Rainbow Youth evaluation framework and practice safety review (2020)
RainbowYOUTH commissioned Point to do a safety review to ensure clear processes for managing risk which align to best practice and to evidence the way the service creates positive change for young people, their whānau and the community.
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.
Communities of Readers
Reading for pleasure is one of the most important indicators for the future success of a child, improving literacy, learning, health and wellbeing and social outcomes. This report helps to understand the conditions that could help grow communities of readers, how to make books and reading for pleasure more accessible and how reading projects might be sustained.
Auckland Museum Natural Sciences Gallery Feasibility Study (2021)
Auckland Museum commissioned Point to undertake a feasibility study of the redevelopment of the Natural Science Galleries.
Auckland Central Library Report (2020)
Auckland Council commissioned Point to find out how people use Auckland Central Library, what is most valued by users and their future needs and aspirations to inform a business case for redevelopment of the library.
Building One (2020)
Point undertook a needs analysis to help Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau and the Crown (the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development better understand how this heritage site could be given a new lease of life as a cultural heritage, community arts, creative and well-being hub while it is vacant, and its longer-term future is decided.
Howick Chinese New Year Project (2020)
Point engaged with residents in Puketāpapa who celebrate Lunar New Year to understand how they want to celebrate future festivals.
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.
Showing Impact: a Toolkit for Auckland local board-funded groups (2019)
This step-by-step social impact measurement process helps Auckland local board-funded groups to: create a simple social impact (contribution) statement; create a simple plan to help assess impact; Understand what basic data needs to be collected, and the tools to collect it; and report on the changes and learn and make adapt in response to feedback.
Hei Māreikura, Hei Mauriora (MPHS Community) (2017-2019)
This evaluation captured the impact of a community-based coaching initiative that empowers vulnerable women.
Flatbush/Ormiston Community Needs Assessment (Auckland Council) (2018)
Point surveyed residents and partnered with community organisations and businesses to run workshops and community meetings to identify activities and approaches to bridging social capital.
Diversity in Parks (Puketāpapa, Maungakiekie-Tāmaki and Howick Local Boards) (2018)
Point engaged with diverse communities in three local boards to understand how local parks were valued and used and what future development and programming was needed to better serve local communities.
Patient Experience: What Matters Most
Since 2011 Point has collaborated with DHB’s and private providers to capture the areas of patient experience most important to patients and their whānau and families.
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.
OSCAR National Survey 2019: Parents’ Needs and Experiences of Out of School Care (2020)
This research, which involved 2,188 parents will assist MSD to ensure quality care outcomes for children who participant in OSCN, and help parents stay in and/or enter employment, especially for people vulnerable to poor employment outcomes.
MND New Zealand national support needs survey (2019)
Nearly 5,000 people with MND, family members and carers, and health professionals participated in this research to help MND New Zealand better understand their current and future needs, how they were performing and valued, and how they can continue to achieve their vision.