Check out the latest community story on our website! Sport Waitakere has recently learned and implemented some valuable lessons that have helped them to be more sustainable and work in a more community-led way. inspiringcommunities.org.nz/sustainable-ch…

Day 3 on the road and we were hosted by Ilana at Welcoming Communities Ashburton for our workshop, heard all about time banking and the newcomers network. Then we shot up to Rangiora… instagram.com/p/BqOpWnNFJ9I/…

New blog! Jen Margaret, a Treaty advocate and educator, has been working with us to help support our engagement with Te Tiriti. Here, she talks about the importance of all NZers valuing and recognising Te Ao Māori and Te Tiriti. inspiringcommunities.org.nz/blog-applying-… Pic from Archives New Zealand .

Follow us for all the latest in #communitychange happening all over Aotearoa/NZ. inspiringcommunities.org.nz instagram.com/inspiring_comm… #locallyled #CLD #communityleddevelopment

Friday inspiration! And a taster before we publish their full story on our website... Grey Lynn 2030's focus is on locally-led environmental change. Here's a video about a recent project of theirs bit.ly/2zKrrql #resourcerecovery #locallyledchange #NZ #CLD #ClimateChange

Well, what a year it's been for Inspiring Communities! Check out our 2018 highlights here: inspiringcommunities.org.nz/snapshot-2018/

Another great food rescue and community support story: stuff.co.nz/national/10918…

We're now closed for the Christmas holidays. We'll be trickling back into our offices at various times in January, but there will be someone monitoring our inboxes and social media from the week beginning 7th January 2019.

Happy New Year! We're back after a relaxing and refreshing break and we're ready to take on 2019. Keep in the loop with CLD news and events by signing up to all our social media platforms! instagram.com/inspiring_comm… facebook.com/InspiringCommu… or inspiringcommunities.org.nz

The Living Standards Framework Dashboard has been developed by the Treasury as an analytical tool to provide insights into key aspects of current and future wellbeing. For social enterprises and those interested in wellbeing, this is a fantastic resource > buff.ly/2V12O1J

Have you seen the highlights video of our 10 year celebration? youtu.be/Si4854iJv-M?a

We're revamping our website - stay tuned for the launch later this year! In the meantime, we're reintroducing a few wee gems of resources that you may not have stumbled across before. Today it's our Theory of Change. inspiringcommunities.org.nz/our-theory-of-…

Another gem from our website! Today it's our Capability Framework. Whatever our community-led development focus or role is, it’s HOW we work that matters most. Click the link to learn more and look for the downloadable PDF resource. inspiringcommunities.org.nz/the-capability…

Have you registered your Neighbours Day Aotearoa event yet? If you do you could go in the draw to one of our tees celebrating the benefits of connected communities. This is our RESILIENCE… instagram.com/p/BuFyOS4BrDb/…

Just what is a Repair Café? We talk to some people who are part of the Auckland Repair Café movement about how communities can become more connected one repair at a time. bit.ly/2BKT7w2 . #repaircafes #shoretothrive #ancad #wasteminimisation #connectingcommunities

Here are some great examples from Creative New Zealand of community art projects happening in Aotearoa: bit.ly/2SlwDYk. Want to tell us about YOUR community arts project? Email us [email protected].

A story about how fixing things can help to connect people, our 2019 workshop itinerary, news on our new website and more! All included in our first newsletter for the year. Read it at bit.ly/2BW93fj or go to our website to get it sent straight to your inbox every month.

“You don’t have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great.” —Les Brown psychologytoday.com/blog/the-adapt…

Cissy and Sam from Neighbours Day have created a video JUST FOR YOU, the followers and friends of Inspiring Communities. Watch to get some event planning inspiration or just to learn more about NDA 2019. youtu.be/7OR6paXTdys

Have you checked out our CLD workshops for this year? We'll be coming to a town near you soon! inspiringcommunities.org.nz/our-2019-cld-s…