“Driving transformational change to improve inclusion, belonging and wellbeing to refugee-background and migrant communities”
Our Mission:
Driving innovation to improve newcomer settlement and integration.
Our Vision:
An inclusive, connected New Zealand where newcomer communities are able to enjoy and contribute towards our collective wellbeing and prosperity.
The CONTEXT OF OUR WORK
Upstream Conditions
societal & institutional racism, discrimination, bias
Colonial/western-centric policies & decision-making models
Downstream Conditions
inadequate, inappropriate & inaccessible services
funding centred on services/agencies rather than community responses
Downstream Impacts
exclusion from:
income
opportunities to achieve wellbeing
communities of support
Upstream and Downstream conditions and impacts
What we are doing to bring change
Advocating to directly transform upstream conditions
changing mindsets & behaviours by changing narratives about refugee background and migrant communities
working with institutions, employers and government to create equity of access and inclusion
sharing what we learn and being a platform for the voice of lived experience, to advocate for changes to policy, funding and practices
Working downstream, to influence change upstream
nurturing and enabling refugee-background & migrant changemakers
developing compelling alternatives that can be scaled up and mainstreamed
working collectively to strengthen a local ecology of social support & opportunities
lifting household income
We need transformative systems change
The journey to belonging for many people from migrant and former refugee backgrounds, is one that for many is met with barriers and challenges that minoritise, discriminate and isolate communities from opportunities for inclusion and wellbeing. The journey is filled with ups and down filled with key points that contribute or prevent to a sense of belonging. We work alongside community and collaboratively with others, to help raise awareness, create and implement solutions and drive not just systems change, but transformative change that is sustainable; addressing those prevalent barriers upstream and downstream.
Impact Model - Settlement journey