News

July 2022

The collaborative ARA Education Charitable Trust – working on systemic change

Wed, 2022-07-06 08:07

Hashtags are often just aspirational, with few strategies in place to achieve them. The Ara Education Charitable Trust’s hashtag is “Together we change lives and build communities.”

And that’s what they are, gradually, doing.

Ara Education Charitable Trust (AECT) is a collaboration between industry, government agencies and schools to create work and training opportunities for South Auckland school leavers.

Kia ora from Ruapehu REAP – Our Story

Wed, 2022-07-13 08:26

By Maraea Bellamy, General Manager/Pou Ārahi
Ruapehu REAP is one of the smaller REAP situated in the beautiful central North Island.

We became a REAP in 1979. The new organisation emerged from an existing local education programme. The geographic area we serve sits in two District Councils, Rangitīkei in the north and Ruapehu in the south.

Kōtare Research and Education for Social Change: hope and a place to stand

Wed, 2022-07-20 08:54

By Sue Bradford
In March 1994 a group of adult educators, union and community organisers, Catholic social justice advocates and Pākehā treaty activists came together to develop what was first conceived as a ‘school for social change’.

Rotorua Community Youth Centre Trust – a collaborative one-stop-shop for youth-centred skill development and wellbeing

Wed, 2022-07-27 09:09

Enabling youth to reach their full potential is the aim of the Rotorua Community Youth Centre Trust. To do this, the Centre acts as a ‘one stop youth shop’. Regardless of which service they enter, each young person will get the total support they need. As Jen Murray, CEO, explains, “basically we wrap services and activities around young people so they can achieve their aspirations. If we can’t provide support internally, then we will reach out to external partners.” The Centre has three outcome areas: health and wellbeing; learning and development and employment.