Part Three: Sector News
This is the Office's email update of 9 October 2008.
15: Deadline for nominations for inaugural Attitude Awards - 22 October 2008.
Time is running out to make nominations for the inaugural Attitude Awards.
Nominations close on 22 October 2008. Nomination forms can be downloaded from the website.
The Award has been developed jointly by RSVP Productions, which makes the weekly TV series "Attitude", Parafed Auckland. ACC is the principal sponsor. Other sponsors include the Lion Foundation, Air New Zealand, Southern Cross Healthcare, Trade and Enterprise, Invacare, Wayne Francis Charitable Trust, and New Zealand Relay.
There are eight award categories:
- Attitude ACC Employer Award
- Attitude Enterprise Award
- Attitude Spirit Award
- Attitude Sportsman Award
- Attitude Sportswoman Award
- Attitude Youth Award
- Attitude Arts Award
- Attitude Community Award
One of the eight category winners will also be chosen to receive the Attitude ACC Supreme Award.
The event is to be held in Auckland on 3 December 2008 - the International Day of Disabled Persons.
16: First Frozen Funds Trust grants awarded.
'Frozen Funds' was the name given to the interest on patients' welfare benefits paid into psychiatric and psychopaedic hospital trust accounts in the 1970s and 1980s.The interest money was kept by the institutions to fund such things as recreational projects. In 1987, this practice ceased and the interest money was taken from the hospitals for payment to the people who owned it. Over half of the interest money was returned to its owners in the early 1990s.
The government then decided that the unclaimed balance of the funds should benefit people who used mental health and intellectual disability services, and a charitable trust was established. For a number of years, Public Trust worked with stakeholders in the mental health and intellectual disability sectors to develop the Trust Deed, which was signed off by the Government in 2006. Trustees were appointed in 2007. The Public Trust provides administration and investment services to the Frozen Funds Trust Board, and acts as trustee of the funds. The Frozen Funds Charitable Trust was formally launched in February 2008 by Minister for Disability Issues, the Hon Ruth Dyson.
The purpose of the Frozen Funds Charitable Trust is to provide grants for projects run by and for people who use mental health or intellectual disability services. The focus for the 2008 grants round was for projects that will raise public awareness of the legacy of institutionalisation.
Ten organisations running projects for people with an intellectual disability or a psychological condition have received funding totalling
$291,125 from the Frozen Funds Charitable Trust's first grants round.
The 10 organisations receiving funding from the Frozen Funds Charitable Trust in 2008 are:
- Artsenta Creative Arts Trust (Dunedin) - $5,000
- Bo Ai She-Chinese Mental Health Consumer Self-Supporting Organisation (Auckland) - $8,000
- Otago Mental Health Support Trust (Dunedin) - $6,000
- Te Roopu Pookai Taaniwhaniwha Inc (Porirua) - $35,000
- The Lighthouse Trust (Napier) - $90,000
- Toi Ora Live Art Trust (Auckland) $12,000
- Interacting Theatres (Auckland) - $10,125
- National Residential Intellectual Disability Providers (Nelson) - $10,000
- People First NZ (Wellington) - $90,000
- Spectrum Care Trust Board (Auckland) - $25,000.
Expressions of interest for the 2009 grants round must be submitted by any eligible organisation before 31 March 2009.
For more information:
Contact: Cheryl Mennie, Public Trust Special Business
Postal: Public Trust, PO Box 5067, Lambton Quay, Wellington 6145
Phone: 0-4-978 4558 or 0800 371 471
Website: www.frozenfunds.co.nz
17: Certificate and Diploma in Supported Employment.
Te Kaiawhinia Ahumahi (Industry Training Organisation) and Association of Supported Employment New Zealand (ASENZ) have developed the Certificate and Diploma in Supported Employment, which are recognised by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA).
Participants may apply to VASS and to the Ministry of Social Development for training funds.
For more information:
Contact: Ian Harper, Executive Officer ASENZ
Postal: PO Box 261 Whanganui Mail Centre, Whanganui 4540
Phone: 0-6-342 3899
Mobile: 0-27-457 4744
Email: asenz@asenz.org.nz
Website: http://www.asenz.org.nz
18: Touch Compass.
Touch Compass integrated Dance Company new season Harmonious Oddity, premiered in Auckland 1- 4 October 2008.
TV1's Close Up programme featured Touch Compass. Go to:
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/465467/2169377
and click on the story entitled 'Donation Dilemma' under 'Related Video'.
19: 'In my Shoes' DVD - an everyday look at Autism Spectrum Disorder.
The Promotion of Acceptance and Inclusion of Autism Spectrum Disorder
(P.A.I.4 ASD) Trust has produced a DVD 'In my Shoes' to give people a glimpse of what it's like to live in the shoes of someone who has an Autism Spectrum Disorder.
There are four segments included on the DVD, each segment is targeted at a different audience:
- Maori - Aimed at the Maori community to explain what ASD is and why sometimes children with ASD may seem unaware or insensitive to tikanga and kawa. Explaining how someone with ASD processes information and that they do not mean to be disrespectful by their actions.
- Community - Aimed at professional organisations, family and whanau, workplaces and the community in general. This segment gives you an overview on some of the things that affect people with ASD everyday in our communities, and some of the things that parents of children with ASD need to consider when interacting with others in the community.
- Primary - Aimed at years 3-8. It has been designed to use in different situations, with or without additional resources
- Secondary - Aimed at years 9+, this segment deals with what it feels like for a teenager with ASD.
The DVDs will be distributed nationwide to schools, workplaces, Autism NZ branches and service organisations.
To order copies of the DVD go to www.inmyshoes.co.nz
20: Family Care radio.
Family Care radio is a monthly one hour internet radio show for carers, their whānau, aiga and friends. Each show includes:
- interviews with carers, experts and decision-makers
- listen & learn 5 Minute Features to help carers improve their health, wellbeing and knowledge
- helpful tips and hints to make life easier.
The October 2008 programme is an election special. Carers NZ asked all political parties currently represented in Parliament the same questions, asking what they would do for family carers if they are part of the next government, and to comment about their own caring experiences. The development of Family Care Radio was made possible with support from the New Zealand Government's Digital Strategy Community Partnership Fund.
21: Valuing Experience: a practical guide to recruiting and retaining older workers.
Valuing Experience: a practical guide to recruiting and retaining older workers has been produced by the Human Rights Commission, the Retirement Commission, the EEO Trust, Business New Zealand, the NZ council of Trade Unions, and the Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce. The guide provides information both on older worker's rights and responsibilities and tips for employers. It has been developed in order to retain older workers.
22: Association for Supported Employment New Zealand (ASENZ) training programmes.
The ASENZ website has information about upcoming training workshops:
- Developing SUPER Vision: Mentoring, Supervision and Coaching in Supported Employment
- Leadership Metamorphosis: the light and dark sides of the transition to leadership in the not-for- profit sector
- Marketing Supported Employment
- The Career Planning Workshop
- Supported Employment: An Introduction to Practice
- The Personal Plans Workshop
- Strategic Planning Made Easy
- Use of the six thinking hats in Supported Employment For more information:
Contact: Ian Harper, Executive Officer ASENZ
Postal: PO Box 261 Whanganui Mail Centre, Whanganui 4540
Phone: 0-6-342 3899
Mobile: 0-27-457 4744
Email: asenz@asenz.org.nz
Website: http://www.asenz.org.nz