Evaluate. Innovate. Educate.
Working together for change
Our beliefs and mission
As an organisation, we believe in disabled people’s and whānau rights to mana, self determination, and to have a ‘voice’.
Our mission is to provide disabled people and their families with increased choice and control in all aspects of their lives.
Who we are
SAMS (Standards and Monitoring Services) is a national evaluation, education and leadership development organisation governed and primarily staffed by disabled people and families.
We are committed to supporting positive change in the disability sector and wider community.
SAMS is a principles-based organisation with a long history and record of achievements in disabled people and family-led developmental evaluation, leadership development, community development and service development fields.
SAMS and Care Matters
Our values, practices, and history is grounded in the Enabling Good Lives approach.
Enabling Good Lives
SAMS works in partnership with Parent to Parent to deliver Care Matters. Care Matters is the national learning and well-being resource service for Carers in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Developing disability community capability and leadership
SAMS is one of five organisations working on a year long project to support disability leadership and community development informed by the Enabling Good Lives approach and principles. We will be working to build capability in West Auckland and Hawkes Bay. See here for more on this important project, and contact us if you would like more specific information.
What we do
Service Development through Collaboration
Using a SAMS developmental evaluation approach, we work with disabled people, whānau and providers to improve the development of disability support services. We ask “how’s it going?” and “how could things be done in a better way?”
SAMS creates a collaborative space to explore areas of strength and areas requiring further development. The voice of disabled people and whānau are central to this process.
Resource Development
Through the provision of current, relevant, accurate and accessible information, we support disabled people and their families to use an Enabling Good Lives approach to explore what a good life is for them.
Tailored Training and Education
Our team have a deep and practical understanding of the Enabling Good Lives approach with many years of experience facilitating Enabling Good Lives training and education. We specialise in customised approaches and tailor our training and education for individuals, groups, communities and organisations.
Leadership and Community Development
We work collaboratively and in partnership with disabled people, whānau and communities to design and deliver leadership development programmes. Investing in the capability building and leadership development of disabled people and family leads to increased opportunities for self-determination, choice and control.
Collaborating for change and partnering for progress: supporting good lives and inclusive communities
Contact us
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Level 2, Findex House
57 Willis Street
Te Aro, Wellington
Aotearoa New Zealand
(04) 569 8301