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Mahia te mahi, hei painga mo te iwi.
Work for the betterment of the people.
Princess Te Puea Herangi
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.
1 Peter 4:10 (NIV)
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Blog Series: Housing in AotearoaNZCCSS Senior Analyst Rachel Mackay has been digging deeper into housing here in Aotearoa. We will be releasing these as blogs over the coming months with the first (about the Housing Continuum Model) released in the last issue and available to view on our website HERE. Click below to read the second blog in the series The Problem with Our Homelessness Intervention in Aotearoa. |
Children and Families Policy Group Focus for 2023-2026
NZCCSS has a long whakapapa of commitment to equity and inclusion, particularly for children, families and older people.
Over the last year Council, our Policy Groups and the Secretariat have been working hard to identify where our attention is most needed, to clarify what mahi is most urgent, and seek out where we can be most useful.
Over the coming editions of Policy Watch, we are excited to share with you what these focus areas are. Our second focus area that we’d like to share with you relates to our commitment to children and whānau with a focus on 5-12 year olds.
You can read more about that below.
Click HERE to view >
We are also aware that some of you may have been unable to access the Older People’s Policy Group focus area in the last issue, apologies.
Click HERE to view >
Progressing a standard for mandatory unit pricing for GroceriesThe Government is progressing work on a standard, consistent display of unit pricing for grocery products. Unit pricing is the price per unit of measure for a product, such as the cost per kilogram or litre, and is usually displayed together with the retail price. Implementation of mandatory unit pricing will help consumers make informed purchasing decisions, support inter-brand competition, and encourage grocery retailers to compete on metrics such as price and transparency. MBIE held an intial public consultation from May to July 2022 to seek feedback on the design and scope of mandatory unit pricing for grocery products. They are now seeking feedback on the exposure draft of the Consumer Information Standards (Unit Pricing for Grocery Products) Regulations 2023, to ensure these are appropriate and fit-for-purpose. Consultation will close on 12 May 2023. Click HERE to share your feedback on the exposure draft of the Consumer Information Standards (Unit Pricing for Grocery Products) Regulations 2023 or please email [email protected] with your thoughts for him to include in the NZCCSS feedback. |
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An update from the Social Sector Commissioning Hub
Transforming commissioning across the entire social sector will take time and will affect the support delivered by NGOs in welfare, housing, health, education, child wellbeing, justice, and disability support.
The Social Sector Commissioning Hub is implementing a six-year Action Plan to make deep and sustainable changes. The Hub is in the first phase of that work, ‘growing and extending’, before moving to the ‘scale up’ phase in mid-2024.
We’re currently focusing on:
- Continuing to listen to and share the voices of people who are being supported, the communities to which they belong and those providing the support.
- Connecting with colleagues who are already working in a relational way to learn what is working for them and why and build on their successes.
- Developing tools, guidance, and training to support the sector’s uptake of a relational approach to commissioning.
- Supporting government agencies and Crown entities to prepare to scale-up their planning around relational commissioning, so government commissioning is productive.
- Working with government agencies, Crown entities, NGOs, and communities to address system barriers, so we move forward in implementing a relational approach to commissioning.
We believe relational commissioning is the path forward to a community-driven, people-focused, sustainable, and mutually beneficial social sector that invests in intergenerational well-being for the people of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Those in the Hub look forward to hearing from you and connecting with you throughout 2023. You can reach out if you have questions to [email protected] or visit their webpage to read more.
Release of the 2021/22 Annual Report for the Child and Youth Wellbeing StrategyThe Government has just released the 2021/22 Annual Report for the Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy, which details progress towards achieving the ambitions of the Strategy. It includes specific information on outcomes for Māori and Pacific children and young people, and for other population groups where data is available. For the first time, this year’s Annual Report features the findings from the Youth Health and Wellbeing Survey, ‘What About Me?’, along with quotes from children and young people themselves, giving us a much richer insight into their lived experiences. The report shows that, while the majority of children and young people continue to do well across most wellbeing outcome areas, disparities persist for many groups, in particular for Māori, Pacific, rainbow and disabled children and young people and those from ethnic communities. Find out more and read the report HERE > |
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2022 Annual Social Worker Workforce SurveyThe Social Workers Registration Board released their workforce survey for 2022. The results confirm the broad range of environments where social workers contribute, and that social workers joined and stay in the profession “to make a difference to people’s lives”. Thousands of registered social workers participated in the survey, and the results provide incredibly valuable insights into the profession and reveals trends in the workforce. You can see the headlines in the image below and more highlights (and some graphics) on their website: Click HERE to view > Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the report link. Ageing without Equity Online Election Forum-May 1st 1pmIn every region of Aotearoa, Presbyterian Support provides social and health services to those who need it most. Recently their Enliven Service Managers identified a growing need among one particularly vulnerable population, poorer older people. To support and inform voter decision-making in the national election later this year, we invited all five major political parties to send their Spokesperson for Seniors and answer our burning question: How will we ensure equitable care and enough suitable, stable housing for poorer older people as their population rapidly grows? Following all five answers a response will be given by the Right Reverend Hamish Galloway, Moderator for the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. Please email [email protected] to get your link to this event. ACE Kōrero: Visionary Leadership-How do you stay visionary amidst the unpredictability of the world?Date: Friday 28 April 2023 In the context of being a leader in adverse times. Join this 45-minute session to hear from NGO leaders:
Chaired by ACE Aotearoa Tumuaki – Director, Analiese Robertson.
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