FutureForce™ Action Network (FAN)

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CONTENTS
FROM THE CHAIRMAN1
FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
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VISION AND FOCUS3
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS5
TRUSTEES12
TEAM13
FINANCIAL REPORT
DIRECTORY14
AUDIT REPORT15
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
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NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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FROM THE
CHAIRMAN:
FROM THE
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
It has been a year of considerable growth for Smart Waikato as we celebrate
our fifth year of operation. It has been a period of improved alliances for
educators, employers and other Waikato stakeholders working together to
combat youth employment and meet the skill demands of a growing region.
Nationally it has remained a challenging environment for young people.
Alarming global and local youth unemployment statistics have inspired a raft
of activity for Smart Waikato in a year of positive and proactive response
where it matters most.
Smart Waikato is in a positive financial position through prudent management
and the success of our focused activities. Sustaining this sound financial
platform is essential and could not have been done without our sponsors.
Their invaluable assistance has enabled us to sustain our growth and diversity
of programmes.
Smart Waikato’s development of innovative resources and the mobilisation
of a broad range of labour market stakeholders make for a brighter future for
our youth.
We are grateful for growing support and recognition from a diverse range of
stakeholders; from funders, volunteers and local and central government, to
employers, parents and educators.
The first and second issues of the Futureforce™ magazine are professional
resources which captured the youth market effectively. They have been well
received by secondary school students and careers teachers. With stories of
the region’s young people in work and tips to becoming work ready, feedback
has surpassed expectations.
The successful launch of Futureforce™ Action Network (FAN) at the end of
last year brought together more than 200 key people, from both social and
economic sectors - a testament to the trust’s “coming of age”. We have grown
to be widely recognised as playing a key role in resolving labour market
challenges in the Waikato.
The subsequent launch of the trust’s Futureforce™ Action Network (FAN)
heralded a new way forward for all stakeholders committed to offering more
meaningful work opportunities to young people. Regional employers at
the launch represented more than 25,000 jobs, demonstrating wide-spread
commitment to improving the pathways to employment for school leavers.
The development of the FAN Quick Guide and on-line best practice HR tools
made robust resources freely available to every Waikato business owner and
manager.
Following the FAN launch, a strategic planning meeting involving more than 30
key stakeholders cultivated high-level skill and expertise to sharpen, validate
and pledge support for Smart Waikato’s labour and skills strategies moving
forward.
Entrepreneurship plays an ever-increasing role in job creation and economic
growth, with the Smart Waikato’s implementation of the Lion Foundation
Young Enterprise Scheme being a corner stone activity for hundreds of
Waikato secondary schools students and future business leaders.
Smart Waikato’s governance capacity has been strengthened. I would like to
acknowledge all board members for their many and varied contributions.
On behalf of the board, I would like to thank Mary Jensen and her team of
Sally Birch and Linda Nelson-Caie for their commitment to Smart Waikato and
for being an active part in leading the implementation of this work. The team’s
tireless energy and collaboration under Mary’s leadership have been the key
elements of Smart Waikato Trust’s success.
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As a team at Smart Waikato Trust we are driven and excited by the opportunity
to make a real difference. I would like to take this opportunity to thank trustees
Clive Hamill, Roger Evans, Michelle Paki and Kylie Zinsli for their goodwill and
support. I would especially like to thank Sally Birch, Linda Nelson Caie and
Binh Nguyen for their expert and enthusiastic contribution to this important
work. It is a privilege to be leading an organisation where each team member
and each supporter is committed to a common cause - forging successful and
sustainable futures for rangitahi and, ultimately, for us all.
MARY JENSEN
Regional Manager Smart Waikato Trust
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Smart Waikato received an overwhelming response to a strategic focus hui, a
further example of region-wide collaboration and support for our work. Smart
Waikato’s NEET-to-employment model was the basis of a bid for a Ministry
of Health Social Impact Bond. The model provides a solid framework for the
trust’s social sector work moving forward.
For our youth, two issues of Futureforce™ Waikato magazine have been
created and distributed free to the region’s senior secondary students. They
are packed with practical career information from Waikato employers and
young employees. They have been well received by students, parents and
teachers, who appreciate local content outlining where real jobs are in the
region and tips on how to get them.
