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Coming In From The Cold

26 New Zealand male survivors share their personal stories of sexual abuse

In a new publication that records the last 10 years in the development of Tautoko Tāne Aotearoa, you will read the stories of 26 Tautoko Tāne staff and clients who have generously shared their survivor experiences to raise awareness of the impacts of sexual violence and to support the important work of the only national network in New Zealand that is dedicated to enabling the wellbeing of male survivors.

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Our Strategic Agenda

Our Key Strategies

Our Purpose

(Why we exist)

Enabling the wellbeing of male survivors of sexual violence

Our Ambition For The Future

(What we hope to achieve in the medium term)

All male survivors have access to a sustainable national network of appropriate high-quality support services

Building our capability and capacity

Strategy

Implementing quality frameworks
Developing and implementing governance frameworks and operating policies and guidelines that enable and support the delivery of best practice peer support and counselling services. 

Success Measure

Male Survivors Otago peer support and counselling services are recognised by local service providers and government agencies as an effective, enabling and professional male survivor service.

Strategy

Developing our people
Enabling and supporting our people to become skilled facilitators and communicators and confident, proficient peer support and counselling professionals. 

Success Measure

All Male Survivors Otago services are provided by appropriately qualified professional managers and staff performance development outcomes evidence an effective continuing education program 

Increasing service engagement 

Strategy

Welcoming survivors
Increasing the awareness and accessibility of our survivor support services, assuring service quality and enabling and encouraging more male survivors to seek our help. 

Success Measure

An expanding client base attests to the effectiveness of Male Survivors Otago’s communication and client engagement strategies and client feedback and external reviews attest to the quality of our support service experience.

Strategy

Kia Mārire: Effectiveness with Māori
Working more effectively with Māori by enabling and encouraging the application of kaupapa Māori across our governance and operational platforms and our service delivery programs.

Success Measure

Feedback from Māori survivors and their whanua, Māori kaupapa services and Iwi groups confirm increasing positive engagement with Māori and our service outcomes reflect increasing collaboration and more effective engagement with Māori.

Strategy

Developing our services
Assuring sustainable operational funding, enabling our governance and operational frameworks and expanding our service capacity and reach. 

Success Measure

Male Survivors Otago enjoys secure national and local funding arrangements and ongoing philanthropic support that assure the continuing accessibility of our male survivor support services.

Thank you for your donation. Our survivor community appreciates your support.

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