The 'Touch the World' and 'Colour Me Happy' project are run in collaboration with the Fast Track Inclusion Trust.
The trust carries out social innovation applied research to accelerate social inclusion. Trustes works to create transformative and measurable outcomes for vulnerable children and their families through emerging community leadership.
The Fast Track Inclusion Trust was launched in 2012 by a group of academics and business people who work in social change. Trustees worked in a range of social and environmental project which created good value for society, however when funding ran out, these projects were typically shelved. The trustees wanted to extend the value that these projects could still produce by contributing their time and knowledge, beyond the projects' funding life. The FTI trust does mostly volunteer work as described on its website, applying for philanthropic funding to meet certain necessary operational costs.
We identify and train emerging leaders from within vulnerable communities. By envisioning their future positively and sustainably, they tap into their collective wisdom to grow as social innovators. Sharing their learning from within their communities they then power up a “leadership pipeline”. Our teamwork with stakeholders, officials and NGOs focuses on a common aim, viz. for parents to become change agents for their children, a proven way to enhance return on social investment, with quantifiable and measurable outcomes.
These ideas are described via this blog [tinyurl.com/fast-track-inclusion].
Contact us on: fast.track.inclusion.trust@gmail.com, by post at: 66 Government Road, Raglan 3225, New Zealand.
Our leadership team