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OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE
After almost two decades of delivery across South Auckland, we’re now focusing delivery at Ōtara where we are well known, strongly invested and have established a reputation for achieving effective solutions across the community.
Our strength is our long term commitment to South Aucklanders, and now with close relationships at Ōtara, our opportunities to leverage those critical skills our founders gained in their former corporate leadership roles, for this community.
OUR PURPOSE
We're serving our Ōtara community in three priority areas:
- Igniting learning passion with children, youth and adults through FREE local digital and aligned skills and innovation programmes, connections and partnerships through our STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Mātauranga) based “Geek Camps” in a broad based Kaupapa Māori, Pasifika context.
- Unlocking local potential through FREE digital and traditional upskilling programmes enabled by local collaborations supporting pathways to local employment and pastoral care; TRP (Te Rito Poipoia) Programme provides upskilling programmes: Digital skills, Literacy and Numeracy in the context of our Indigenous Māori and Pasifika knowledge and supports locals into local work.
- Enhancing entrepreneurial mindsets through our Community Enterprises based on our FREE Food Hub and FREE Upcycled Clothing and Homewares enterprises led by locals.
OUR PROGRAMME
What we’re offering our Ōtara Community:
- From our increasing community response and participation at our Ōtara base “We o Tara”, we’re sensing we have established a significant, genuine core in our community; reaching out, providing programmes and links for members of the community to connect with each other, with information and with agencies. We o Tara is a place where people can engage and learn new skills in a safe nurturing environment that provides immediate support and leads to a path for personal growth, resolution of issues and engagement in the workforce. Locals see it as their own.
- We o Tara has become a trusted, safe ‘front door’ for hard-to-reach members of our community with very high needs; family violence, drug and alcohol issues, food poverty, physical and mental health, unemployment and financial problems. By coming to us, we can support locals to link with people and services for help. These services increasingly find this most underserved community very difficult to engage with directly under their ways of working.
Ages
Child / Tamariki, Youth / Rangatahi, Adult / Pakeke
How do I access this service?
Contact us
Mobile 021 967 975 - text first
Contact us at Accelerating Aotearoa
Contact us via Facebook - click here
Make an appointment
Email contact@acceleratingaotearoa.co.nz to make an appointment
Referral
Hours
| Mon – Fri | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
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Languages Spoken
English
Services Provided
Geek Camp - Free School Holiday Programme Geek Camps engage local school children in FREE local holiday STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Mātauranga) workshops. Hosted at Accelerating Aotearoa's base We o Tara, Geek Camps use our responsivity to the whenua, Kaitiakitanga as the canvas for engaging local Tamariki in projects restoring the mauri of local parks, Moana and Awa with a vision of re-establishing pride and reconnection of the community to the land. Te Rito Poipoia - Free employment preparation, placement and pastoral care programme Te Rito Poipoia supports Otara job seekers to gain skills they need to prepare for, gain and stay in employment with the focus centered on: Digital skills, Social Media, Pre-employment skills: CV and Cover Letter Writing, and Literacy and Numeracy, and Mentoring and Post-Placement Support. Geek Camp - Free School Holiday Programme Geek Camps engage local school children in FREE local holiday STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Mātauranga) workshops. Hosted at Accelerating Aotearoa's base We o Tara, Geek Camps use our responsivity to the whenua, Kaitiakitanga as the canvas for engaging local Tamariki in projects restoring the mauri of local parks, Moana and Awa with a vision of re-establishing pride and reconnection of the community to the land. Te Rito Poipoia - Free employment preparation, placement and pastoral care programme Te Rito Poipoia supports Otara job seekers to gain skills they need to prepare for, gain and stay in employment with the focus centered on: Digital skills, Social Media, Pre-employment skills: CV and Cover Letter Writing, and Literacy and Numeracy, and Mentoring and Post-Placement Support.
