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How To Build Resilience In An Increasingly Uncertain Environment
Wednesday, 5 July 2023, 10:21 am | SociaLink
By SociaLink General Manager Liz Davies It’s not been a great summer – more rain than you can poke a stick at, the poor whānau who have lost or been evacuated from their homes, flooded properties, hospitality and tourist businesses suffering ... More >>
Discussion On Child Poverty In Tauranga To Follow Budget
Tuesday, 9 May 2023, 12:02 pm | SociaLink
Child Poverty Action Group Western Bay of Plenty is holding a post-Budget interactive discussion focusing on child poverty at the end of May. The free event will be held at the Village Hall, Historic Village at 5.30pm on May 31. National CPAG Chairman ... More >>
Hooray For Pay Equity For Social Workers Supporting Those Most Disadvantaged
Tuesday, 13 December 2022, 3:33 pm | SociaLink
We seem to get a relentless stream of bad news, so it is heartening to finally hear good news. More >>
High Interest In Co-governance Discussion
Friday, 21 October 2022, 11:32 am | SociaLink
Interest is high in next week’s discussion at Baycourt on understanding co-governance, Three Waters and Tauranga city’s redevelopment. Te Kohinga, a Tauranga-based reconciliation network, has organised the free event at Baycourt - Three Voices at the Treaty Table ... More >>
SociaLink Meets With New Minister
Tuesday, 14 June 2022, 6:20 pm | SociaLink
SociaLink Western Bay of Plenty met with the Minister of the Community and Voluntary Sector Priyancha Radhakrishnan, who was promoted to Cabinet this week. They also met with Minister of Women and Internal Affairs Jan Tinetti who is also Associate ... More >>
SociaLink Launches Website To Share Social Agencies’ Data
Wednesday, 1 June 2022, 12:23 pm | SociaLink
SociaLink has launched a new website this week which makes evidence-based information available for community groups about the communities they serve and the social issues they are facing. SociaLink is the umbrella organisation for social agencies in the ... More >>
Budget Not Enough To Make A Difference To Poverty
Thursday, 26 May 2022, 4:01 pm | SociaLink
While the Government made some good changes in last week’s Budget, it’s just not enough to make a real difference to child poverty in New Zealand, Tauranga social agencies heard this week. The Western Bay of Plenty branch of the Child Poverty Action ... More >>
New Organisational Advisor For SociaLink
Tuesday, 10 May 2022, 11:15 am | SociaLink
Christa George is the new Organisational Advisor for SociaLink. SociaLink is the umbrella organisation for social agencies and charities in the Bay of Plenty. Christa has more than 25 years’ experience working in executive management teams across ... More >>
Commissioners Talk To Social Agencies
Thursday, 14 April 2022, 10:26 am | SociaLink
Tauranga city commissioners met with social agencies this week to discuss the Long Term Plan and Annual Plan for the city. The meeting was organised by SociaLink, the umbrella agency for social agencies in the Western Bay, and was focused on community ... More >>
Do Labels Create Blaming Of People Using Social Services?
Thursday, 7 April 2022, 10:53 am | SociaLink
The power of language came to my attention when I attended an excellent presentation by Debbie Hager from the University of Auckland, who unpacked common terminology used in the social sector – ‘the hard to reach’ and ‘vulnerable’ people. ... More >>
Families Still Locked In Poverty After Benefit Rise
Tuesday, 29 March 2022, 6:14 pm | SociaLink
Increases to benefits on April 1 will still leave families locked in poverty, a study released today by the Fairer Future collaboration says. Liz Davies, general manager of SociaLink, the umbrella organisation for the Western Bay’s social agencies ... More >>
Inflation Hitting Community Organisations Hard
Monday, 28 March 2022, 5:59 pm | SociaLink
Inflation and the effects of Covid are hitting community organisations and charities hard, according to research by SociaLink, the umbrella organisation for the Western Bay’s social agencies. SociaLink surveyed organisations about the impact of increasing ... More >>
Waipu Hauora Makes Use Of Data Insights
Monday, 14 March 2022, 5:07 pm | SociaLink
SociaLink’s Community Insights service is helping Waipu Hauora’s health and wellness service do more with the information it collects on the people it serves. The Hauora, based at Hungahungatoroa Marae, is the main health and social service ... More >>
Families Struggle To Find Covid Help
Thursday, 10 March 2022, 4:30 pm | SociaLink
Western Bay families are struggling to find help as they are forced to isolate with Covid. Some families are also avoiding getting tested and returning to work early as they can’t afford to lose income. SociaLink, the umbrella organisation for Western ... More >>
Mentors Needed For Social Agency Managers
Friday, 11 February 2022, 11:23 am | SociaLink
SociaLink, the umbrella organisation for Western Bay of Plenty social agencies and charities, is looking for experienced local leaders to mentor up-and-coming managers in the not-for-profit sector. SociaLink has appointed a Mentoring Programme Coordinator ... More >>
Social Agencies, Priority One Meet On Employment Issues
Tuesday, 30 November 2021, 1:44 pm | SociaLink
Young people and those with disabilities face many difficulties in gaining employment, a meeting of social agencies, Priority One and other agencies heard in Tauranga last week. The meeting, organised by social agency umbrella group SociaLink, Priority ... More >>
Growing Divide Between Vaccinated And Unvaccinated
Tuesday, 16 November 2021, 9:15 am | SociaLink
People need to fight the Covid virus, not each other, the general manager of SociaLink, the Western Bay’s umbrella social agency says. Liz Davies says there’s a growing divide between those who have had their Covid-19 vaccination and those who haven’t. ... More >>
SociaLink moves to bi-cultural governance
Wednesday, 1 September 2021, 9:31 am | SociaLink
SociaLink, the umbrella organisation for the Western Bay of Plenty's social agencies and charities, is moving to a bicultural governance model. More >>
Social issues appearing in lockdown
Tuesday, 31 August 2021, 10:17 am | SociaLink
People around the western Bay are more in need of food during this lockdown, according to the region's social agencies. More >>
The Kollective Thrives In Post-Covid Climate
Monday, 5 July 2021, 4:51 pm | SociaLink
TK building. Tauranga's co-working space for non-profit organisations The Kollective says it is thriving after Covid lockdowns. In its just-released second annual report it says The Kollective is well placed to suit organisations that have staff working ... More >>
