How Communities Heal
— stories of social innovation
and social change

by vivian Hutchinson
and the New Zealand Social Entrepreneur Fellowship

is being published in fortnightly instalments here at
www.nzsef.org.nz/howcommunitiesheal 

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

For bulk book orders (eg. for committees or trust boards) please contact howcommunitiesheal@nzsef.org.nz

  

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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 (for printing)

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 New Zealand’s social challenges.

This project seeks to foster social innovation in New Zealand by highlighting and promoting the particular variety of leadership that brings insight, entrepreneurship and practical hope into our communities.  

The series of profiles and articles is being published in fortnightly instalments on this page which connects to profiles and articles hosted on the Scribd.com publishing website. 

We are encouraging anyone to link with, share and further redistribute these articles.  

Comments and conversations on this project are encouraged on our Facebook and Twitter pages.

                                   

The stories and articles so far ....  

	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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

 

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.