About

We’re BAF, or The Bishop’s Action Foundation. We’ve been working throughout Taranaki for a long time now, researching, collaborating and supporting projects that help our community to flourish. We’re a charitable organisation working to create and sustain flourishing communities. To achieve this we identify the root cause of community and social issues and develop partnerships that can create lasting solutions to them. We have three core action areas of Research, Collaboration and Service which you can learn about below. We like to see ourselves as a catalyst for change, developing collaborations and solutions that can thrive beyond our involvement so that we can continue to look for more good to be done.

You can view our Strategic Plan and Impact Framework here or you can check out our latest Update Report here.

For more information on how to become involved in BAF projects from funding to collaboration and research, get in touch with us here.

Patron

Our Patron is Archbishop Philip Richardson.

“To be invited as Patron is both very exciting and an honour, as I was part of the visioning and establishment of the Bishop’s Action Foundation over 15 years ago.  I am particularly grateful to have the opportunity to maintain an ongoing relationship with a group of people and an organisation who’s ability to make a transformative difference in Taranaki is both proven and ongoing.”

Research

Think Tank

Research is a fundamental part of our three ‘action’ areas we use to help communities flourish. The research ‘action’ is based on the discussion and exploration of fundamental social issues. What we do is begin research initiatives to discover and understand the root causes of issues and the people who are affected by them, so as to create a solution that has positive and lasting outcomes.

Collaboration

Backbone Organisation

We think that working together can achieve greater outcomes. That’s why BAF works with partners across Taranaki and wider New Zealand to manage and deliver solutions to varying community issues. We see ourselves as the catalyst for change, getting everything in to place and watching it take off. Working with partners allows us to put in the work to get things running, and then hand-over so we can continue to search for and grow new projects.

Projects

Programme and Service Hub

We support and implement a number of projects that create long-term solutions to social issues, helping our community to flourish from the ground up. There’s a lot involved in the creation and running of projects, so we’ve developed our own service hub dedicated to offering start-up support for emerging projects and programmes. BAF calls this ‘Keystone Services’, which is open to initiatives that are in need of support. Take a look below to see if we can help support you in any number of these areas.