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Measures of Community Wellbeing
The Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG) has published a resource to support local councils in assessing the progress of community wellbeing. The report, Community Wellbeing Indicators: Measures for…
Homelessness and the Next Generation, Findings from
A report from Wesley Mission highlights the realities of young people and children who are affected by ongoing homelessness. The report, Homelessness and the Next Generation, focuses on families experiencing immediate and longer-term…
Social Innovation in Northern Ireland, Findings from The Young Foundation
New research, released in April 2013, around new and innovative approaches for meeting current social, economic and environmental difficulties. The Young Foundation recently launched a report in Belfast looking at…
Impact of Father Involvement on Child Outcomes
Researcher, Jaipaul Roopnarine, looks at the impact of father involvement on child outcomes across cultures. This article shares some of his findings, particularly focusing on Caribbean fathers. He talks of the…
Social Return on Investment: Some Resources
Social Return on Investment (SROI) is one way to evaluate the return of a programme/project or organisation. Recently, we shared research from Volunteering New Zealand on the impact of volunteers…
Dates to Keep in Mind, June 2013
Below are a few dates of research related events in June (and some previews for the next few months). ANGOA Community & Voluntary Sector Research Forums Wellington Research Forum Tuesday…
A Manager’s Guide to Suicide Postvention in the Workplace
A manager’s guide to suicide postvention in the workplace: 10 action steps for dealing with the aftermath of suicide (2013). American Association of Suicidology (AAS) and the National Action Alliance…
Whole-Person Care in Mental Health: From Rhetoric to Reality
Whole-person care: From rhetoric to reality (achieving parity between mental and physical health) Royal College of Psychiatrists, (2013, March). London: Author. There is an ambition for the NHS to put…
Launch of Volunteering New Zealand's Competencies for Managers of Volunteers 12 June 13
Launch of Volunteering New Zealand’s Competencies for Managers of Volunteers Wednesday 12 June 2013 Just days before National Volunteer Week (16-22 June), Volunteering New Zealand are launching the much-anticipated Competencies for Managers of…
Literature Review of Health Literacy Education: Training Tools and Resources
This literature review provides an overview of evidence-based health literacy education, training tools and resources for health professionals available in New Zealand and overseas. This report begins by defining the…
Social Development Dialogue – Wairarapa, 11 June
We’d love to invite you to join Community Research, the New Zealand Council of Social Services and the Social Development Partners, for a discussion of the current environment, and the…
Economics in policy-making – briefings from the New Economics Foundation
The New Economics Foundation are offering a series of 10 briefings to equip readers with the ability to identify weak rationale and challenge it, the first two are below and…