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The quarterly Community and Voluntary Sector Research Forum is convened by ANGOA, the Association of NGOs of Aotearoa, with assistance from the Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector at the NZ Ministry of Social Development.
The intention is to involve a balance of people (e.g. from the community and voluntary sector, government, universities) who are actively seeking to increase the pool of information on the sector by undertaking research or research-related projects, or by promoting or funding research.
Meetings are open to all who are working to increase the pool of information on the voluntary sector by undertaking research or research-related projects, or by promoting or funding research.
Please advise dave.henderson@angoa.org.nz if you do not wish to receive further material. Thanks.
Reminder: Wellington Research Forum: Tuesday 24 August 2010, 1pm - 4pm. Venue: The Families Commission, 6thFloor, Public Trust Building, 117-125 Lambton Quay, Wellington.
Please RSVP to dave.henderson@angoa.org.nz
Please also pass this invitation on to others who may be interested. These forums are open to all who are interested to share experience and expertise, to increase the pool of information on the voluntary sector by undertaking research projects, to promote, or to fund research.
The Community and Voluntary Sector Research Forums are convened by ANGOA, the Association of NGOs of Aotearoa. Warm thanks to the Families Commission for providing the venue,and to our presenters
If you would like to discuss or present research you are involved in at one of these forums please contact ANGOA Coordinator Dave Henderson, dave.henderson@angoa.org.nz. Please advise also if you want to be added to this mail list, or if you do not wish to receive further material. Thanks.
If you would like to present or discuss your work, or recommend someone you want to hear from at one of these forums, please contact dave.henderson@angoa.org.nz
Reducing the damaging impact of sexual violence against women is a priority for the Ministry of Women's Affairs (MWA), but this is a complex social problem that is not amenable to quick fixes. To generate a sound evidence base for policy and operational responses, MWA commissioned a comprehensive research project on effective interventions for adult victim/survivors of sexual violence. The support and involvement of NGOs - particularly specialist sexual violence services - was integral to the success of the project.
Denise Lievore; tel: 04 916 5816, email: lievore@mwa.govt.nz
Paul Prestidge is currently living in Bangkok, where he works as a consular officer for the NZ Embassy, having previously worked in both government and community organisations in Wellington and Nelson. He is also completing his Master's research through AUT in Auckland.
Paul will present some themes and findings from this research entitled It's a Partnership: Yeah, Right!- an analysis of the discourse of partnership between government and community organisations during the 5th Labour led Government. He will draw on the examples of the SKIP programme and 'Pathways to Partnership' to demonstrate different models and understandings of 'partnership' whereby government could either support or control the community organisations and initiatives. prestidge.paul@gmail.com
Jen has recently undertaken research for a Winston Churchill Fellowship into the topic of 'Working as Allies'. She visited North America and met with non-indigenous people working in support of indigenous rights and with anti-racism workers. The learning from this is relevant to people working across a range of social justice, community and international development issues.
AWEA - Education for Social Justice: www.awea.org.nz jen@awea.org.nz
An opportunity to talk about Research in your organisation, to contribute and discuss short items of interest, news or announcements re research in the sector, and to seek possible collaborators in your work!
The presentation is summarised in a report on the ANGOA website at www.angoa.org.nz.
Bridget and Brendan, during the discussion, undertook to provide several additional links to relevant information:
As part of the discussion of David Stuart's presentation Sue Copas, Engagement Advisor with the Families Commission Auckland, sue.copas@nzfamilies.org.nzmentioned two 'Resilience' references, and has supplied these"
Abstract: We live in a brittle society. Over 80 per cent of Britons live in urban areas relying on dense networks of public and private sector organisations to provide them with essential services. But our everyday lives and the national infrastructure work in a fragile union, vulnerable to even the smallest disturbances in the network. And both are part of a global ecosystem that is damaged and unpredictable.
How does Britain protect against these risks? Much of our infrastructure is outmoded and archaic. And with their narrow focus on emergency services and institutions, so are the policies that underpin it.
This pamphlet calls for a radical rethink of resilience. Instead of structures or centralised services, it argues that citizens and communities are the true source of resilience for our society. Using numerous case studies it highlights what policy makers can learn from people's resourcefulness and points to new tools that can transform our ability to respond when disaster strikes.
