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Workshops / Seminars
See here for upcoming
seminars and workshops aimed at the Not For Profit sector.
For more information, including venues,
click here to see Clutha Country’s Events Calendar. |
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Hot topics -
from Community Coordinator Megan
Burke
Small Town Conference 2010:
Hawera, September 19-21:
The goal of the Small Town Conference Advisory Group is to
empower people to make a
difference in communities, and to create a small town legacy for generations to
come.
Share ideas,
experiences and initiatives with community leaders from around the
country. See
www.smalltownconference.org.nz for more information. Information will
be posted on this webpage nearer the time.
Dunedin Community Accounting: A service
for Not-for-Profits: DCA offers free training and advice to treasurers of small
not-for-profit groups. If you were coerced into the role of treasurer and
are unsure of your responsibilities, or if you have some tricky questions
needing answers, call Joyti Wing on (03) 471 6177, or email
reception@dcoss.org.nz to make an
appointment. This service is available Monday evenings, at Dunedin
Community House, Moray Place, Dunedin. This service is proudly supported
by the Dunedin City Council and the University of Otago School of Business.
See
www.dcoss.org.nz for more information.
Resene Mural Masterpieces Competition:
Resene is running a nationwide mural competition to assist groups to beautify
their communities. There are 4 classes of entry: best school mural; best
community mural; best professional mural; best mural design. Entries close
5 November, 2010. For more information and to register go to
www.resene.co.nz/murals.htm
Events Calendar
/ Funding Calendar:
these calendars are now online. Use
these calendars when planning your club's activities and fundraising. To see
what is on
click here for the events calendar; to check out funding application closing
dates
click here. Don't forget to tell us of your event:
click here
to email us the details.
Making
Funding Applications Easy!
Everything
you need to know on one page.
Click here to view. If you are responsible for grants for your club and
don't know where to start, call Megan at Development House on 03 418 4048.
Enquires are welcome. |
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Charities Commission
Why register? Follow
this link to the Charities Commission website to learn about the benefits of
registering with the Commission.
Annual returns:
Registered charities must file an annual return within six
months of balance date. View the Commission's information sheet by
clicking here. |
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Sports Clubs
Sports Clubs seeking charitable status
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Various funders are now looking for Charities Commission registration
before granting funds to applicant groups. View this information sheet
by
clicking here.
Tools to
run your sports club: follow
this link to view SPARC's 'club kit'. All you need to know about running a
sports club. Click
here to visit Sport Otago’s website, for local information on sports, events
and funding opportunities. |
Newsletters / Bulletins
Rural Bulletin,
July 2010 (PDF, 814kb, new window)
OCVS newsletter
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download the
latest issue of the Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector newsletter
by
clicking here. |
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Peter Kenyon’s
10 Key Community Development Beliefs
Peter Kenyon is a social capitalist and community
enthusiast. Over the last decade he has worked with over 1000 communities
throughout Australia and overseas seeking to facilitate fresh and creative ways
that stimulate community and economic renewal. He is motivated by the desire to
create healthy, caring, inclusive, sustainable and enterprising communities.
See
www.bankofideas.com.au
for more information
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Meaningful and lasting
community change always originates from within, and local residents in that
community are the best experts on how to activate that change.
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Community
residents act responsibly when they care, and support what they create.
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Building and
nourishing relationships is at the core of building healthy and inclusive
communities.
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Communities have
never been built by dwelling on their deficiencies, needs and problems.
Communities respond creatively when the focus is on resources, capacities,
strengths and aspirations.
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The strength of a
community is directly proportional to the level that the diversity of its
residents desire, and are able to contribute their abilities and assets to the
wellbeing of their community. Every single person has capacities,
abilities, gifts and ideas, and living a good life depends on whether those
capacities can be used, abilities expressed, gifts given and ideas shared.
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In every
community something works. Instead of asking “what’s wrong, and how do we
fix it”, ask “what’s worked, and how do we get more of it”. It generates
energy and creativity.
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Creating positive
change begins simply with conversation. It is the way that human beings
have always though together, and initiated action.
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Having fun needs
to be a high priority in all community building efforts.
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The central
factor in sustainable change is local leadership and its continuous development
and renewal.
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The
starting point for change is always mindset and positive attitudes.
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