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News
- Meet Sian Finn, NCQ’s Sector Lead for Learning and Development
- Nambour Community Centre combines somatic art therapy, embodied movement and photography in new program for women who have experienced DFV
- Bollywood Fundraiser makes beach swimming for people with disabilities possible
- Meet Local Community Hero – Natalie Saroglia, Burdekin Neighbourhood Centre Coordinator
- Meet Jacob Amos, NCQ’s new Operations Lead.
- Maryborough Neighbourhood Centre’s Cancer Support Group provides vital connection to locals
- NCQ Team Visits Donald Simpson Community Centre
- NCQ Team Visits Redland Community Centre
- Meet Tracey Dickinson, one of NCQ’s Rural/Regional Board Members and the Coordinator of Atherton’s Better Together Community Centre.
- Redland Community Centre provides free school shoes to local children and workwear to adults.
- Soil Turned on New Yeronga Community Centre Site
- Meet Taylor Bast – NCQ’s Sector Support in Communications and Digital Engagement
- Hand-knitted bears help 400 children learn to read in Hervey Bay
- Meet Local Community Hero Maree Anderson – Community Transport Coordinator at Graham House Community Centre
- New Building Announced for Bribie Island Neighbourhood Centre
- 20-minutes could help secure your centre’s organisational resilience
- Meet Melanie Maher – NCQ’s Sector Development Lead in Communications and Digital Engagement
- Communities 2032 Strategy Launched – Neighbourhood and Community Centres at the heart of Queensland Government’s first long-term strategy for our communities
- Back-to-school packs, discounted school supplies and NILS loans provided to families doing it tough across Queensland this week, as kids return to school
- Thousands of food and gift hampers, inclusive events and innovative supports delivered throughout festive season
- Meet Em James – CEO of Neighbourhood Centres Queensland
- Meel Local Community Hero, Megan Blacklow – Financial Resilience Worker at Port Douglas Neighbourhood Centre
- Cultural Community Development: How Benarrawa Community Development Association’s has built a 30-Year Relationship with Local First Nations Peoples.
- Migrant Driver’s Education Program helping to deliver independence and connection in Mackay
- Meet Laurelle Muir – NCQ’s Disaster Resilience Co-Lead
- Redland Community Raises $33,000 to support Homeless United – continuing their work to help local people experiencing Homelessness
- Small act, large impact: Gender Neutral bathroom signage at Caloundra Community Centre
- North Townsville Community Hub receives Highly Commended Resilient Australia Health and Wellbeing Award (Qld)
- Meet Local Community Hero, Simon Rixon – Urban Farmer at Maroochy Neighbourhood Centre
- Meet Chris Mundy, NCQ’s Sector Development Lead – Policy, Research & Networks.
- Longstanding Community Hero, Caroline Sciascia Retires after 22 years working in Winton Neighbourhood Centre
- Thursday Island Community Centre officially opens
- Meet Local Community Hero, Tusitala “T” Schultz – Coordinator at Discovery Bay Community Service
- UQ Conducting New Student Research Project in Partnership with NCQ
- Meet Local Community Hero, Tomas Passeggi – Coordinator of Baringa Community Centre & NCQ Chair
- Meet Local Community Hero, Sandra Elton – Coordinator of North Townsville Community Hub (NOTCH)
- Hervey Bay Neighbourhood Centre takes a deep dive into community issues with their new podcast
- NCQ visits Neighbourhood and Community Centres in Western Queensland
- Mareeba Community Centre Produces Stories of Resilience Video Series
- “We are Relieved and Thankful” NCQ’s public response to the State Budget Outcome
- Queensland State Budget 2022: What’s in the budget for Neighbourhood and Community Centres?
