Category: Research

As a catalyst for change The Bishop’s Action Foundation often creates, leads or supports collaborative responses.  In this action research paper we […]

We’ve been working with a range of partners to better understand the socio-economic, cultural, environmental and spiritual issues that impact the wellbeing […]

Poverty has been an intractable issue in Aotearoa New Zealand throughout this century, particularly for families/whanau with children. The tentacles of poverty […]

We are part of a growing movement exploring the concept of spirituality, its relevance to current society and its potential impact on […]

In 2016 BAF partnered with the Centre for Sustainability: Agriculture, Food, Energy and Environment at the University of Otago to begin research […]

BAF is a catalyst for change contributing to flourishing communities.  We aim to identify the root cause of community and social issues […]

The team at BAF have been working on ways that we can reduce the impact our business activities have on the climate.  […]

BAF, like all of organisations, have had to adjust to doing business in a Covid-19 environment.  However, as well as adjusting to […]

BAF is exploring it’s impact by developing an Impact Strategy. Our Impact Strategy will contain a Theory of Change, otherwise known as […]

Our latest research into the potential impact of social enterprise aims to better understand how a social enterprise incubator can contribute to regional […]

BAF’s charitable company, Catalyst Housing Ltd, continues to focus on developing more effective approaches to affordable housing into the future building from […]

Pivot: Enabling Innovation in Agriculture is our premier research award that encourages innovation in the Taranaki agricultural sector. The award is jointly […]