One Voice Te Reo Kotahi: speaking from, not for, the Third Sector.

 One Voice Te Reo Kotahi (OVTRK) is an independent network providing opportunities for the voices of Non-government, Not-for-profit and Civil Society Organisations – Third Sector Organisations (TSOs) – to be heard. 

We stand, as tangata whenua and tangata Tiriti, providing expertise and experience of and in the Third Sector.

Our goal is for the Third Sector to build relationships of trust between TSOs and with Government and Commerce.

OVTRK provides:

• Open access to a depository of resources that highlight the value of TSOs – here.
• A registry of TSOs (currently 120 organisations) – join here.
• An opportunity for people involved in TSOs on the register to gather at the OVTRK Organising Group (OG) – which meets 6 weekly to discuss Third Sector news and to further the network – to join email: tsovoices@gmail.com 

March 2023 Update from the OVTRK Organising Group

In December several organisations on the OVTRK register met and celebrated the close of 2022. Attendees shared a
Highlight of the year and a Hope for 2023.

These showcase the breadth and depth of the mahi of these TSOs here in Ōtautahi with themes that paint a picture of hard working high achieving organisations working together and of plentiful positive communication and successful collaborations.

2023 is set to be an exciting year. You can read each organisations highlights and hopes here.

The OVTRK Organising Group continues to meet 6 weekly working across our Sector in Greater Christchurch to promote the value of Profiling the Third Sector We're different - here's how!

We hope you took the opportunity to add your voices to others residents and their organisations in Greater Christchurch by completing the survey we emailed to you: www.greaterchristchurch.org.nz.

Kia kaha koutou

OVTRK team <tsovoices@gmail.com>

November 2022 Update from the OVTRK Organising Group

 

Since our previous update in May 2021 the OVTRK Organising Group (OG) has continued to refer queries to relevant organisations in our Sector and to meet 6 weekly as an OG to share and discuss where to next - see about OVTRK. Our OVTRK focus is on how our Sector can contribute to leadership, strategy and policy in planning the future of Greater Christchurch and beyond. We have been involved with several initiatives yet due to the effects of Covid and of Government reviews things have been in a state of flux and there have been no firm conclusions to report.
So do come along to this opportunity to reflect, connect and celebrate together.....

An open invitation to Organisations in our Third Sector to

Reflect, connect and celebrate
The kettle will be on….

Thursday 8 December 2022 1–2.30pm
at Aldersgate Centre
Durham Street

Please bring:

a positive story in 2022 & a hope for 2023
about your Third Sector mahi

RSVP (if possible) by emailing tsovoices@gmail.com

In support of the Ngāi Tahu whakataukī Mō tātou ā mō kā uri ā muri ake nei For us and our children after us, One Voice Te Reo Kotahi (OVTRK) continues to highlight the value of the work you are all doing and emphasises the expertise of organisations in our Sector when developing strategy and policy – see Profiling the Third Sector We're different - here's how!

Do keep in touch!

May 2021 Update from the OVTRK Organising Group

 We continue to highlight the value of the work you are all doing in our Sector.

All the Third Sector Organisations (TSOs) who have put themselves on the OVTRK register are doing amazing work - holding up more than half the sky!

This mailout is to draw to your attention a summary we are using in our work - see

Profiling the Third Sector - We're different - here's how!

The purpose of this summary is to assist in clarifying the value of both

• the opportunities for people in the wider community to be heard

and

• the consideration by government - local, regional and central - of the expertise of TSOs in contributing to strategy and policy independently and alongside government, commerce, hapū and iwi and other players.

Our goal is that the contribution of TSOs with particular, relevant expertise will be sought to bring an independent view to the table when strategy and policy is being developed.

A positive example of this approach is the lead provided by CLING (Community Languages Information Network Group) in the work on the recently released Best Practice Guidelines for communicating with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities. More information is available on the CLING website.

Please do send any feedback to OVTRK <tsovoices@gmail.com> on this summary Profiling the Third Sector - We're different - here's how!

Following our November 2020 workshops, we are continuing to connect with the Project team for the VISION and PLAN for GREATER CHRISTCHURCH 2050 in support of the Ngāi Tahu whakataukī

Mō tātou ā mō kā uri ā muri ake nei
For us and our children after us

We understand that this Vision and Plan is aligned with the work of the Greater Christchurch Partnership and expect a further update soon.

Do keep in touch!

Feedback from the Greater Christchurch 2050 workshop

 

16 December 2020 Feedback

from the 16 November workshop for Third Sector Voices on the

VISION and PLAN for GREATER CHRISTCHURCH 2050:
 

Mō tātou ā mō kā uri ā muri ake nei   For us and our children after us    
Ngāi Tahu whakataukī

One Voice Te Reo Kotahi (OVTRK) has received this message from Anna Elphick, Greater Christchurch 2050 - Strategic Framework Lead

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the One Voice Te Reo Kotahi Greater Christchurch 2050 workshop. As you can see from the verbatim output the conversation was rich with some clear themes. The Greater Christchurch 2050 will be translating this workshop output into a specific paper for the Greater Christchurch Partnership Committee and are using this output as an input into the development of the strategic outcomes, measures and plan. The Greater Christchurch 2050 team will work with One Voice te Reo Kotahi and the wider third-sector in the New Year to progress this work.

OVTRK is keen to hear your comments and to further the collaboration at the 26 November 2020 workshop. Our first meeting is on 28 January 2021 at ECan.

Contact email: tsovoices@gmail.com

TSOs - Third Sector Organisations - are  not-for-profit/ NGO/ voluntary/community-initiated…... organisations