Auckland Community Development Alliance for an Auckland in which communities are strong, empowered and more connected
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Background history

As regional government changes began to take shape over 2009 and 2010, individuals and groups interested in community development in Auckland developed a growing realisation that regional governance changes in the Auckland Region will bring unique opportunities and challenges for planning, thinking, supporting and ‘doing’ community development and locally led action in Auckland.

During 2009, discussions at Auckland Community Led Development Network meetings pointed to the need for new regional community mechanisms to:

  • ensure the power of community voices across Auckland were maximised
  • prepare and share key community messages
  • enable greater influence and advocacy in decision making processes
  • connect communities directly into the Auckland Social Policy Forum

In early December 2009, Inspiring Communities and Community Waitakere brought together a small group of community development focused organisations and individuals from across the Auckland Region to discuss potential next steps for talking and working regionally. Resulting out of this discussion was the desire to create a new alliance of like minds and organisations. This group became the ACDA Establishment Group.