation Army Policy Analyst) speak on the topic of housing, and how Auckland got itself into this mess. Here are some of my thoughts on the speech.
The Salvation Army “State of the Nation” report suggests a number of contradictory indicators at work in New Zealand’s wellbeing. This report publishes in 2016 provides information and some rationale for the selected indicators. In particular, while average weekly wages have increased inequality is also rising. This demonstrates the dangers of using averages without acknowledging […]
Governance Essentials for Board and Committee Members is an on-line governance training course developed by Governance Strategies and Xperts for people in governance positions to understand the key aspects of the role. Real-world learning is spread across four weeks (up to 3 hours per week) with interesting weekly research and reflection assignments. Governance Essentials for […]
The Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 comes into force on April 4, 2016. The new legislation does provide exemptions for volunteer organisations, associations and charities. If you are running a charity or a volunteer organisation it is important to know where you fit under the new workplace health and safety law. Read an […]
David Haigh’s summary and impressions of Alan Johnson (Salvation Army Policy Analyst) talk on the topic of housing. Housing Issues in Auckland