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CLIVE HAMILL
Chairman Smart Waikato Trust
VISION AND FOCUS
For Waikato youth, business and education to be connected, informed and engaged
in forging a successful, sustainable future for us all.
“Smart Waikato has completed the strategic
The Smart Waikato Charitable Trust was formed in 2009 to create and strengthen
links between education and the workplace.
grass-roots projects. They are an independent
Creating sustainable and fulfilling work opportunities for young people by
developing partnerships with key stakeholders; schools, tertiary institutions,
employers, industry training organisations, parents and local and central
government is a key focus for Smart Waikato.
better aligning and engaging all stakeholders
The objective is to create opportunities for practical workplace engagement for
young people and simultaneously develop the skill base needed for the Waikato
economy to prosper.
Smart Waikato aims to be the New Zealand model for connectedness between
education and the workplace by inspiring and empowering stakeholders with a
number of proactive and community-engaging initiatives such as:
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organisation already leading the way to
in this space.”
JOHN COOK
Waikato Regional Economic
Development Strategy
Governance Group member.
Futureforce™ Action Network (FAN)
Smart Waikato’s NEET-to-Employment model
Waikato’s Regional Labour Market Strategy
Futureforce™ Waikato magazine
FAN on-line resources and quick guide
Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme
“Since meeting with Smart Waikato we have been very impressed at the
trust’s professionalism, commitment, high quality resources and proven
ability to connect with young people and business. As such we will be
promoting Smart Waikato to our members as a valuable community
resource and coordinator of services.”
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Bry Kopu, CE, Mayors Taskforce for Jobs.
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KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
FAN LAUNCH
OUTCOMES
FutureForce™ Action Network (FAN)
More than 200 people, including a contingent of employers representing more
than 25,000 staff, attended Smart Waikato’s launch of the FutureForce Action
Network (FAN) at the Gallagher Group building in Hamilton on November 4, 2013.
FAN, developed in consultation with 30 regional labour market stakeholders, is
designed to equip and inspire employers to take on more young people. The freeto-join network mobilises, co-ordinates, unites and equips employers, educators,
and government and community organisations to offer young people more work
experience, apprenticeships, internships, cadetships and jobs.
FAN aims to build and grow the region’s workforce by connecting stakeholders
and providing best practice work-transition support and resources.
At the launch Smart Waikato received 41 direct responses
from businesses wanting assistance with developing
opportunities for youth.
Following the launch, these organisations use FAN
resources when offering work opportunities, ranging
from cadetships, apprenticeships, internships and jobs
to work experience, to young people: Active Plastics,
ASB Bank, Confidence & Style Image Consultancy, CTC
Aviation, Fairfax Media, Gallagher Group, LIC, Life Care
Consultants, Longveld, NDA Engineering, The Phoenix
Group, Trev’s Electrical, Vodafone, Waikato Enterprise
Agency and Waikato-Tainui.
FutureForce Action Network Steering Group
Those attending the launch were given a FAN Quick Guide, an HR tool developed
to help employers successfully recruit young people into work experience,
internships, apprenticeships, cadetships and jobs.
The guide was developed using best practice based on results from an in-depth
body of background work including a global literature search and interviews with
Waikato employers, central and local government agencies, schools and tertiary
education institutions.
FAN Quick Guide links to a robust suite of on-line resources, including relevant
regional contacts and support networks, and is given free to employers.
Brendon Gardner,
Team Leader, Careers New Zealand
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Resources
“The highly successful launch of the Futureforce
Action Network and related resources highlights the
excellent capacity, ability and collaborative approach
of the Smart Waikato Trust to deliver on regional
labour market solutions.”
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SMART WAIKATO’S
NEET-TO-EMPLOYMENT
MODEL
FUTUREFORCE™
WAIKATO MAGAZINE
FutureForce™ magazine, and parallel social media,
is designed to give Waikato youth, their parents and
teachers real, impartial and practical information on
careers in the region. In the first and second issues,
proactive Waikato employers with tens of thousands of
staff profiled young employees working in a wide range
of roles from entry-level jobs to professional careers.
