“We are Relieved and Thankful” NCQ’s public response to the State Budget Outcome
"We are relieved and thankful. We’re also beyond excited to share the Queensland Government has announced the base funding of $230,000 per year for 127...
Queensland State Budget 2022: What’s in the budget for Neighbourhood and Community Centres?
On Tuesday 21 June, the NCQ team attended the pre-budget stakeholders briefing at Parliament House. We learned that many of our Budget Asks have been...
3 Vital Staff to lose their jobs and Emergency Food Relief Program to be cut in Townsville
More than 10,000 people have accessed Emergency Food Relief through the North Townsville Community Hub (NOTCH) in the last 6 months. However the neighbourhood centre...
High suicide rates and no funded mental health services available: North Burnett Community Service fills the gap
Content Warning. This article contains challenging material about mental health and suicide which may be confronting to some readers. If you need support, contact Lifeline...
Dallarnil community left out of flood recovery funding: But Yasmin Barber’s advocacy work changes minds
While most of Queensland is recovering from the February 2022 flooding event, the North Burnett region is doing it for the second time over, after...
Labor, LNP and Greens MPs speak about Neighbourhood Centres in Parliament
In parliament on Thursday 31 March, Labor, LNP and Greens MPs praised neighbourhood and community centres for their work in Loneliness and Social Isolation. Stephen...
Neighbourhood Centres speak about the need for urgent extra funding for community-led flood recovery
When NCQ spoke with frontline neighbourhood centre staff in flood-affected communities, a common theme arose: the urgent need for additional funding to allow them to...
Neighbourhood Centres host and support Pop-Up Community Recovery Hubs
In the days and weeks after the floods, the Queensland Government announced Pop-Up Community Recovery Hubs to be opened for people affected by the flooding...
Politicians Visit Neighbourhood and Community Centres following floods
The week following Queensland's flooding disaster, politicians from every level of government began visiting neighbourhood and community centres to view first-hand the extraordinary work centres...