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12 Dec 2024Social investment and social return on investmentCSI associate Rachael Trotman, explores these concepts and what they mean for philanthropy.→
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03 Sep 2024Impact review 2023/24Our Centre for Social Impact impact summary for 2023/2024 is now available→
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30 Aug 2024Funding InsightsInsights to inform and shape Foundation North’s strategic direction.→
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07 Jun 2024Te Pūaha Talks - the programme for 2024/25Our 2024 Te Puaha Talks programme, the free online webinars and workshops we offer funded by Foundation North for community organisations and other not-for-profits.→
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07 Jun 2024CSI – tenth anniversary May 2024The Centre for Social Impact was founded as the social business of Foundation North in May 2014. At a tenth anniversary event in May 2024 for CSI associates and Foundation North trustees and staff, CSI’s Head of Centre, Karinia Lee, gave this speech on the Centre, its founding and its work.→
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15 Dec 2023Western science and mātauranga Māori in climate actionCSI Associate Aimee Kaio presented on Māori associations with Southern Oceans and Antarctica at the 2023 INSTANT Conference held in Italy.→
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15 Dec 2023Te Pūaha Talks – our online capability building programme for 2023Our Te Pūaha Talks programme for 2023/24 is underway. These free online capability building webinars for not-for-profits supported by Foundation North, will again offer a range of learning opportunities.→
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28 Aug 2023Pacific children and young people talk about ‘doing well’In August 2023, a 3 minute video was screened at the Mangere arts Centre, featuring Rise Up children sharing themes from interviews with 77 Pacific children and young people aged 5-19 years, on what ‘doing well’ looks like for them.→
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12 Jul 2023Impact Report - 2022/23The Centre’s annual impact summary provides an overview of our work, and the value of it to our clients and stakeholders. The summary identifies the number of commissions by pou, the types of activity that delivered value for our clients, the outcomes achieved, and our clients’ assessment of our contribution to their organisations.→
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07 Jul 2023The Funders Commitment 2023 Inaugural ReportThe Funders Commitment on Climate Action includes seven-parts, encompassing a unique Aotearoa perspective reflecting Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Māori aspirations, and reporting back to our communities and stakeholders the actions that signatories undertake.→
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08 Jun 2023Impact Report - 2021/22The Centre’s annual impact summary provides an overview of our work, and the value of it to our clients and stakeholders. The summary identifies the number of commissions by pou, the types of activity that delivered value for our clients, the outcomes achieved, and our clients’ assessment of our contribution to their organisations.→
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11 Aug 2022Te Pūaha Talks – evaluation workshopsOur August evaluation workshops are now fully subscribed! If you missed out, recordings of all three workshops will be available online by the end of August.→
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19 Jul 2022Te Pūaha Talks – our 2022 capability building programmeTe Pūaha Talks, our 2022 programme of free online capability building webinars.→
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02 May 2022Haumanu - restorative systems changeThis time of global disruption has focused many of us on the urgent need for systems change to create a future in which people and the planet can thrive.→
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10 Dec 2021Community Trusts Climate Action CommitmentIn recognition of the important role community funders play in building better outcomes for the environment and communities of Aotearoa New Zealand, a group of community trusts have agreed a Funders Commitment on Climate Action.→
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28 Apr 2021Frameworks for understanding and demonstrating social impactCSI Associate Rachael Trotman on how to ‘know and show’ the difference your organisation makes.→
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26 Nov 2020Overview of Impact Investing in AotearoaThe Centre for Social Impact and Steven Moe have teamed up to produce an update on Impact Investment in Aotearoa.→
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18 Aug 2020Diving into the waters of systems change at Sport New ZealandThere’s nothing like calling in a critical friend to illuminate what is implicit and invisible in the waters that you’re swimming in. That’s what recently happened between Sport New Zealand Ihi Aotearoa and CSI.→
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02 Mar 2020Evaluation to support the social impact journeyOur latest blog, from CSI associate Rachael Trotman, looks at how evaluation supports social impact journeys.→
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29 Jul 2019Connecting to Strengthen Community Sector Governance – A collaboration with Rātā Foundation on capacity, capability and practiceA conversation with representatives from twenty-five organisations from across the motu.→
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12 Apr 2019Kōtuitui – Healing intergenerational trauma; a conversation on the multigenerational legacies of war, colonisation and famineThe first of our 2019 Kōtuitui (interweaving conversations) focused on emerging research on the multigenerational legacies of traumas such as war, colonisation and famine – and the possibilities for healing.→
