Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 3rd June 2014 -
A lack of certainty in NSW’s community sector is affecting community organisations’ ability to deliver crucial services, new research shows.
The research, from the…
Tracy Howe, the former head of peak body Domestic Violence NSW, will be taking on the top job at the Council of Social Service of NSW.
NCOSS said that while Howe was leading…
Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 20th May 2014 -
The head of YMCA NSW has resigned just weeks before the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse hands down its report into the organisation.
The YMCA NSW board of directors announced…
Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 20th May 2014 -
Grants are now on offer for programs that are designed to boost and foster arts and disability practice in NSW.
Delineate 2014, an initiative of Accessible Arts in partnership with…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 8th May 2014 -
A new report on the living conditions of people seeking emergency relief in Sydney and surrounding areas has been described as confronting by welfare agency Anglicare.
The report…
Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 29th April 2014 -
A new national initiative, known as Opportunity Child, is to be launched in Sydney tomorrow, in a bid to reduce early childhood vulnerability in 20 Australian communities over the…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 27th March 2014 -
Cost-of-living measures should focus on low-income and vulnerable groups, a new report by the NSW Council of Social Service (NCOSS) argues.
Drawing on data from the Australian Bureau…
Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 25th March 2014 -
NSW disability services providers will be eligible for $2.8 million in State Government funding to help with the transition to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).…
Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 18th March 2014 -
Controversial anti-vaccination organisation – the Australian Vaccination-Skeptics Network has been deregistered as a charity by the NSW Government.
Minister for Hospitality…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 13th March 2014 -
The St Vincent de Paul Society has called for better planning and funding to increase the supply of social and affordable housing in a submission to the NSW Government.
Vinnies urged…
Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 12th March 2014 -
Businesses and Governments have welcomed the launch of the Co-operatives National Law (CNL) saying it would enable co-operatives to operate more easily across borders and make…
Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 11th March 2014 -
New statistics on the social and economic costs of homelessness have been revealed in a new report that claims that each homeless person costs society on average $29,450 per year.…