Kia ora, this has a roundup of recent events and upcoming ones as well as resources that may help you!
More than 125 joined the conversation with Shamubeel Eaqub on impact investing – the video is now available to watch here or you can listen to it on seeds here. Attached is the legal opinion released as well. Feel free to forward this email on to others/Boards/Trustees/Advisors you may know particularly it if will provoke thinking and catalyse discussions!
I was able to share my views on “work/life balance”, my dreams, grandfather, apple trees and more in this article for the Sunday Star Times that may interest: And with more than 78 comments on the post about the article here on LinkedIn, am going to turn the reflections into a short ebook! Got to try new things…
Coming up are a few free sessions to alert you too:
- Free Community Governance Aotearoa event on Changes to the Charities Act and implications for charities – sign ups here, it is free – Friday 26th April. “Join us to explore changes to the Charities Act and what this means for your charity. For our April Board Talk, joining us are Andrew Newbery (Charities Services), Michelle Kitney (Volunteering NZ) and Steven Moe (Parry Field Lawyers) to discuss this important topic.”
- Q&A for Charities – already 122 signed up for this free event on changes on to Charities Act, this will be more flowing and a Q&A than last one, just with me – you can join it here.
- Incorporated Societies – a free session on 19th April on what is changing and what you need to know, the top 10 points – sign up free here.
- Community Networks Aotearoa are asking for groups to fill our their state of the sector survey here https://www.communitynetworksaotearoa.org.nz/state-of-the-sector-survey-2024 “The 2024 State of The Sector Survey provides an integral snapshot into the community and voluntary sector.”
- Next Impact Lunch is on 7 May https://forms.office.com/r/59y7LFiXU9 and we will get the chance to talk with Simone Woodland, an architect, EHF fellow and founder of Mōhua Ventures (New Zealand’s first charitable housing developer) who is coming to visit and to showcase the Tākaka Cohousing Neighbourhood in Golden Bay.
- The waka hourua Hinemoana in our waters for the next three months – see attached for ways to interact and be involved in its visit.
- I got the chance to be interviewed on Māori TV about housing – it is in episode 2 over at this link. This is about a housing project at Rapaki near Lyttelton have been involved with https://www.maoriplus.co.nz/show/65d1944a23eec600165edbcf
- My friends at Volunteering NZ are looking for 10+ mentors to join their Volunteer Managers Leadership Mentoring Programme, and this might be something that interests one of you? More info is at https://www.volunteeringnz.org.nz/resources/leadership-mentoring-programme/
- Recently commented for Stuff on Why business is booming in Ōtautahi Christchurch – Stuff
The legal opinion on enabling impact investing can be downloaded here as well but is also attached as a PDF and has also been read out as an audio book as episode #385 of Seeds Podcast – it is in Spotify and in Apple Podcasts.
We will hold another event in a few months as a follow up looking at the topic of Social Housing so be watching out for that and planning a paper with case studies for that – so the practical side of deciding to invest for impact.
A few other resources are set out below which I can send you if of interest. Keep doing the great work and planting seeds of impact!
Ngā mihi,
Steven
