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Taiwanese Women’s Association
A Kitchen, a Celebration, and 25 Years of Sisterhood by Eva Chen (ANCAD) To celebrate Mother’s Day, the Taiwanese Women’s Association in NZ partnered with NZMA to use their kitchen space, where members prepared ...
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 and services provide a multiplicity of resources and support to enable start-ups, grassroots community groups and organisations to transform blue sky thinking to effective strategy, build infrastructure and foundations for success, get funder-ready and increase their capability and capacity to grow into thriving organisations and projects. We specialise in providing low-cost training and services support to the non-profit sector.
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
ANCAD Services
News
Making Visible – Storm recovery stories
Making Visible – Storm recovery stories By Ruth Greenaway (writer and storyteller – contractor) In 2023, Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, experienced severe weather events, followed by Cyclone Gabrielle a couple of weeks later. Following these ...
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Join Our Team as an Administration Assistant at ANCAD
Go to Seek to make application, here. Administration Assistant Part time $30 – $35 per hour Join Our Team as an Administration Assistant at ANCAD Location: Takapuna + Event Locations | Hours: Part-time (20 hours/week) $30 ...
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.
Events
July 10: North Shore Family Violence Prevention Network hui
Our July network meeting is being hosted by the Family Court Kaiarahi Ethan and Craig at the North Shore District Court. Date: Thursday 10th July Time- 1-2pm Venue: North Shore District Court, 79 Corinthian Drive, Albany ...
Events
June 24: Storytelling for impact and influence workshop #2
This half-day, hands-on session will help you plan, draft, and workshop your organisation’s impact story – building on the strong foundations we created at the March workshop and turning that knowledge into action and ...
Outstanding, affordable professional development for the NFP community
