A new partnership formed whereby both participants gain valuable experience and growth.
Megan Buckley from the NZ Nurses Association.
I was offered the opportunity to work with the National Collective of Independent Women’s Refuges (NCIWR) Chief Executive during my Social Enterprise (SE) placement.
Our role was to learn about how the SE worked, its structure and people, what the complexities and achievements were and what the next steps were for the organisation. Read more
Here’s commentary from the partnership of Mat Scott of Father and Child with Dan Walker of Dell.
From Dan Walker of Dell
Connecting with Mat and Father & Child was a great experience for me. I realised that Father & Child is more than just people who love what they do – they give so much of themselves; It was enlightening to see how their passion for helping men through their roles as parents was bigger than monetary gain or personal interest. I valued the opportunity to help Father & Child and I hope they got value from me. Read more
General Manager Trevor Easton of OUTLine became part of the MALP programme with Colin Tuaa of BEST Pacific Institute of Education.
Colin Tuaa of BEST Pacific Institute of Education.
My social placement experience with Trevor Easton was very enlightening. My approach to this piece of work was really to listen and understand what Outline NZ stands for. Trevor was such a pleasure to work with and we quickly developed a trusting relationship.
We both agreed that we were not sure how we were going to help each other apart from Trevor providing some sort of support for a Masters student.
I think we both let the relationship naturally evolve and with each meeting Trevor shared more about the challenges he faces in serving our LGBTI community. Read more