Towards a Living Wage – What will it take? Where are we at? Anne-Marie Coury Economists continue to talk up the value of the Living Wage as an effective intervention that will ease the pressure of rising inequalities on families and communities. Thomas Piketty and Max Rushbrooke have both written books providing the analysis of […]
Towards an Age-friendly Auckland / Tãmaki Makaurau: The missing links Thank you to everyone who came to this event. Here are the presentations from the day. 17 March 2016 ADCOSS Age friendly cities FORUM programme Finding the Positive- Ageing and Age-Friendly Communities, Sarah Clark, Director of MSD’s Office for Seniors Demographic Transformation: The Ageing of […]
Chairperson: David Haigh David has an MA in sociology and diplomas in public health, community work and professional ethics. He has been self-employed, carrying out social policy research for local authorities, NGOs and Iwi. He is also a lecturer at Unitec in the Department of Social Practice and an external examiner for the Planning Department at […]
Supplementary ADCOSS Evidence Auckland Council Unitary Plan 079 Special Character and pre-1944 Mapping
Our chair, Richard Northey, presented his talk to the Fabian Society on the 21st August titled Challenges Facing Voluntary Organisations Today. You can see the presentation here.
The Auckland District Council of Social Services works across the Auckland Isthmus, which is the
former Auckland City Council area. We also work at an Auckland regional level, particularly in the
specific area of housing, where we have a specialised committee including external experts and
housing practitioners meeting regularly. We are also active regionally in training and in advocacy
and submissions on social policy and on provision of community and social services.
ADCOSS is a networking, training and advocacy organisation for social and community service
organisations and personnel in the Auckland Isthmus area. We have about 100 members and
member organisations. We often make submissions on legislation and other consultations on
matters of public policy such as the content of the census.
Auckland District Council of Social Services was formed in the 1970s to cover the area covered by
the Auckland City Council from 1989 and now works across five Local Board areas, including
Waitemata, Albert-Eden, Puketapapa, Maungakiekie-Tamaki, Orakei, and part of Whau.
