OCTOBER  2021
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NFP Resource website averages around 2000 visitors per month, predominantly from NZ.  This newsletter is mailed to over 670 addressees per month

Recent articles linked from the page include:
 

• Charities, and families, need our help more than ever
• Community organisations face tough choices over pokie proceeds
• Charities encouraged to speak out during lockdown
• Nonprofits struggle while Kiwis commit to giving more

          Read these articles and others here

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Workshops, Seminars, Training, and events for non-profits

Due to the Covid Lockdown, many upcoming face to face meetings etc have been rescheduled or replaced by on-line events. We have tried to keep up with changes and our NFP Resource website page has a number of links to these and other workshops. 

EVENT	Location	From (on)	To (date)	Organisation
Funding Options for your Organisation	on-line	Thursday 30 September		ANCAD
Online Clinics Available	on-line	Thursday 30 September		DIA CHARITIES
Online Clinics Available	on-line	Thursday 7 October		DIA CHARITIES
Developing A Personal Leadership Philosophy	on-line	Friday 8 October		LEAD
Virtual Micro Masterclass: How to Raise Awareness and Drive Donations Using Social Media	on-line	Tuesday 12 October		FINZ
Online Clinics Available	on-line	Thursday 14 October		DIA CHARITIES
cross sector calls for those in the NFP, community, charity, voluntary, purpose led sector	on-line	Friday 15 October		PARRYFIELD
Delivering Disability Services	AUCKLAND	Monday 18 October	Tuesday 19 October	CONFERENZ
Online Clinics Available	on-line	Thursday 21 October		DIA CHARITIES
Formatting & graphics in Word, Canva & Powerpoint	TAURANGA	Friday 22 October		SOCIAL LINK
Online Clinics Available	on-line	Thursday 28 October		DIA CHARITIES
Charities Services Annual Meeting - details to come	AUCKLAND & on-line	Friday 29 October		DIA CHARITIES
The Effective Director series	AUCKLAND	Tuesday 2 November	Thursday 4 November	GOVERNANCE NZ
Online Clinics Available	on-line	Thursday 4 November		DIA CHARITIES
NZCCA Conference - Indigenous Practices and Pathways	WELLINGTON	Saturday 6 November	Sunday 7 November	NZCCA
Changemakers - The Impact of You	WELLINGTON	Monday 8 November	Wednesday 10 November	FINZ
The Essential Chair's Workshop	on-line	Tuesday 9 November		GOVERNANCE NZ
Chairs' Forum: Dealing with Difficult People	on-line	Wednesday 10 November		LEAD
Grant-Seeker Workshop	WELLINGTON	Thursday 11 November		STRATEGIC GRANTS
Online Clinics Available	on-line	Thursday 11 November		DIA CHARITIES
Best Practice for Managing Conflict of Interest	on-line	Tuesday 16 November		LEAD
Online Clinics Available	on-line	Thursday 18 November		DIA CHARITIES
Meetings, Minutes and Resolutions	on-line	Tuesday 23 November		GOVERNANCE NZ
Online Clinics Available	on-line	Thursday 25 November		DIA CHARITIES
LINC Conference 2021	ROTORUA	Sunday 28 November	Tuesday 30 November	AuSAE
Engaging Diverse Communities and Stakeholders	WELLINGTON	Monday 29 November	Tuesday 30 November	CONFERENZ
Online Clinics Available	on-line	Thursday 2 December		DIA CHARITIES
Online Clinics Available	on-line	Thursday 9 December		DIA CHARITIES
Online Clinics Available	on-line	Thursday 16 December		DIA CHARITIES
cross sector calls for those in the NFP, community, charity, voluntary, purpose led sector	on-line	Friday 17 December		PARRYFIELD
Meetings, Minutes and Resolutions	on-line	Tuesday 15 February		GOVERNANCE NZ
The Effective Director series	AUCKLAND	Monday 28 March	Wednesday 30 March	GOVERNANCE NZ

Covid Lockdown time offers the opportunity to undertake some webinar and other on-line training.
Some of the organisations offering various resources, including links to previous on-line training:

• Governance NZ
• Strategic Grants
• Better Boards
• SalesForce
• Social Enterprise Auckland
• FINZ
• ANCAD
• AuSAE

 

Featured Non-Profit. To be featured please contact the Editor

Charities Act Review.    Dave Henderson and Sue Barker, have been heavily engaged in submitting on, and monitoring progress on the government’s review of the Charities Act 2005. Their recent update starts::

“It’s been a while since we have been in touch, but we felt it’s timely to give you an update. We wanted to share with you our letter to Hon Grant Robertson, following a meeting with him.

The Charities Act Review has been delayed by Covid lockdowns, but DIA is continuing work on it as time allows. You may be aware the Department has made limited releases of three sets of discussion papers exploring different aspects of the Act and possible changes. 

This is not the first principles review of the Act that was promised by Labour going into government, and the areas covered are not the changes that were called for by the 363 written submissions in March – May 2019, in response to the Department’s discussion document and the roadshow where Sue and I provided an alternative view, alongside the Departmental presentation ...."   <Read the whole item, with a link to the letter to the minister>

Do you have a blog, opinion piece, or article on a non-profit topic that you would like to be considered for the NFP Resource website or this newsletter?

Contact the Editor to discuss