How Communities Heal

— stories of social innovation
and social change

by vivian Hutchinson
and the New Zealand Social Entrepreneur Fellowship

HOW COMMUNITIES HEAL tells the unique stories of a group of New Zealand social entrepreneurs, and their work to create systemic and sustainable solutions to our social and environmental challenges. 

This book profiles the personal stories of these innovators, and looks at the projects and programmes they are creating, while highlighting the particular variety of leadership that brings insight, entrepreneurship and practical hope into our communities.  

HOW COMMUNITIES HEAL also includes a series of articles from vivian Hutchinson on entrepreneurship and innovation, and the tools and ideas that are helping make these projects happen. 

Each chapter of this book is freely available through the links that appear on this page. 
We are encouraging anyone to share and further redistribute these articles.

A printed book edition of this project can be purchased at our bookstore online at tinyurl.com/hchbooksales  for NZ$45 (+postage/pack)

eBook, Kindle and PDF for iPad editions are also available for sale at tinyurl.com/hchebooks or at tinyurl.com/hchkindle 

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The complete series of chapters ....  

	Project Outline ... highlighting the leadership that brings insight, entrepreneurship and practical hope into our communities.    download PDF
	Chapter 1 Enterpreneurship for the Common Good by vivian Hutchinson  ... how entrepreneurship can transform the community sector.   download PDF               newspaper article
	Chapter 2 Brian Donnelly Affordable Housing for All ... creating affordable housing developments for low-income families, and exploring new financial models for home ownership.   download PDF                newspaper article
	Chapter 3 Vivien Maidaborn Action for Inclusion ... establishing an initiative to improve the design of New Zealand homes so that they can work well for people of every age, stage and ability.   download PDF               newspaper article
	Chapter 4 Social Innovation by vivian Hutchinson ... moving from organising problems to healing them.   download PDF
	Chapter 5 Emeline Afeaki-Mafile’o  Growing From Your Roots ... creating a Pacific style of mentoring programmes for young people in South Auckland, and running a fair trade coffee growing business in Tonga.  download PDF         newspaper article
	Chapter 6 Kim Workman Rethinking Crime and Punishment ... setting up a national campaign to rethink our attitudes on the issues of criminal justice and prison reform.  download PDF          newspaper article
	Chapter 7 Learning Communities by vivian Hutchinson ... the importance of fellowship and dialogue in creating the knowledge that social entrepreneurs need to take their projects forward.  download PDF
	Chapter 8 Gael Surgenor Innovation in the Public Service ... how social marketing can foster better parenting skills and address family violence.  download PDF          newspaper article
	Chapter 9 John Stansfield The Community Organiser as Entrepreneur ... reframing problem gambling from an addictions issue to a social justice issue, and also fighting for community control of the waste stream.  download PDF            newspaper article
	Chapter 10 The Business of Complexity by vivian Hutchinson ... understanding the relevance of complexity theories to the community sector.  download PDF
	Chapter 11 Stephanie McIntyre  Hope on the Streets ... addressing and preventing inner-city homelessness, and establishing a stable home for people with long histories of alcohol dependence.  download PDF           newspaper article
	Chapter 12 Major Campbell Roberts  Faith, Mercy and Social Justice ... inspiring churches and communities to take practical action on poverty, and establishing an independent social research agency.  download PDF
	Chapter 13 Measuring the Maybe  by vivian Hutchinson ... evaluating and measuring innovative projects.  download PDF
	Chapter 14 Philip Patston Adding Diversity to Common Sense ... re-examining how we think about diversity and disability in our communities.  download PDF
	Chapter 15 Ngahau and Debbie Davis Making the What ... establishing community-owned enterprises and rebuilding the economic base of predominantly Maori rural towns.  download PDF
	Chapter 16 A Generous Difference by vivian Hutchinson ... creating a better partnership between social entrepreneurs and philanthropy.  download PDF
	Chapter 17 Malcolm Cameron Putting Unity Back Into Community ... weaving together community, business and government organisations to ensure that all young people have opportunities to learn and work.  download PDF
	Chapter 18 Nuku Rapana Migrating to Enterprise and Development ... leading a strategy of community and economic development amongst Pacific Island communities.  download PDF
	Chapter 19 Robin Allison Migrating to Enterprise and Development ... demonstrating how the principles of co-housing, eco-architecture and permaculture lead to social and environmental sustainability.  download PDF
	Chapter 20 It's Going To Take Community by vivian Hutchinson ... awakening more active citizenship and generous engagement in our communities.  download PDF

 

The HOW COMMUNITIES HEAL project is a not-for-profit resource that is licensed for distribution under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 New Zealand License.