JustSpeak – giving young people a voice to change the criminal justice system
When social justice advocate Kim Workman set up the youth justice organisation JustSpeak in 2011 he thought it would be a sub-committee of its parent organisation, Rethinking Crime and Punishment. Instead, JustSpeak has become an independent and important voice in the national conversation about the justice system. “We ended up with a movement,” says Kim, who is a former Todd Foundation funding partner. JustSpeak aims to encourage discussion by young people about the justice system. It publi...
May 8, 2018Curious Classrooms Evaluation 2014-2015
"Science is at the heart of everything this country must do” but many students are turned off science before secondary school. We evaluated our curious classrooms project, which was designed to generate “wow” hands-on science experiences in primary schools to inspire curiosity and fosters understanding, investigation and participation in science....
July 11, 2016Ideas for working with central government to affect change
Four experts share their most effective strategies for working with Central Government to enable ‘inclusive communities where all families, children and young people thrive and contribute’...
March 3, 2014How do we reduce the compliance costs funders impose on grantees?
Todd Foundation’s former Executive Director, Kate Frykberg’s shares her thoughts in an interview with Australian Grant Management Quarterly....
February 3, 2014Counting the Community Benefit of Grantmaking
Seemingly generous grants are often not so generous once you factor in the time grantees spend applying for, administering and reporting on them. Kate Frykberg looks at the hidden costs of grantmaking – and at ways of making the process more efficient....
February 3, 2014Todd Foundation Earthquake Recovery Fund Review
Including guidelines for future disaster responses...
June 3, 2013Catalyst or Inhibitor?
Rethinking how we fund through long-term, high trust funding. A presentation to the Philanthropy NZ Conference by Kate Frykberg....
April 11, 2013From kitchen table to legislative chamber
Read our reflections on the Todd Foundation’s 5-year funding stream and the approach taken by our recipients for creating change for children...
February 1, 2013Inspiring Communities: Waving the flag for community-led development
In the 1990s community-led development was relatively unknown, says Megan Courtney of Inspiring Communities.Now community-led development – a collaborative approach that encourages communities to use their knowledge to respond to local situations and create local solutions – has moved from the fringes into the mainstream.Inspiring Communities can take a lot of the credit for that change. It’s an umbrella organisation that helps catalyse locally led change by providing mentoring and trainin...
December 3, 2012Youth 2 Employment Evaluation
This is the presentation Kate McKegg gave at our board meeting in April 2022. (Apologies that the date reads 1997 - this is just so it doesn't show up easily for the public accessing our website.)...
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