Update: 14 April 2019: Public consultations on the Review of the Act – submission date extended to 31 May 2019 Previous posts in this site relate to the review of the Charities Act 2005 which is currently underway. As a part of the review, a Core Reference Group has been established. Dave Read more
There is a lot of interest in Social Enterprises, but there are many questions. Social Enterprise Auckland are running a 5-part series of events between August and December 2018 to examine the topic of Social Enterprises. Their information post starts: “Social Enterprise Auckland’s new event series examines the ‘how Read more
DIA Charities Services have just published an interesting blog post with the above title. It contains a number of lessons for the non-profit and charitable sector, many of them learned the hard way! There are also links for further reading. The article starts: “This week is international Charity Fraud Awareness Read more
A new bequest service has launched for charities and estate lawyers wanting to ensure that bequest details in a will are correct.
The Search Inside Yourself (SIY) program helps people and organizations to bring out the best in themselves, from the inside out. Created by leading experts in neuroscience and developed at Google, our mindfulness & emotional intelligence training have been described as “life changing.” We make personal & professional transformations accessible Read more
The 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report has just been published. The report is based upon a survey of over 6000 donors in 119 countries and summarises donor data across six continents It examines the impact of technology, gender, generation, ideology, religion, and donor size upon giving. The report also features Read more
Ports of Auckland Round the Bays organisers are looking to donate $60,000 to three charities for next year’s fun run. Set for March 3, participants can walk, run or jog 8.5 kilometres from the city along the waterfront to St Heliers Bay for the annual event. Now, the organisers are calling Read more
Researcher Maureen Macnamara writes: “I’m looking for people who are in the process of starting up a new charity, not-for-profit or social enterprise, to participate in a research project I’m leading (run through Victoria University) The project focuses on the very, very early stages of emergence – that is, the Read more
Fundraising training for those who work in the NFP sector is woefully inadequate
This article contains a number of lessons from which those in the not-for-profit sector will do well to learn.
Applications for the 2019 Winston Churchill Memorial Trust – NZ Fellowships are now open! The Fellowships were established in 1965 to help kiwis travel overseas to learn from others and study topics that will advance their occupation, trade, industry, profession or community and benefit New Zealand. Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Read more
The following information, which repeats information from IRD, was posted by DIA Charities Services on their website on 17 July 2018. As the information is of potential importance to many nonprofits, we have reproduced it here in toto. The blog post itself can be found on the Charities website here. Read more