Resilience is an everyday, community activity. It is people's potential to learn, adapt and work together that powers it. Only by realising this potential will we succeed in building a resilient nation.
Abstract: Seventy deeply troubled teenagers spend weeks, months, even years on a locked psychiatric ward. They're not just failing in school, not just using drugs. They are out of control-violent or suicidal, in trouble with the law, unpredictable, and dangerous. Their futures are at risk.
Twenty years later, most of them still struggle. But astonishingly, a handful are thriving. They're off drugs and on the right side of the law. They've finished school and hold jobs that matter to them. They have close friends and are responsible, loving parents.
What happened? How did some kids stumble out of the woods while others remain lost? Could their strikingly different futures have been predicted back during their teenage struggles? The kids provide the answers in a series of interviews that began during their hospitalizations and ended years later. Even in the early days, the resilient kids had a grasp of how they contributed to their own troubles. They tried to make sense of their experience and they groped toward an understanding of other people's inner lives.
In their own impatient voices, Out of the Woods portrays edgy teenagers developing into thoughtful, responsible adults. Listening in on interviews through the years, narratives that are often poignant, sometimes dramatic, frequently funny, we hear the kids growing into more composed-yet always recognizable-versions of their tough and feisty selves
Excerpt from chapter one attached contains excellent definition of resilience construct (p.4/5) - see www.angoa.org.nz
Jan gave a short update on her new role with the Centre, For more info see below - the item "Research Centre Enters a New Phase"
In a new addition to the schedule of Research Forums, one was held on 30 June at the Community House in Dunedin, jointly hosted by the Dunedin Council of Social Services, Dept of Social and Community Work at Otago University, Otago Polytechnic and ANGOA.
Megan's thesis is at:
http://ourarchive.otago.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10523/192/WeirM_2009.pdf?sequence=1
Mel handed out some copies of the reports from various stages of the project, but the full report is online at
http://northeastvalley.org/nevproject/NEV_community_development_report.pdf
Both of these papers were presented at the Community Development Journal's International Symposium on Community Development 2009.
There was strong consensus that regular forums should be held, and there was interest in having the next one focus on using or applying research in the community: examples from the aged care sector. A local group was agreed to meet and set arrangements, and a first date was set at 15 September 2010, 12 noon - 3pm.
Further dates are planned - see these in the schedule of forum dates below. For more information contact Jenny Aimers, jennya@tekotago.ac.nz
The Tangata Whenua, Community & Voluntary Sector Research Centre celebrated Matariki as a time for new beginnings, with Jan Hinde appointed as the new Research Centre Manager. As Jan has already said in several forums, "I have an exciting challenge ahead of me and I look forward to working with you, learning about your work, and finding out more about how the Research Centre can help you".
A really important milestone has been achieved with having a Research Centre Manager, and Jan thanks the Centre's Kaitiaki group for the walking the hard miles to get us here. "We are thrilled to have support from the Combined Community Trusts, Lottery Grants Board and JR Mackenzie Trust to make this appointment possible".
Kataraina Pipi (Kaitiaki-Governance group member) says "Some people think that research is the domain of academics. It is something that is only done by people with qualifications who have skills in searching and finding information from a range of sources, and then have the ability to reproduce that information in academic form.
As we know, research happens daily - we are all involved in research of some form or other - if research is about finding out stuff - then we all do that in our own ways. When we talk about research in Maori forums, we often use the term rangahau. The Ngata Maori Dictionary defines rangahau as follows: 1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to seek, search out, pursue, research, investigate. 2. (noun) research, survey.
Whether it is research in the formal or informal sense, or rangahau type activities you are involved in, we would love to know about it.We are also interested in broadening the Tangata Whenua representation we currently have involved in the Kaitiaki-Governance group of the Research Centre. So, if you have an interest in working with us, let us know. We all make a voluntary commitment to this kaupapa and would value your contributions.
Jan Hinde can be contacted on jan.hinde @ communityresearch.orgnz
Go to THE CLEARING HOUSEwebsite: A project of the Tangata Whenua, Community & Voluntary Sector Research Centre - Website:http://www.communityresearch.org.nz/index.php
Register as a researcher:http://www.communityresearch.org.nz/register.php
"As a 'stock-take' and a baseline for a new economic and political context, the review indicates where research attention has been focused, and where it hasn't. Overall, greater attention appears to have been given to the voices and concerns of staff involved in TSOs, rather than other stakeholders such as trustees, volunteers and particularly TSO members and service users. By contrast, far less research attention has been given to the nature of the services commissioned, whether new commissioning processes are leading to service improvement and, fundamentally, what difference services make."
