Landing Our Future
Manawatu Rural Support Service Strategic Plan (2023-2028)
Vision:
“Be so successful as a rural wellbeing service that our model of delivery is admired locally and desired nationally.”
Mission:
“Through collaboration and connection, our team will boldly lead a hybrid of quality services that nourish and empower our rural communities.”
Values:
- Integrity – We do what we say, when we say.
- Respect – We treat people as people, listening to hear and valuing differing perspectives.
- Adaptability – We strive to be the best we can. Expect us to move with the times and needs of our communities and be innovative.
- Courage – We are bold and chase opportunities.
Goals
Our Connections
Manawatu Rural Support Service will:
- Better engage rural communities whilst improving our visibility and value
- Build and nourish genuine long-term strategic relationships
- Reach out to new partners, funders, advocates and volunteers
- Lead every rural engagement with empathy and opportunity
- Grow, acknowledge and value all networks
Our Personality
Manawatu Rural Support Service will:
- Develop a profile strategy to show our communities what we have achieved, what we offer, what we stand for and where to find us
- Continue to progress our relocation to MRSS’s own headquarters or consider co-location opportunities
- Recruit and nurture staff who are adaptable, empathetic and expert at delivering solutions
- Embrace and shout about our future plans
- Expand Board representation and practice good governance
- Establish reputable Board succession planning
- Regularly review governance policies to ensure they help our evolution as a modern, pro-active organisation
- Provide professional development opportunities for Board and staff
Our Worth
Manawatu Rural Support Service will:
- Grow and maintain a sustainable funding base
- Allocate budget resource in the appropriate places to achieve our goals
- Show a tangible return on community investment
- Obtain third-party funding whenever and wherever possible
- Seek sponsorship when appropriate
- Improve funding and reporting procedures that provide robust information and give confidence to the organisation’s governance team and external funders
Our Services
Manawatu Rural Support Service will:
- Attract events/programmes that spread the rural message and support our communities
- Educate the wider community about the richness and benefits of rural connection and lifestyles
- Ensure access to us is easy
- Become better recognised as a rural leader across many sectors, including business, health and education
- Review our goals annually against progress and relevance
- Ensure Manawatu District Council looks to us first for rural advice and guidance
- Collect, analyse and use trends, research and data to constantly recalibrate, adapt and improve
- Become a leading advocate for policy and legislative changes that deliver improved outcomes for rural communities
Our Technology
Manawatu Rural Support Service will:
- Design and implement technological innovation internally and externally
- Increase our relevant presence on social media
- Ensure our database and website are always current and add value.