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Feature Project:

Allen + Clarke worked with Multiple Sclerosis in 2021 to help streamline and standardise their policy framework. 

Multiple Sclerosis New Zealand (MSNZ) accepted pro bono support from Allen + Clarke to develop a standardised privacy policy and procedures for its regional societies.  

MSNZ’s core mission is to work with 18 independent regional societies to meet the needs of people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), their families and carers through national leadership, advocacy, communication, and national and international collaboration.  

With the Privacy Act 2020 updating New Zealand’s privacy regime for the digital world, MSNZ wanted an up-to-date, standardised privacy policy that could be consistently implemented by the regional societies.  

Allen + Clarke analysed the requirements of the new Privacy Act; scanned policies at comparable organisations for best practice; and reviewed existing policies from the regional societies. Using these inputs, Allen + Clarke created a standardised privacy policy with easy-to-follow procedures for each of the regional societies to adopt. 

The final product was a template with associated documentation for the client to apply to their practice, to standardise the process and ensure policies and procedures are followed correctly.  

Previous Pro Bono Work:

Allen + Clarke has partnered with a number of organisations through the pro bono programme over the years, including:  

• Working with WellElder to assist with the evaluation of their Board, governance structures and update their constitution. 
• ongoing work with Waitaki Whitestone Geopark to provide support developing stakeholder engagement plans as they work towards UNESCO Global Geopark Accreditation. 

• Working with Wairarapa DHB to design support for a region-wide inquiry into the delivery of health services to Maori. 
• Ongoing work with YouthLine Auckland on the development of a Theory of Change, and Monitoring and Evaluation Learning Framework. 
• Engaging with Good Bitches Baking on a Kindness Literature review. 
• Working with Victim Support to provide an evaluation of the response to the Christchurch 2019 Mosque attacks. 
• Working with the Physiotherapy Board of New Zealand to analyse the complaints and notifications that they have received over the past 5 years to identify trends and also to explore ways that the Board can influence the practice of physiotherapists to increase their responsiveness to poor social indicators. 
• Working with Shine to develop a framework and tools for internally administering an evaluation of their DVFREE Tick programme. 
• Supporting Sport Northland with the development of an evaluation framework for their Regional and Local Sport System initiatives.
• Supporting the evaluation of the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation and Turuki Health Care 2017-2018 pilot project to improve respiratory health outcomes for tamariki and their whānau, in four South Auckland schools. 
• Working with ChangeMakers Refugee Forum on an evaluation of the effectiveness of their driving training programme for refugee background women. 
• Assisting the Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner to produce a map of mental health and addiction needs and the range of health services that respond to those needs. 
• Working with Crohn’s and Colitis New Zealand Charitable Trust to scope options for them to move to being a more membership-based organisation, as a way of securing a basic level of ongoing, sustainable funding to support their work. 
• Working with Amnesty International (New Zealand) to identify and prioritise domestic human rights campaign priorities.