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"To catalyse is to activate and synergise so that the result is more than the sum of the contributing parts. Very often almost no trace of the catalyst is visible, except to those most closely involved."
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WHY WHAT HOW WHO
WHY CATALYSE?
People are better together. By working together, we get more done and in more effective ways.
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Locally led change is most successful at the neighbourhood, suburb or small town scale. These places are the building blocks of our communities, our cities and our regions. They are the places where we as individuals can see the changes we make, and also where we can see that when we work together truly transformational change happens.
Our mission is to catalyse locally led change by brokering connections, being of service and synergising individuals, organisations, policies and tasks into results that are more than the sum of the contributing parts. |
WHY WHAT HOW WHO
what we do
At Catalyse, we inspire, support, enable and facilitate change at a local level.
We help people to vision and plan and to understand the differences their activities are making. We like to experiment and always have a few of our own going on as well as contributing to others’.
Most of all, we help to activate groups of people to achieve the changes they want to see in their place. We do this in ways where people who live, work and play in a place also lead the changes in their place, alongside others.
This way many local voices contribute and local people get to know what’s happening, what works, what they want more of and what to let go of in order to create the kinds of places and lives they want together.
Read more about our recent Projects
Most of all, we help to activate groups of people to achieve the changes they want to see in their place. We do this in ways where people who live, work and play in a place also lead the changes in their place, alongside others.
This way many local voices contribute and local people get to know what’s happening, what works, what they want more of and what to let go of in order to create the kinds of places and lives they want together.
Read more about our recent Projects
WHY WHAT HOW WHO
HOW WE DO IT
We start with you, where you are and what you already have.
We value your knowledge, experience and expertise, and that of those around you. We help draw this together in cohesive and purposeful ways.
We build on what you already have and add to it. We use our extensive networks to generate relationships both within and from outside of your community to help you to sustain what you value collectively and create change in areas you want to improve. We also help you to trace the outcomes your contributions lead to and to understand what the key ingredients to these have been so you can repeat and evolve what works, as well as change what doesn’t.
We share what we learn by profiling those we work with and highlighting what is happening, what is working and what differences are being contributed to.
Read more about our Services
We build on what you already have and add to it. We use our extensive networks to generate relationships both within and from outside of your community to help you to sustain what you value collectively and create change in areas you want to improve. We also help you to trace the outcomes your contributions lead to and to understand what the key ingredients to these have been so you can repeat and evolve what works, as well as change what doesn’t.
We share what we learn by profiling those we work with and highlighting what is happening, what is working and what differences are being contributed to.
Read more about our Services
WHY WHAT HOW WHO
WHO WE ARE
We are a collaborative network. We bring together a wide range of facilitators, organisers, creators, researchers and evaluators to co-develop approaches with you to create the changes your community collectively wants to see in your place. We also build the capabilities of those in your communities as we go, so the skills for creating positive change take root and grow in ways that work best for you.
One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things
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DENISE BIJOUX - NETWORK DIRECTOR
Catalyse is a way of joining up some of the incredible people who are working to make the places they are in the places they want to be in through strengths-based and emergent local change, community-led development, partnership and collective leadership. Denise works in 'ako ako' ways (we are all teachers and learners) alongside community groups, Not-for-Profit organisations, local and central government across Aotearoa as an activator, organiser,trainer, mentor, researcher and evaluator to help change and sustainability happen in ways that include and matter to local people. She co-authored a book on locally led change in Aotearoa called Learning by Doing and was a Board member of Jeder Institute (2017-18), is a Trustee of Gribblehirst Community Hub (2016-present) and a Winston Churchill Fellow (2012). A key element of her work is contributing to the development of people-centred, locally led change through creative, flexible and collaborative ways of partnering with communities and organisations - awhi mai, awhi atu. You can contact Denise at denise@catalyse.co.nz. Read more about our Recent Projects |
RECENT COLLABORATORS
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Susan Rose has always loved the idea of community and what it means to be a part of the communities around us. With experience as a teacher and running a successful digital media company in Auckland while having two children of her own, she has found her passion in all forms of communication. Susan Rose : Content Services provides content and communication support services to a wide variety of businesses and organisations, including Catalyse. Susan helps Catalyse develop network databases, produces online questionnaires and surveys, sources and writes social media updates and creates and edits website content, and we wouldn't be without her! You can contact Susan at connect@catalyse.co.nz
Rachael Trotman is based in West Auckland and the Director of Weave. She specialises in social research, evaluation, facilitation and supporting people to bring their ideas and talents to life. Key skills are listening deeply, helping people discern their strengths, demystifying evaluation and research, writing clearly and presenting information in ways people can act on. The metaphor of weaving represents bringing people together skilfully to bring the best out in us all, seeing connections and, most of all, creating magic and positive change. Denise and Rachael worked together at Waitakere City Council in the 1990s and have since collaborated on many different projects including co-writing the What Works website (with Manu Caddie) and on a resource to support community placemaking for Auckland Council. Rachael is also on the Board of the Aotearoa New Zealand Evaluation Association. Cissy Rock works facilitating change in her business, Community Think. She offers training workshops, facilitation, supervision and coaching for people in all sorts of communities. Cissy has over 20 years’ experience organising and facilitating in a wide range of community and Council settings. Cissy's love of people, quick grasp of issues, humour and sensitivity allows her to work effectively with complex and conflicted situations. Cissy is committed to good process and realistic outcomes and likes to help shift ideas forward in fun and interactive ways while making sure group cohesion is developed and sustained. Cissy and Denise first worked together on a series of Community Summits in 2010 and have collaborated on a wide range of workshops and projects since. They are currently working together on various locally-led initiatives in Auckland. |