NZCCSS Projects
NZCCSS regularly undertakes research projects will assist us in our advocacy role. Areas of interest include poverty reduction, improving services for families and older people, strengthening communities and advocating for affordable quality housing. These are some of our more recent projects:
Services for Older People Conference
A highlight of the year will be the NZCCSS Services for Older People Conference "Together We Can ..." at the Waipuna Conference Centre in Auckland, 22 - 23 April 2010.
Manaaki Hapori: Enhancing Communities 2009/2010
This project focuses on the creative ways of parishes to counter the impacts of the recession. A range of community projects have been visited. The project goal is to create written resources for other communities.
This project is currently under way, read more about the success stories and resources of the Manaaki Hapori project here or follow the project on Facebook.
Working Together We Can Respond to Dementia
2009
Just and compassionate responses to the increasing number of people living with dementia will require changes to existing structures and services to recognise their particular needs. The project involved interviews with a range of service provider organisations, an overview of key literature and visits to social service programmes. We spoke with people with dementia, their families and whānau as well as those providing care and support through day programmes, home support and residential care. Read the full report here
Grassroots Voices 2008/2009
More than 240 family and whanau members were interviewed about their experiences of receiving support services from Christian social services and government agencies. The report highlights the success stories of current support structures, but also identifies areas for necessary improvement and change.
Download the Executive Summary here.
Download the full report here.
Poverty Indicator Project...
NZCCSS has released its report on foodbank use - "A Snapshot Comparative Analysis of Foodbank Use". Given the increases in food prices that have struck since the data for this report was gathered, NZCCSS sees this "snapshot" as providing a baseline for tracking the effects of those increases.
Download the report as PDF here.
Aroha Tetahi Ki Tetahi - Let Us Look After Each Other 2008
A year-long programme of social justice information and advocacy. Below are the written resources produced during the programme:
Brochure I: Our Children, Our Treasure.- Brochure II: Valuing the Lives of Older People.
- Brochure III: Made Poor in New Zealand?
- Brochure IV: The REAL Housing Affordability Problem.
- Brochure V: We, Together growing communities.
- Church leaders' statement for the Call for More Action
- Church leaders' support for the Call for More Action
- Calling YOU to take action
Briefings to the Incoming Government and Ministers
On this page we have compiled briefings for the government and the incoming ministers. The briefings are from several different sources and concern social justice issues in New Zealand. Read more ...