Storytime Foundation care packs (2022)
The Caring for children and tamariki with family and whānau care packs programme was informed by and followed on from the Storytime Foundation Lockdown care packs projects. These evaluations explain the underpinning evidence and the strategies used with the care pack projects, and provide a window into the perspectives of whānau, children, probation officers and police.
Peter McKenzie Project (JR McKenzie Trust)
Read the latest reports from the Peter McKenzie Project to understand how the project is making a difference to whānau wellbeing, how it is impacting the causes of poverty by supporting upstream systems change work and how it has adopted a participatory model of philanthropy
Taonga mō ngā Tamariki: Evaluation 2021 (Report)
In this report, Alex Woodley reports on how child-centric prison visiting has deepened whānau connections in a positive way, decreased stress for children, and created the conditions to improve educational and wellbeing outcomes.
Tupu Tai summer internship evaluation
The purpose of this report was to evaluate the Tupu Tai Pasifika Internship Programme to gauge the current status of the programme, its ability to inform future programme design, and necessary changes needed to continue to promote greater diversity in the policy space.
Scouts Aotearoa Evaluation Framework
Scouts Aotearoa want to better understand the benefits and impacts of the scouting movement. Point has worked with Scouts Aotearoa to develop ongoing evaluation framework enabling them to monitor progress, create a culture of continuous improvement and measure outcomes and impacts.
Paired Up Service Evaluation (2019 - 2020)
Peers support workers who have their own experiences of mental distress support young people to develop skills and resources to get through the tough times.
Bridge to Employment (2017 - 2019)
Working together, Johnson & Johnson, secondary and postsecondary schools, and community organizations develop programs that feature academic enrichment, career readiness and exploration activities, and higher education preparation.
Project Restore
Restorative justice is an opportunity for people who have been harmed, and those responsible for the harm, to come together talk about what happened and why, how they have been harmed. Point is working with Project Restore to evaluate their restorative justice model.
Connecting communities and education (2010 - 2020)
CEC was a 10-year, multi site initiative of the JR McKenzie Trust for which Point provided evaluation support and guidance.
Hei Māreikura, Hei Mauriora (MPHS Community) (2017-2019)
This evaluation captured the impact of a community-based coaching initiative that empowers vulnerable women.
Toko Collaboration Mangere College Manawa Hauora Wellbeing project (2018 - 2020)
TOKO has been working with Mangere College for three years on the Manawa Hauora project, to increase the wellbeing of all students. Point has been providing evaluation support throughout the project.
Mana whanau intensive in-home parenting support programme (2018 - 2020)
There are enormous personal, whānau, community and societal benefits in supporting tamariki to stay in the care of their families. This evaluation found that, if implemented with fidelity to the principles, approach and key components, Mana Whānau provides a safe and successful alternative to foster care.
Storytime and the Early Reading Together® Programme (2018)
This report provides some early evaluative findings of the prison extension to Storytime and the emergence of the Early Reading Together® Programme.
“This is Our Story” Evaluation of the Ranui 135 youth agency (2016)
West Auckland-based youth agency Ranui 135 coordinates services and activities, including mentoring, leadership camps, weekly sports activities, career planning, employment pathways and a new social media project which upskills young people in event planning and management.