Anyone is welcome to our Club to relax and enjoy a quiet refreshment and perhaps partake in a game of darts or pool. We are open currently 5 days a week from 3:00 PM. We are often asked why we are an RSC and not an RSA. RSC is Returned Services Club. The main difference between RSC and RSA is that the RSC acknowledges the Merchant Navy as Returned Service Persons. There are only two RSC’s left in New Zealand and they are Grey Lynn and us

Learn more about Everybody Eats at https://everybodyeats.nz/

Project Name: Funding Grants and Volunteer Data

This project largely involved:

• Cataloguing crucial funding grants for Everybody Eats.
• Analysing volunteer data to gain insights around volunteer performance.
• Growth modelling and forecasting of future performance.

Learn more about NZHF at https://www.nzhf.org/

Project Name: Needs Assessment and Strategy Report

This project largely involved:

• Undertaking a needs assessment to identify key issues related to: a user interface, data mining and visualisation, and current/proposed data management.
• Providing a report to summarise proposed strategies, implementation, and estimations for financial costs and risks.

Learn more about Socius at https://www.linkedin.com/company/sociusxr/

Project Name: Resourcing Roadmap

This project largely involved:

• Aiding Socius in obtaining more funding through creating a comprehensive list of eligible grants
• Formulating a strategic roadmap which aligns with the most optimal usage budget
• Establishing ways to improve the service according to various social impact measurements through market validation

Learn more about FinCap at https://www.fincap.org.nz/

Learn more about Good Shepherd at http://goodshepherd.org.nz/

Project Name: Lending and Financial Capabilities

This project largely involved:

• Literature review of public and private methods of fostering financial capability abroad.
• Analysing and assessing the financial and credit lending capabilities of UK, USA, Canada and Norway.

Learn more about Transfedha at https://transfedha-ltd.business.site/

Project Name: Transfedha Growth Project

This project had two key stages:

• In the first stage, we evaluated Transfedha’s operation and recommended improvements on their operation and financial performance in accordance to the S.M.A.R.T guidelines.
• In the second stage of the operation, we assisted Transfedha with securing external funding through searching potential partner and the creation of a pitch book for individual investors.

Learn more about South East Asia Microfinance at https://seamdevelopment.org/

Project Name: Customer Feedback Satisfaction Tool

This project largely involved:

• Conducting a literature review of the SMART Campaign's Client Protection Principles.
• Assessing SEAM's mechanisms for complaint resolution.
• Developing a thorough feedback collection and grievance process to be implemented by ground staff and management.

Project Name: Financial Management Systems

This project largely involved:

• Advising on the SMART Campaign's Client Protection Principle: avoiding the over-indebtedness of clients.
• Reviewing the current loan assessment framework and recommending standardised credit assessment techniques.
• Developing staff training materials for implementation.

ICG has a longstanding relationship with Nga Tangata Microfinance and has advised on a number of different issues. For example, the widespread issue of Truck Vending throughout New Zealand, education empowerment initiatives and financial literacy programmes.

Learn more about Ngā Tangata Microfinance Trust at https://www.ngatangatamicrofinance.org.nz/

Project Name: Fund Collection and Financial Sustainability

This project largely involved:

• Assessing NTM's financial position and testing growth assumptions.
• Identifying operational and capital funding requirements.
• Developing a plan for choosing corporate partners, which included strategies for NTM's value proposition, cultural allignment, implicit links and the nature of payments.
• Assisting with the application process.

Learn more about Te Karanga Trust at http://www.tekarangatrust.co.nz/

• Social Enterprise
• ICG assisted a second-hand uniform shop with selling its uniforms to under-privileged families in Manurewa. The team interviewed the client, performed market research and gathered data to ascertain the best way for the social enterprise to market itself.
• T-Shirt Business
• ICG assisted a young start-up entrepeneur with marketing and developing his t-shirt screen printing business. ICG's initiative team advised on financial and administration issues, which resulted in the successful expansion of the business.
• Funding
• In collaboration with Auckland Council, ICG provided consulting services to a social enterprise on Karangahape Road, Auckland. The team assisted Te Karanga Trust with developing a new sustainable funding structure. ICG performed market research and gathered data to ascertain the best way for the Trust to utilise government grants and sponsorship to cover operating costs.

Learn more about Aotearoa Development Cooperative at http://www.adc.org.nz/

Learn more about Kiwi Bank at https://www.kiwibank.co.nz/

Learn more about Tear Fund at https://www.tearfund.org/

• Social Impact Assessment Framework
• ICG assisted Microwise with developing a dynamic Social Impact Assessment Framework to assess its own charitable objectives. This involved determining current employment levels in New Zealand, extrapolating the initiative's intended impact accross society and developing important KPIs to monitor as part of their broader framework.
• Pacific Islands Frozen Food
• ICG analysed past financial performance, conducted surveys on product taste, and undertook market research to assist one of Microwise's clients with starting their business. The team's work was implemented by the client and incorporated into their business model.