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Community Empowerment Unit
Who we are!
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What’s our Cause?
When we connect with communities and places, we create a sense of
belonging. When we belong, we can participate,
contribute and prosper.
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What’s our Purpose?
We inspire and encourage Aucklanders to make our communities great places
to live, work and play.
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What we do 1.
We inspire Aucklanders to design and lead initiatives that
make our communities
great.
2. We connect with
individuals, groups and
communities so amazing things
get done.
3. We support great ideas so that they
have the best chance of
succeeding.
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How do we do it? Our team is:
Championing community-led practice, Enabling communities to do amazing things, Partnering with local communities, Working closely with local boards, Growing community capacity and capability, Leveraging and connecting across council,
communities, and local boards.
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Community Empowerment Unit Purpose We inspire and encourage Aucklanders to make communities
great places to live, work and play.
What we do 1. We inspire Aucklanders to
design and lead initiatives that make our communities
great.
2. We connect with individuals,
groups and communities so amazing things
get done.
3. We support great ideas so that they have
the best chance of
succeeding.
How we do it Our team is:
Championing community-led practice, Enabling communities to do amazing things, Partnering with local communities, Working closely with local boards, Growing community capacity and capability, Leveraging and connecting across council, communities,
and local boards.
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Community Empowerment Unit (CEU)
Community Empowerment Manager
Christine Olsen
Strategic Brokers
Youth Connections Operations Practice
Team Community Contracts
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Community Empowerment Unit (CEU)
ECA Hub Specialist, technical
and operational focus
Strategic Brokerage
Tailored to local boards
Delivering on: • Local Board Plans • Regional programmes • The Auckland Plan • Community aspirations • The Māori
Responsiveness Plan
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Strategic brokers
Each local board has a strategic community broker; 17 have a full-time person; 4 have a half-time person. Their role includes: • Being a key point of contact for communities • Understanding local community aspirations • Creating connections and opportunities across and
with communities • Connecting community and local board to
resources and expertise within council
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Operations team
This team supports council and community to deliver on the empowered communities approach by:
• providing specialist advice • applying community development practice, tools and
techniques • giving practical support • looking for ECA opportunities across council
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Practice team
The practice team supports the delivery of the ECA by:
• building effective ways of working and creating
relevant tools • providing learning and skills development
opportunities • documenting and evaluating ECA practice and
outcomes • promoting a barrier busting culture within Auckland
Council
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Other teams in the CEU
• The Community Contracts team delivers four programmes funded by central government agencies.
• The Youth Connections team supports positive youth employment outcomes.
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Otara-Papatoetoe Local Board
• CEU Work Programme 2016/17 • Inclusion and Equity • Identify and create opportunities for local communities to
learn about the different cultures and ways of living that exist in their midst (i.e. ethnicities, contexts, faiths, interests, visions) and to appreciate how these can contribute to community health, prosperity, aroha, cohesion, learning and resilience
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Whaiora Marae Cultural Visits
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Ngati Otara Marae visit 29 June
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Cultural Tours
• Organised by ACRC (Asian Council on Reducing Crime)
• 4 May, 52 visitors. Tzu Chi Foundation, Tibetan Temple,
Papatoetoe Museum, MIT Marae
• 5 May, 46 visitors. Tzu Chi Foundation, Hindu Temple,
Sikh Temple
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Cultural Tour 4 May
Tzu Chi Foundation
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Tzu Chi Foundation
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Tzu Chi Foundation
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Tibetan Temple
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Papatoetoe Museum
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Visitors on bus
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Chinese visitors taught Tai Chi at MIT Marae
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Cultural Tour 5 May
Tzu Chi Foundation
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Hindu Temple
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Community Kitchen at Sikh Temple
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Sikh Temple
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• The bus trip introduced 50 visitors to local council operations, by-laws and services, and presentations were provided by ACRC, NZ Police and Pacific Vision Aotearoa.
• The trip introduced policies on rubbish dumping, graffiti, noise control, liquor ban, etc.
Bylaw Trip - 15 June
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Bylaw Trip - 15 June
Clean Otara Creek
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Introduce council and local boards’ role at Manukau
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Any questions
[email protected] https://acintranet.aklc.govt.nz/EN/departments/ace/Pages/EmpoweredCommunitiesApproachProject.aspx