BAF & Associates – action focused research
BAF is a catalyst for change contributing to flourishing communities. We aim to identify the root cause of community and social issues […]
Reducing Organisation Impact on Climate
The team at BAF have been working on ways that we can reduce the impact our business activities have on the climate. […]
Responding to a post Covid-19 future
BAF, like all of organisations, have had to adjust to doing business in a Covid-19 environment. However, as well as adjusting to […]
Impact Strategy – Theory of Change
BAF is exploring it’s impact by developing an Impact Strategy. Our Impact Strategy will contain a Theory of Change, otherwise known as […]
Social Enterprise Incubator
Our latest research into the potential impact of social enterprise aims to better understand how a social enterprise incubator can contribute to regional […]
Affordable Housing – Rental as a Viable Housing Option
BAF’s charitable company, Catalyst Housing Ltd, continues to focus on developing more effective approaches to affordable housing into the future building from […]
Enabling innovation in agriculture
Pivot: Enabling Innovation in Agriculture is our premier research award that encourages innovation in the Taranaki agricultural sector. The award is jointly […]
The contribution of faith-based organisations to social outcomes
This report shares wisdom and insights from many of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most perceptive commentators on how faith-based organisations (FBOs) can make […]
Working Poor – Preventing Vulnerability Becoming Crisis
In mid-2018 a partnership comprising the Human Rights Commission (HRC), the Ministry of Social Development (MSD), and the Ministry of Business, Innovation […]
Church Potential in Rural Communities
BAF commissioned and sponsored this research through a Master’s thesis delivered as part of an AUT programme of study. The Anglican Church […]
Affordable Housing and Church Land
During 2017 we undertook research to explore the ability for Church land to be made available for social and affordable housing. Our […]
Project Mounga – spiritual connections
BAF is undertaking research for Project Mounga looking at the spiritual connection of people and communities in Taranaki to Mount Taranaki. This research will […]