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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…continue reading
Resources available, The Case Foundation
The Case Foundation “invests in ideas that can change the world”. They are a family foundation that specialises in learning in four key areas: Social Media, Active Citizenship, Good Giving…continue reading
Making Health Services Adolescent-Friendly, World Health Organisation
World Health Organization. (2013). Geneva: World Health Organization. This guidebook sets out the public health rationale for making it easier for adolescents to obtain the health services they need to…continue reading
Resources on International Philanthropy and Grantmaking
The Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support (WINGS) Knowledge Center is a clearinghouse for publications produced by them, Some of the resources available include: WINGS Forum 2010: Innovation and Impact –…continue reading
Stark Findings About Poverty in the UK Revealed in Open University Collaborative Report
Findings of a new report into poverty and social exclusion make grim reading of the extent of deprivation and financial difficulties faced by people in the UK. The Poverty and…continue reading
Building Child Aware Communities
“Speaking at the Child Aware Approaches Conference in Melbourne (11-12 April 2013), Julie Collins, Minister for Community Services, said the Australian Government would be providing $810,000 to assist communities to…continue reading
Free Funding Seminar with Funding Information Services May-June
FREE FUNDING SEMINAR FundView – Community Funding Do you need funding for your community, voluntary organisation, or club? Find the best funding matches from over 1100 grants to pay for…continue reading
Introducing New Measures of Underemployment in New Zealand
This report “introduces a new underemployment measure to be added to the suite of labour market statistics available from the Household Labour Force Survey: March 2013 quarter onwards.” It looks at the…continue reading
Whānau-centred health and social service delivery in New Zealand: The challenges to, and opportunities for, innovation
From MAI Journal Volume Two, Issue One: A New Zealand Journal of Indigenous Scholarship Boulton, A., Tamehana, J., & Brannelly, T. (2013, March 28). This paper traces the emergence of Māori…continue reading
Australian Social Trends, April 2013
The Australian Social Trends draws its material from a wide range of data, sourced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and other agencies, and uses the ABS Wellbeing Framework…continue reading
Latest Policy Watch & links to research
The latest Policy Watch from the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services is out now. Content includes: Changes at NZCCSS Is there life after the Community Response Fund? Electricity…continue reading
Fulbright Seminar: Veronica Tawhai – Transforming Citizenship Education 31 May
Fulbright New Zealand is holding a free public seminar by recently-returned alumna Veronica Tawhai, a lecturer in Māori development at Massey University’s School of Māori Studies, Te Pūtahi-a-Toi. Veronica received…continue reading