FutureForce™, including FutureForce™ characters
representing industry sectors, is a self-funding project
giving the reader tools and tips for career planning,
real stories about young working people, leads and
information on great Waikato workplaces, keys to
selling oneself in a competitive world and more.
Smart Waikato co-ordinated a regional bid for a Social
Impact Bond from Government and the development of the
NEET-to-Employment model (NEET = not in employment,
education or training).
“I have taken the FutureForce™ magazines and shown
my national exec and they were all impressed and
wanted one for themselves!! They are very useful!” –
Jane Thomas, regional CATE President (Careers and
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Smart Waikato received letters of support for the bid from
the Chairperson of Waikato Regional Council, Mayor of
Hauraki District Council, Mayor of Hamilton City Council,
Mayor of Waitomo District Council, Mayor of Otorohanga
District, Mayor of Matamata-Piako District Council, CEO of
Mayor’s Taskforce for Jobs, CEO of Waikato-Tainui, Deputy
Vice Chancellor of University of Waikato, CEO of Te Wananga
o Aotearoa Matatahi Mataora, Chair of EMA Waikato, CEO of
Waikato Chamber of Commerce, Hon John Luxton, CEO of
Te Runanga o Kirikiriroa, Literacy Aotearoa, Salvation Army,
Careers NZ and Wintec.
Smart Waikato, a strategic partner in the magazine,
distributed 10,000 copies of each issue free to senior
secondary school students throughout the region, via
career teachers.
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LION FOUNDATION YOUNG
ENTERPRISE SCHEME (YES)
Smart Waikato is in its fourth year of being the Waikato/King Country regional coordinator of the Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme (YES), running for more
than 30 years.
KEY STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
Strategic planning
On February 21, 2014 Smart Waikato hosted a group of key stakeholders at Stainless
Design in Hamilton to review the last five years of progress and to identify current
trends and insights. The focus of the meeting was to revise and form Smart Waikato’s
vision and to prioritise top actions moving forward.
About 300 Waikato students took part in YES, an experiential and entrepreneurial
business programme for Year 12 and 13 secondary students. It involves students
from secondary schools working through the process of setting up and running a
business, creating, promoting and selling a product or service, conducting market
research, planning, budgeting, taking and managing risk, and turning problems
into challenges. YES allows students to improve their communications skills, show
initiative and persistence and be innovative and strategic.
SUPPORTERS
Smart Waikato Trust is grateful for widespread support from an excellent range of
supporters, sponsors, partners and allies. None of the trust’s work would be possible
without this.
YES SPECIAL AWARD
Long-standing Waikato business patriarch John
Gallagher was honoured for long service to the Young
Enterprise Scheme, taking away the Waikato Business
News Special Award for Services to the initiative.
Many supporters lend their time and funds across more than one project, seeing the
advantageous synergies between them and into the wider community.
John, of The Gallagher Group, was involved in founding
YES more than 30 years ago as a way to encourage
entrepreneurial secondary school students to create
and operate businesses. He has supported it ever since.
Smart Waikato strategic planning participants: Brendon Gardner (CareersNZ), Brent Dawson
(Gallagher Group), Cheryl Reynolds (Momentum Foundation), Chris Simpson (Hamilton City Council),
Clive Hamill (Smart Waikato Trust), Clive Morgan (Waikato District Council), Donna Prentice (Hamilton
Girls’ High School), Emma Patton (Wintec), Gil Laurenson (Ministry of Education), Jack Ninnes (EMA),
Jo Douglas (Wintec), Joe Graham (Te Wananga o Aotearoa), John Cook (Stainless Design), (Waikato
Economic Development Strategy), John Wilkinson (ASB Bank), Kawena Jones (Waikato Tainui), Kylie
Zinsli (Smart Waikato Trust), Lindsay Cumberpatch (DV Bryant Trust), Mareta Ford (Hamilton City
Council), Melissa Russo (Matamata-Piako District Council), Michelle Paki (Smart Waikato Trust), Michelle
Jordan-Tong (University of Waikato), Roger Evans (Smart Waikato Trust), Stefan Doll (Deloitte), Steve
Hughson (Vodafone), Steve Tritt (Waipa District Council), Tariq Ashraf (Waikato Regional Council) and
Tuahu Watene (Ministry of Social Development).
