Having a team with a wide range of backgrounds and specialities can deliver the best results. Team up with people who specialise in the things you don’t and foster a culture built on trust, where it's okay to disagree, have different opinions and throw ideas around.
Health Promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. It moves beyond a focus on individual behaviour towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions.
Creative specialists use a mixture of graphic design and lateral thinking to present information in engaging ways. They take a lead role in the development and execution of campaigns. Creative specialists help ensure there’s a clear and realistic ‘call to action’ – in other words it’s obvious what the viewer, reader or listener is being asked to do.
Project management is the glue that keeps everything together! Done well, it ensures people within the team are clear about ‘what, when, why, where and how’. Project managers don’t need to know everything – what’s important is they know who is responsible for specific actions, they act as a ‘sounding board’ for ideas, and support people to overcome barriers that pop up along the way.
Administration support staff help ensure the smooth running of the ship! They organise meetings and travel, take minutes, answer phones, reply to emails, collate and send out resources, and do countless other things. By taking care of all the small things they free up other team members so they can do what they do best. Without them things can quickly fall apart.
In a nutshell public relations and communications focuses on ensuring that messages are easily understood, resonate and reach their intended audience. There are lots of ways to get a message across, including social media, working with journalists, developing newsletters, or simply getting in front of the right people.
Over-time, different issues and opportunities arise and it’s important to be able to pull in other expertise when you need it. For instance, if you are focusing on supporting tamariki then being able to work alongside a child development specialist and/or parents helps you to see and understand the fuller picture and develop a better response.
Recovering from a disaster takes time (experts suggest five to ten years) and it's important to say right up front that it’s not a straight forward process. It’s very normal for things to feel “two steps forward - one step back” — but research suggests there are some common phases communities go through.
Mental wellbeing is all about feeling good and functioning well. Mental health is something we all have, and just like our physical health, our mental health is something we can look after and strengthen.
Before you do anything, it's important to get a sense of where people are at, and how they are doing. Whatever your budget, asking questions and seeking to understand is the perfect place to start (and continue!).
Whether you're working in a recovery space or are wanting to foster greater wellbeing in your community, it’s important to work closely with potential allies who can help. You don’t have to do it alone – and even if you could, the end result is always better with a little help from your friends.
Regardless of your budget or the type of work you’re hoping to do, you can achieve much more by working in partnership with others in your community.
Mental health promotion supports people to have more awareness of and control over what helps them feel good and function well. Raising emotional and wellbeing literacy can reduce worries or concerns over troubling experiences and emotions, bringing people’s natural coping mechanisms to the fore, improve quality of life, raise awareness of issues early and reduce the need for service-level care.
Having a team with a wide range of backgrounds and specialities can deliver the best results. Team up with people who specialise in the things you don’t and foster a culture built on trust, where it's okay to disagree, have different opinions and throw ideas around.
Whether you're creating resources, giving talks or planning an event, creativity and thinking outside the square can really help you generate some buzz and engage your audience. Getting specialist help with visual communication can be a big help!
Knowing the difference you’re making enables you to continually refine and reframe your approach. As well as helping to ensure you’re on the right track, having evidence that you are making a difference can help you secure ongoing funding and support.
All Right? has been annually evaluated - this has taken two forms, a quantitative survey and a process evaluation. The survey has measured reach and impact, while the process evaluation has focused on specific population groups or aspects of the campaign.
