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This year's
Community Wellbeing Forum which takes place from 8-9 May 2023 is coming up fast. It offers a fantastic opportunity to get together to share our inspirational
stories on promoting community wellbeing. This year's forum will take place at the Rydges Hotel in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington.
Who should attend?
This forum is open to staff of any council, or council-controlled organisation (CCO), in particular community development staff, policy and strategy
professionals, or anyone with an interest in or working in the community wellbeing space.
Our programme
Below is a sample of some of the sessions at this year's forum.
We look forward to a Workshop with the Southern Initiative
– a hugely significant social and economic development programme in south and west Auckland. Dr Penny Hagen, Director – Co-design Lab, and Angie Tangaere, Intrapreneur - Community
and Social Innovation will present the workshop session sharing a systems approach to wellbeing, supporting teams to adopt a learning orientation about connecting, local/whānau-led indicators for wellbeing, and indigenous-led innovation models.
We have a session on Monitoring community partnership funding lined up. Stephanie
Velvin, Community Development Manager, at Palmerston North City Council will present Palmerston North’s approach to monitoring community partnership funding, utilising
Results Based Accountability and the
SmartyGrants platform.
The
vision and determination of Te iwi ō Whakatōhea in
Rebuilding a marine-based economy and growing local wealth and jobs is at the heart of this case study. Ōpōtiki District Council got right behind the effort, facilitating community involvement,
and acting as an ally in many endeavours to enable this new industry. Over recent years, the council has become more deeply involved in facilitating employment development to enable local economic development. This case study presented by Barbara MacLennan,
Workforce Development Coordinator, Ōpōtiki District Council, and Louisa Erickson, Manager, Te Pou Oranga ō Whakatōhea will share some principles and key learnings from the journey to date.
In February 2022, Kāpiti Coast District Council adopted
The Kāpiti Coast Workforce Plan, a community-led project which came out of the Kāpiti Coast Economic Development Strategy.
The plan was the result of looking for better ways to match workforce needs and available skills, support older people who want to continue working, expand job opportunities for all, and improve access to training and
education for rangatahi. Mark Ward, Economic Development Manager at Kāpiti Coast District Council, will explain how the plan sets up effective pathways to education and employment, improves labour market opportunities, and create a productive, inclusive, and
diverse economy.
Selwyn District Council developed community wellbeing measures, based on the
five ways to wellbeing work of the Mental Health Foundation. They did this to better understand the contribution of community services and facilities to wellbeing.
This session Measuring up: the contribution of community services and facilities to wellbeing will be presented by Nicola Sutton, Community Policy Advisor at Selwyn District Council.
How to register or find out more
Check out the full programme and details on how to register
on our website.
We look forward to you joining us.
Ngā mihi,
The Taituarā team
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