For those of you who missed it…..the links to the slides from this webinar and a short version of the webinar itself.
ADCOSS Publication: Community Development and Social Change. By Ewen Derrick ADCOSS has recently published the forth edition of this popular community development book. The publication contains all the original material from Ewen plus four new papers written by experienced social practitioners. Earlier editions were read by many people including community workers, students, policy analysts, […]
A reminder that the new Health and Safety at Work Act will come into effect in April 2016. The following link will take you to a short summary prepared by Megan Thomas, and links to further information so you can prepare for this in your organisation.
Plunket and SKIP are looking for parents to interview for our CBD project – Experiences of parents living in inner city Auckland. The design team would like to gain an understanding of what parenting is like for families living in the inner city and in particular those families who have children under five. They are […]
The recent debate on poverty in New Zealand presents a number of arguments, manifestations, causes and solutions. Many see the root causes in the neo-liberal polices since the mid 1980s, policies that resulted in the further enrichment of the wealthy and a consequential growing gap between rich and poor.
Our chair, Richard Northey, presented his talk to the Fabian Society on the 21st August titled Challenges Facing Voluntary Organisations Today. You can see the presentation here.
Ask the Statistics Department to Keep Unpaid Activities in the 2018 Census Content The Statistics Department are currently consulting until June 30th on which questions to ask in the next census in 2018. We encourage you to express your views and to take part in this consultation on their website www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2018-census. On this website they […]
The Auckland District Council of Social Services (ADCOSS) held a seminar on the topic of Housing Options for Older People in Auckland of 13 March 2015 and 120 people attended. They came from a variety of social, housing and health organisations, including District Health Boards, Auckland Council, government agencies, not for profits and interested individuals.