Geek Camp - Free School Holiday Programme Geek Camps engage local school children in FREE local holiday STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Mātauranga) workshops. Hosted at Accelerating Aotearoa's base We o Tara, Geek Camps use our responsivity to the whenua, Kaitiakitanga as the canvas for engaging local Tamariki in projects restoring the mauri of local parks, Moana and Awa with a vision of re-establishing pride and reconnection of the community to the land. Te Rito Poipoia - Free employment preparation, placement and pastoral care programme Te Rito Poipoia supports Otara job seekers to gain skills they need to prepare for, gain and stay in employment with the focus centered on: Digital skills, Social Media, Pre-employment skills: CV and Cover Letter Writing, and Literacy and Numeracy, and Mentoring and Post-Placement Support. Geek Camp - Free School Holiday Programme Geek Camps engage local school children in FREE local holiday STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Mātauranga) workshops. Hosted at Accelerating Aotearoa's base We o Tara, Geek Camps use our responsivity to the whenua, Kaitiakitanga as the canvas for engaging local Tamariki in projects restoring the mauri of local parks, Moana and Awa with a vision of re-establishing pride and reconnection of the community to the land. Te Rito Poipoia - Free employment preparation, placement and pastoral care programme Te Rito Poipoia supports Otara job seekers to gain skills they need to prepare for, gain and stay in employment with the focus centered on: Digital skills, Social Media, Pre-employment skills: CV and Cover Letter Writing, and Literacy and Numeracy, and Mentoring and Post-Placement Support.
- Life skills
- Skills courses
Geek Camp - Free School Holiday Programme
Geek Camps engage local school children in FREE local holiday STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Mātauranga) workshops.
Hosted at Accelerating Aotearoa's base We o Tara, Geek Camps use our responsivity to the whenua, Kaitiakitanga as the canvas for engaging local Tamariki in projects restoring the mauri of local parks, Moana and Awa with a vision of re-establishing pride and reconnection of the community to the land.
Te Rito Poipoia - Free employment preparation, placement and pastoral care programme
Te Rito Poipoia supports Ōtara job seekers to gain skills they need to prepare for, gain and stay in employment with the focus centered on: Digital skills, Social Media, Pre-employment skills: CV and Cover Letter Writing, and Literacy and Numeracy, and Mentoring and Post-Placement Support.
Employment support services help you prepare for work and/or find job opportunities. This may include help writing a CV, applying for jobs and interview preparation.
Employment support services help you prepare for work and/or find job opportunities. This may include help writing a CV, applying for jobs and interview preparation.
Employment support services help you prepare for work and/or find job opportunities. This may include help writing a CV, applying for jobs and interview preparation.
Manakitanga: FREE Support accessing and working with Government services is also provided Foodbank, second hand clothing and homewares Manakitanga: FREE Support accessing and working with Government services is also provided Foodbank, second hand clothing and homewares
Manakitanga: FREE Support accessing and working with Government services is also provided Foodbank, second hand clothing and homewares Manakitanga: FREE Support accessing and working with Government services is also provided Foodbank, second hand clothing and homewares
Manakitanga:
FREE Support accessing and working with Government services is also provided
Foodbank, second hand clothing and homewares
Kaupapa Māori community and/or social support that is culturally appropriate for Māori, promote Mātauranga Māori, tikanga Māori, and whānau-centred models of care.
Kaupapa Māori community and/or social support that is culturally appropriate for Māori, promote Mātauranga Māori, tikanga Māori, and whānau-centred models of care.
Kaupapa Māori community and/or social support that is culturally appropriate for Māori, promote Mātauranga Māori, tikanga Māori, and whānau-centred models of care.
Pasifika services providing community health and/or social support with a focus on health and wellbeing for Pacific peoples.
Pasifika services providing community health and/or social support with a focus on health and wellbeing for Pacific peoples.
Pasifika services providing community health and/or social support with a focus on health and wellbeing for Pacific peoples.
Region
South Auckland
Contact Details
40a Lovegrove Crescent, Ōtara, Auckland
South Auckland
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40 Lovegrove Crescent
Otara
Auckland 2023
Street Address
40 Lovegrove Crescent
Ōtara
Auckland 2023
Postal Address
40a Lovegrove Cres
Ōtara 2023
Auckland
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