A real effort is being aimed at helping our community and voluntary organisations to get off the hand-to-mouth treadmill of funding, operations and staffing.
Community speakers such as mayors, business people and senior officers have come on board the three-year series of courses and workshops aimed at building the capacity of
community organisations.
'Keystone Taranaki' is the programme being organised by the New Plymouth-based Bishop's Action Foundation, an Anglican charitable trust.
The first year of the programme has been finalised, with 12 courses being run in Stratford, Hawera and New Plymouth.
Mostly lunchtime courses, the cost to attend is $5 per person plus GST. There are also day-long courses at $75 per person plus GST.
Simon Cayley, Foundation Chief Executive, expects around 20 people at each course although up to 50 can be accommodated. Bookings are required.
The programme is aimed at organisations which the Foundation said often operate at the margins of society among people with the greatest needs.
Yet despite their place at the forefront of service delivery, many voluntary and community organisations survive year to year, and in some cases month to month, in the battle to raise ongoing funding, to recruit sufficient numbers of volunteers or to meet the demands of a wide range of other operational challenges.
Increasing reporting and compliance requirements, reducing volunteer numbers and increasing competition for available funding are all adding to the pressures facing organisations.
Capacity building is a process that can respond to these challenges and support organisations to become increasingly effective.
The venue for Stratford is the TSB Chambers at the War Memorial Centre and the lunchtime sessions are run from 12.30-1.30pm.
The 2007 series of the courses includes:
? Monday March 19: John Eagles, Senior Partner Govett-Quillam Lawyers, on Legal Aspects of Effective Governance
? Monday May 14: Mayor Mary Bourke, Effective Governance
? Monday May 21: Jo Malcolm-Black, Executive Director Education Taranaki, on Building Effective Relationships and Networks
? Monday June 11: Mark Poppelwell, Social Development Manager WINZ, Managing, Developing and Utilising Volunteers
? Monday June 25: Mark Poppelwell - Developing Strategy and Policy
? Monday July 30 and Monday September 3 (2 sessions): Trevor Johnston, CEO Riverlands, Effective Operation of Organisations
? Monday August 6: Deirdre Nagle, Project Manager Bishop's Action Foundation - Evaluation and Monitoring - A Technical 'How To'
? Monday August 20: Peter Tennent, Mayor NPDC, on Managing an Organisation
? Monday September 10: Richard Ousey, Manager CCS, on Effective Evaluation and Planning
? Monday October 29: Elaine Gill, New Plymouth District Councillor; Chair TSB Bank; Chair Taranaki Arts Festival Trust; Chair Taranaki Employment Support Foundation, on Funding and Account Management
? Monday November 5: Simon Cayley, Chief Executive Officer Bishop's Action Foundation, on Capacity Building - The Why and The How
? Monday November 19: (full day session 9.30am -4.30pm) Aly McNicoll, Training Director NZ Mentoring Centre, Peer Mentoring and Peer Support
To enquire or book, call 06 759 1178 or email actionfoundation@xtra.co.nz
A real effort is being aimed at helping our community and voluntary organisations to get off the hand-to-mouth treadmill of funding, operations and staffing.
Community speakers such as mayors, business people and senior officers have come on board the three-year series of courses and workshops aimed at building the capacity of
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