Sustainability for community organisations

Welcome to the new Sustainability How-to Guide. This guide lists selected resources for building and strengthening organisational sustainability in voluntary and community groups. By organisational sustainability we mean the capacity of an organisation to constantly renew itself and to keep working effectively for its members or clients.

It is arranged in four areas: EconomicHumanNatural and Review and Renewal. You'll find these four areas under the resource types - News, Email Lists, Resources - in the left hand menu.

Start with the Introduction and work from there.

Photo of Kate Drury, editor of the sustainability guide.This guide is edited by Kate Drury. Kate has been a newspaper journalist for 20 years working on publications in both New Zealand and London including the Evening Post, the Dominion Post, the New Zealander, the NZPA and the Waikato Times.

She is currently a freelance writer, editor and researcher and in her  third year of law at Victoria University. She has a particular interest in the community and voluntary sector, working as a volunteer for many groups.

We hope you find this guide useful. Please let us know - send your feedback to: information@community.net.nz.

News

  • Sustainability news sites

    News updates in all areas of sustainability - economic, human, natural and review and renewal.
    Date added: 20 June 2006

Resources   (Go to full list of 6 items)

  • New Dialogue: Sustainability

    The December 2008 edition of New Dialogue, the publication of NZ Federation of Voluntary Welfare Organisations, explores sustainability in the community - examining the roles of volunteering and capacity-building in helping to create sustainable organisations.
    Date updated: 13 February 2009
  • Human (People) resources

    Human resources topics include capacity building, networking, cultural sustainability, sustaining boards and committees, as well as volunteers and staff. Capacity building is forward looking and this is why it is important to sustainability of community organisations. It is a way to help groups to plan ahead in terms of skills and knowledge and is essential to sustainable management.
    Date updated: 28 January 2009
  • Managing Well resource catalogue

    The Managing Well resource catalogue (online in the Community Centre section of this web site) includes references or links to manuals, websites, information sheets, books, and other documents, and a list of organisations that can help you in this area.
    Date updated: 19 September 2008

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Case Studies   (Go to full list of 4 items)

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Email Lists

  • All e-mail lists

    Scroll down for sites offering email updates and networking opportunities.
    Date updated: 20 June 2006

Websites   (Go to full list of 4 items)

  • Economic sustainability websites

    This page shows useful websites on social business and funding information.
    Date added: 28 March 2006
  • Human sustainability websites

    This page shows useful websites on human resource (people) sustainability.
    Date added: 20 June 2006
  • Natural sustainability websites

    The page links to environmental sustainability websites. We've listed two types of websites: those with practical guides and those giving a big picture overview.
    Date added: 4 June 2009

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