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                 Wellington Youth Network is about connecting those people who are working with and supporting young people in a range of settings, as youth workers, social workers, educators, counsellors, administrators, volunteers, etc.We are proud to be linked to NZAAHD and the National Youth Workers Network Aotearoa- Mark Farrar is currently our Wellington rep on their National Council and Rod Baxter is their Chair.How it worksYou get out of it what you put into it… we have monthly networking meetings, these meetings are at 10am on the first Thursday of each month, meetings are 90min max, the host facilitates, every second meeting is at WCC, all meeting will follow a similar structure. We host occasional seminars, workshops and training events, the network is facilitated by four agencies BGI, ZEAL, the Ministry of Youth Development and Wellington City Council who have within their youth framework a commitment to support for the youth development sector in the City. Email youth@wcc.govt.nz. Our neighbouring Councils support similar youth networks.We do e-news, from a list of people who’ve opted in to get e-mails and we don’t send attachments. Old emails are archived on our wiki; http://wellingtonyouthnetwork.wikispaces.com/If you are new to the City, looking for work or just checking out the sector then scroll through the archive- you’ll get a sense of what happens in our youth development sector. If you are looking for work you may see some jobs listed- these are the ones that our members send out to us, a great place to start would be the website ’stuff’ as well as other sector champions NZAAHD who have a membership and awesome sector news e-mail.

                                      Black Grace receive rave reviews in America

Following their successful 2008 tour, New Zealand’s leading contemporary dance company Black Grace has returned to the United States this month by popular demand.Delivering a three-part programme, Black Grace are performing a selection of their best repertoire from the last 15 years, including; Minoi, a signature work based on the fusion of Samoan and western contemporary dance styles; excerpts from Surface a full-length piece based on traditional Samoan tattooing, and excerpts from Gathering Clouds, Neil Ieremia’s latest full-length work.You can read recent reviews from the tour below:AustinistBroad Street ReviewThe Philadelphia EnquirerAustin 360The Star LedgerThis nearly two month long tour began with a sold out performance in Hawaii on 6th February. Following the performance it was announced on behalf of the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, by Michael Pili Pang, Director of the Mayors Office of Culture and Arts, that the 6th February 2010 is officially ‘Black Grace Day!’ This proclamation was delivered to Neil and the company on stage.You can view the schedule and works Black Grace are performing on their tour here

Optimising Budget and Contract Management for Enhanced Health Outcomes

This conference focuses on how to address pressures to reduce healthcare organisation costs and align budgets with new requirements and health priorities. Topics include:

• measuring health outcomes of contracted providers
• process simplification
• contract management
• effective shared service arrangements
• planning to attain benefits when devolving secondary services to primary care.

There is a two-for-one special when registering people from the same organisation.

Parent and Family Resource Centre (PRFC) is the only parent directed, generic disability organisation in the Auckland region. PRFC is deeply committed to leading and bringing about change for families of disabled children and young people so that they can live the lives they want.http://www.parentandfamily.org.nz/