Child Rich Communities Online Kōrero
Facilitated online by Louise Petzold, Child Rich Communities Project Lead, we explore a communities and organisations working in child rich ways and creating positive outcomes for youth and child wellbeing.
Taking a community-led systems approach to improving outcomes in the early years – learnings from place-based initiatives in the US
Thursday 4th July, 9:30am – 11:00am
Communities have the answers to many of the challenges and questions we are facing. Place-based approaches that bring decision-making and leadership closer to children, youth, and whānau in their own communities are gaining recognition worldwide as an important mechanism for achieving better and more equitable outcomes.
In this kōrero, Aimee Hadrup, Manager of Tamariki Wellbeing at The Southern Initiative will share insights from her recent Harkness Fellowship, where she engaged with a range of innovative early years-focused place-based initiatives in the US.
Aimee will share learnings from community-led systems change efforts that are moving beyond a focus on discrete programmes and services, towards strengthening the ecosystem for early childhood development in the places where children and whānau live their lives. This session will provide an opportunity to kōrero together around what is needed in Aotearoa to support locally led systems change and ensure all tamariki get a great start in life.
Aimee Hadrup (Pākehā)
The Southern Initiative, Auckland Council
Aimee leads the Tamariki Wellbeing team at The Southern Initiative (TSI), a place-based innovation team embedded within Auckland Council that is focused on social and economic transformation for South Auckland. Her work at TSI is currently focused on building the capability of the public service to support locally-led approaches, and developing mechanisms to enable whānau, hapū and communities to actively participate in transforming Aotearoa’s early years system.
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Child Rich Communities include people and communities across Aotearoa who are bringing change at a grassroots level for tamariki, rangatahi and whānau. Our Online Kōrero is a chance for communities and practitioners to connect and share information through stories, ideas. resources and learning.