Inspiring Communities and Te Tauihu Community Development Agency, with support from Rātā Foundation present this workshop

Belonging – the power of being accepted and valued in our community

Community-led development (CLD) aims to strengthen the vitality of local communities by activating and weaving the contributions of everyone connected to a place. When CLD is done well it generates a Collective Impact (CI) across the sector.

Inspiring Communities and Te Tauihu Community Development Agency are partnering in offering this workshop in direct response to the 2024 Strengthening the Sector survey. It told us that "increasing the sense of belonging and inclusion in our community" was the issue respondents voted most for, to centre a collective impact initiative.

A CLD/CI approach actively seeks to inspire hope and find ways for each of us to take action across the multiple perspectives, places and peoples that make up Te Tauihu – Top of the South.

By being in partnership with Te Tauihu Community Development Agency for this workshop, this becomes a unique opportunity to join together with genuine belonging and connectedness in mind. All from our region are warmly invited.

This workshop will help you:

Connect with others interested in CLD as an approach to create Collective Impact in your place as part of our region
Enrich understanding of the impact ‘belonging’ can have – for practitioners in agencies as well as citizens in our communities
Get creative about increasing our connectedness as agencies across the region
Learn about building respectful relationships with mana whenua
Understand and work with widening our community impact for improved wellbeing
Generate ideas to include and encourage participation across the communities

Meet your Facilitators

Kindra Douglas

Kindra is driven by seeing movement in individuals, groups and communities to generate change. With a background in working for affordable housing, trained as both a teacher and a counsellor, founding chair of Nelson Tasman Housing Trust in 2004, and founding Director of the Victory Community Centre in 2007, she is a person who’s not afraid to look through a different lens to bring people together. Kindra offers her Pathways to Power personal development course to women in Nelson, is an active Trustee on Community Action Nelson where they advance perception changes in different ways to be housed, and how more affordable housing can be created. With a full and rich professional career in collaborating and connecting people, Kindra is always looking for ways to connect communities and help them find ways to look after their people.

Leigh Manson
Leigh Manson is the strategic lead for TTCDA. Leigh led the early FPO sector kōrero that occurred in 2023-2024 gauging the need and focus for the agency. She brings over 20 years of experience in system and service design, co-design, and community engagement to her role. Leigh holds a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Laws, and is currently doing a Masters in Regional Development, complemented by certificates in human-centered design, Six Sigma, and Te Reo Māori.

TTCDA is a community-driven, iwi-mandated and governed vehicle for enabling and championing positive change for the 1,400 “for purpose” community groups and organisations (FPOs) in our rohe.
One of the ways TTCDA is strengthening the for-purpose sector across Te Tauihu is through creating and supporting collaboration that brings together FPOs, iwi, government, and business to tackle regional challenges with an emphasis on shared solutions.
www.tetauihucommunity.org

Tea, Coffee, and Morning Tea provided.

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