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The Philanthropy New Zealand Conference included some social enterprise related presentations. Ingrid Burkett gave a thoughtful presentation on what has been learnt about social investment over the last five years in the Australian context, and how this relates to what has been learnt elsewhere around the world. View Ingrid’s presentation online. Scott Willis from the [...]

In February 2013 The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) released the paper “Auditing and Assurance for Larger and Medium Registered Charities – Concrete Proposals”. Since then ANGOA has worked with MBIE to hold a series of seminars, consulting on the proposals alongside the related proposals on accounting standards for smaller registered charities that [...]

The Glenn Inquiry is coming to Dunedin.  They will be here on 4th and 5th July 2013, and are keen to hear from family violence survivors, perpetrators and front line workers. For e-invite, please click here: TheGlennInquiry_E-Invite DUD (PDF; 27 KB)  

Please click on this link to get the third newsletter from the Glen Inquiry.

Have your say on Dunedin City Council’s policy on pokie machines. You will have a chance to tell the Council what you think about pokies in Dunedin. The Problem Gambling Foundation encourages you to have your say about the number of pokies and venues in Dunedin. There are 523 pokies in 42 venues in Dunedin. [...]

New Zealanders are good at giving—providing financial support to charities and organisations whose work they support.   We also like to have some idea, however, about how the money is used. Registered charities have long been required to account for the money they receive.  Currently they must file annual returns with DIA Charities, including a copy [...]

Locals have really got behind their volunteers with 98 entries received for the TrustPower Dunedin Community Awards. Entries for the Community Awards closed on Friday 15 March. The TrustPower Dunedin Community Awards, which recognise and reward voluntary groups for the outstanding contribution they make to the local community, are run in partnership with the Dunedin [...]

Anecdotally, we know the Aotearoa New Zealand Community and Voluntary Sector is dominated by women, but because of a real lack of research, our sector knows very little about their experience. What we do know is that median base salaries in the Community and Voluntary Sector are, on average, 17% less than those in the [...]

SignDNA is a national archiving project aiming at preserving the visual history of NZSL and the NZ Deaf Community. Film and video are the only ways to record NZSL and therefore the cultural uniqueness of the Deaf Community, so it is very important that this heritage is preserved, both for current and future generations. SignDNA [...]