We would like make a special mention of some of these supporters:
FutureForceTM Action Network steering committee: Allen Bryce (Competenz), Brendon Gardner
(CareersNZ), Clive Morgan (Waikato District Council), Donna Prentice (Gateway), Emma Patton
(Wintec), Ishana Ageel (Hamilton City Council), Jack Ninnes (EMA), Jacki Theobold (Ministry of Social
Development), Jane Thomas (Career and Transition Educators), Janet Davey (University of Waikato),
Jason Sebestian (Hamilton Youth Council), Jo Douglas (Wintec), Joe Graham (Te Wananga o Aotearoa),
LesleyAnn Thomas (Cambridge Chamber of Commerce), Lisa James (Wintec), Mareta Ford (Hamilton
City Council), Michelle Hawthorne (Matamata-Piako District Council), Michelle Paki (Te Puni Kokiri), Peter
Carr (Waipa District Council), Sandra Perry (Waikato Chamber of Commerce), Sonya Saunders (University
of Waikato), Stefan Doll (Deloitte), Tania Berryman (Hairdressing ITO), Tariq Ashraf (Waikato Regional
Council), Tony Stevens (Young Workers’ Resource Centre).
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Each Smart Waikato project has its own support network of business leaders, tertiary
providers, teachers and individuals who see value in what we do and share our vision
of a better future for young people and the Waikato workforce.
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TRUSTEES
Young Enterprise Scheme:
Young Enterprise Trust: Terry Shubkin, Robyn Frey and Sasha Webb.
Judges: Rob Pascoe, Michelle Paki, Lesley Ann Thomas, Kaleb James and Grant Robson.
Sponsors: Wintec, Stafford Engineering, University of Waikato, King St Advertising, SKYCITY Community
Trust, EMA Waikato, Waikato and Cambridge Chambers of Commerce, Waikato Business News, Staples
Rodway, Printing.com and Westpac.
Teachers: Tina Rose, Pushpa Reddy, Kent Fenneman, Raima Kells-Turner, Stan Foster, Morgan Wilson,
Martin Mitchell, Dave Shaw and Martin Redwood.
FutureForceTM Action Network supporters: Wintec, University of Waikato, Stafford Enginering,
DV Bryant Trust, Gallagher Group, Hill Laboratories, Te Wananga o Aotearoa, Work and Income, EMA
Waikato, Vitae, Stainless Design.
FutureForceTM magazine supporters: Thank you to the partnering businesses and tertiary supporters
involved. We are also grateful to Trust Waikato for seed funding for the two 2013 issues.
Special acknowledgement: Waikato careers teachers (CATE) for distributing the magazine to students
and using it as a classroom resource.
Roger Evans is the founder of Stafford Engineering Ltd, established in 1986
to service the local precision engineering market. Roger has identified
skills shortages as an impediment not only to business operation but also
to the opportunity to grow.
Roger shares the Smart Waikato vision of creating meaningful connections
between Waikato schools and workplaces and works hard to see this
practically out worked.
Clive Hamill is a veteran principal whose leadership spans 25 years in
primary, area and secondary schools. He is currently in his eighth year at
Melville High School. He is a reflective practitioner who actively explores
innovative pathways for student success. Clive believes that developing
strong partnerships between education and the workplace is essential for
our nation’s growth and development.
Michelle Paki, of Ngati Porou and Rongowhakaata descent, works for Te
Puni Kokiri’s Māori Business Facilitation Service. An economic development
specialist, Michelle works with entrepreneurs and business owners and is
passionate about seeing young Māori entrepreneurs succeed. Michelle’s
interest in Smart Waikato lies in ensuring the potential of the young Māori
workforce is realised and rangitahi appropriately trained to meet the needs
of New Zealand sectors. This is vital to both New Zealand’s economy and
essential to achieving successful social outcomes for Māori community
development.
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Kylie Zinsli brings a valuable youth perspective to Smart Waikato after
three years managing the Waikato Young Workers’ Resource Centre.
Additionally, Kylie’s social science background and role as Hamilton City
Council business improvement co-ordinator gives her a well-rounded
perspective and understanding to base decisions on. She is passionate
about making a difference in the Waikato.
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