From: Third Sector Research Centre (UK) Briefing and working paper series # 20
http://www.tsrc.ac.uk/Research/ServiceDeliverySD/Publicservicesevidencereview/tabid/712/Default.aspx
Social housing is now in the headlines more than it has been for many years. For people who have been active in the wider community housing sector this is presenting a rare opportunity to gather a wide set of NGO views on the future of social housing to be heard in response to:
To complete the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/X95Q5CZ
For further information please visit the Community Housing Aotearoa website at www.communityhousing.org.nz
New Zealanders who experience mental illness in early adulthood face a range of negative economic outcomes at the age of 30, latest University of Otago, Christchurch, research shows.
The study, published in the August issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry, found that people who had episodes of psychiatric disorder between the ages of 18 and 25 were - by the age of 30 - less likely to be in full-time employment, were earning less money, and had a lower standard of living than people who had not experienced mental health problems. To read the story:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1008/S00004/mental-illness-in-youth-linked-to-poorer-future.htm
ANGOA Comments:This data confirms that individual wellbeing will not come about from a government focus on economic development; mental health support services are just as essential as a business-friendly environment.
The Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) has announced $1.5M funding for seven exciting projects through its newest funding stream for Māori health research. Developing Māori capability and knowledge is the prime focus of Nga Kanohi Kitea Māori Knowledge and Development Research grants. The funding provides an opportunity for iwi, hapu and community groups to investigate a well-defined community identified area of Māori health need or gain and is targeted at groups who have not had significant research funding but want to build their capability in this area. To read the story:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1008/S00006/15m-for-community-driven-maori-health-research.htm
How can we create a good welfare system for all?
Please come and share your experiences, your comments and your vision for a fair social welfare system
with members of Welfare Justice - the Alternative Welfare Working Group
9.30am-12.00noon (please assemble outside by 9.15) Maraeroa Marae, Warspite Ave, Waitangirua, Porirua.
Welfare Justice AWWG group members in attendance: Bishop Muru Walters, Māmari Stephens, Wendi Wicks
Contact: Anthony, 021-529-587
9.30am-12.00noon: Hapai Club, 879 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt (opposite the Upper Hutt railway station).
Welfare Justice AWWG group members in attendance: Sue Bradford, Mike O'Brien, Paul Dalziel
Contact: Teresa, Hutt Valley Benefit Education Service Trust, 04-529-8108
12.00noon-4.00pm: Loaves and Fishes, Hill St, Thorndon, Wellington (next to St Paul's Cathedral, cnr of Molesworth and Hill Sts).
Welfare Justice AWWG group members in attendance: Mike O'Brien, Sue Bradford, Bishop Muru Walters, Paul Dalziel, Wendi Wicks, Māmari Stephens
Contact: Lisa, 04-496-1742 or 027-848-4318
ALL WELCOME. For more information, please visit: http://alternativewelfareworkinggroup.org.nz
Registrations of attendance will assist our planning - please e-mail your RSVP to alternative.welfare.working.group@gmail.comor text or phone 027-8484318
Written submissions are also invited and can be made online or by mail to PO Box 12-193, Wellington 6144
Offers, suggestions or recommendations of presentations are welcome for any or all of the following events; please contact theCoordinator dave.henderson@angoa.org.nz
Wellington - Monthly Roundtable:
Wellington Research Forum:
Auckland Research Forum:
Christchurch Research Forum:
Dunedin Research Forums: NEW ADDITIONS!
This newsletter is produced by ANGOA, the Association of NGOs of Aotearoa. All the information is intended to assist readers pursuing an interest in matters relating to research in the tangata whenua, community and voluntary sector in Aotearoa New Zealand. An effort is made within available resources to ensure accuracy but no guarantee is given or implied. If you have contributions, comments or suggestions, please forward them to dave.henderson@angoa.org.nz. We thank you warmly for your support, and hope to see you at these meetings!
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