News
ANCAD’s Community Voices magazine – Spring issue is now out – download your free copy here
Download your free copy of ANCAD’s quarterly magazine, Community Voices – Spring issue – here. Community Voices Spring 25
Our vision:
RESILIENT | SAFE | CONNECTED
communities
We are ANCAD.
Nā tō rourou, nā taku rourou, ka ora ai te iwi
With your food basket and my food basket the people will thrive.
Who we are
ANCAD is an Incorporated Society (since 1979) governed by a board, that has been supporting the local and wider community, since 1974.
What we do
ANCAD’s mission is to educate, engage and enable resilient, safe and connected communities, through an approach to: Incubate. Accelerate. Innovate.
Incubate
Our charity hub supports grassroots groups and start-ups with affordable training and tailored services to turn vision into strategy, build strong foundations, become funder-ready, and grow into capable, thriving organisations and projects.
Accelerate
To continually invest in and build the capability of organisations to respond effectively to emerging issues and challenges and to accelerate and grow, through training and customised support, peer networks and mentoring.
Innovate
To strengthen, refresh and reignite community organisations to thrive in a changing socio-economic environment and respond to emerging needs by providing inspiration, resources, training, networking and mentoring, to ensure that their work is impactful and sustainable.
Our methods and programmes
Our methods include: coaching, specialist short-term consultancy engagements, drop-in sessions, workshops, meeting and network facilitation, mentoring, presentations, digital and print resources, external referral.
Our programmes include: LiiFT Aotearoa capability training, Community Accounting, Safe Spaces, Safer Whānau, LiiFT Pasifika capability training, Foundations for Success, Pathways to Growth.
Ehara tāku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takatini
My strength is not as an individual, but as a collective
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Resources
Find what you need from ANCAD’s library of resources.
In this section you will be able to discover a range of useful resources that we have made available to you to either download (PDF) or purchase. This is also the place to grab your copy of the ANCAD Community Connections monthly magazine and enjoy a good read.
Outstanding, affordable professional development for the NFP community