- 3 Vital Staff to lose their jobs and Emergency Food Relief Program to be cut in Townsville
- Bushfire Resilience Strategy Update
- The Queensland-first sleep buses for homeless: Maroochy Neighbourhood Centre responds to crisis
- The Human Library: Where readers borrow a ‘Human Book’ and listen to their life story
- Meet Local Community Hero: Denise from Laidley Neighbourhood Centre
- “If we close, where do all the homeless people go?” Maroochy Neighbourhood Centre funds One Roof Project with no government support
- Neighbourhood and Community Centres provide soft entry into support for those experiencing Domestic and Family Violence
- Celebrate Local Community Resilience this year at Neighbourhood Centre Week
- High suicide rates and no funded mental health services available: North Burnett Community Service fills the gap
- Local Community Hero: Valeriya Edsall from Mackay’s Neighbourhood Centre
- Dallarnil community left out of flood recovery funding: But Yasmin Barber’s advocacy work changes minds
- Labor, LNP and Greens MPs speak about Neighbourhood Centres in Parliament
- Neighbourhood Centres speak about the need for urgent extra funding for community-led flood recovery
- Neighbourhood Centres host and support Pop-Up Community Recovery Hubs
- Politicians Visit Neighbourhood and Community Centres following floods
- How the team at NCQ supported our members during the floods
- Survey demonstrates Neighbourhood Centres Respond Immediately when Severe Flooding impacts Communities
- Local Community Hero: Corrie McColl delivers Community Action for a Multicultural Society
- Premier Announces Flood Recovery Funding Campaign at KENG
- Local Community Hero: Melinda McInturff, Yeronga Community Centre
- NCQ 2022-2023 State Budget Asks
- Neighbourhood Centres set for Bushfire Strategy Action
- Report Tabled: Parliamentary Inquiry into Loneliness and Social Isolation
- Repair Cafe at Encircle Redcliffe Neighbourhood Centre
- Provide feedback on the Draft National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032
- 20 Additional Financial Resilience Workers for Queensland
- Neighbourhood Centres & NCQ at Parliamentary Inquiry
- Report Launch: Enhancing Community Development in Neighbourhood Centres
- Resilience Grants Open December 10
- Australian Movement 110 Years Old
Projects
- Neighbourhood Centre State Wide Gathering
- Growing Resilience Forum
- Financial Resilience Partnership
- Disaster Resilience Strategy
- Monsoon Resilience Strategy
- Bushfire Resilience Strategy
- Drought Resilience Strategy
- Parliamentary Inquiry into Loneliness & Social Isolation
- Enhancing Community Development in Neighbourhood Centres
- Neighbourhood Centre Survey and Social Value Report
- Sector Reporting and Performance Framework
- Lunchtime Learning Online Sessions
- Members Online Learning Platform
- Public Resource Library
Resources
- Neighbourhood Centres Queensland 2022 Sector Impact Report
- Neighbourhood Centres Queensland 2022 Sector Impact Report Summary – A4 Poster
- For Members: Neighbourhood Centre Week 2023 Resource Pack
- QCOSS 2022 State of the Sector Report
- Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices)
- Perceptions of Neighbourhood and Community Centres
- Compassionate Communities: An implementation guide for community approaches to end of life care
- Building Compassionate Communities in Australia: Tools for a community-led approach to end-of-life care
- Community Development Practice: Chapter 2 – Developmental Community Work, A Method
- An Exploration of the Relationship Between Structure and Community Development Practice
- The Power of Structural Community Development to Unlock Citizen-Led Change
- Indigenous Voice Co-design Process – Final Report to Australian Government
- Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021 – 2031
- Safety net for sale: The role of Buy Now Pay Later in exploiting financial vulnerability
- Queensland Women’s Strategy 2022 – 2027
- Queensland Communities Action Plan 2022 – 2025
- Queensland Communities 2032
- The Neighbourhood House: Site of struggle, site of learning
- Houses and Sheds in Australia: An exploration of the genesis and growth of neighbourhood houses and men’s sheds in community settings
- ‘They go into bat for me’ Morwell Neighbourhood House, the Hazelwood Mine Fire and Recovery
- Incorporating Individual Community Assets in Neighbourhood Houses: Beyond the community-building tradition of settlement houses
- Guide to Disaster Recovery Capitals (ReCap)
- Queensland Housing and Homelessness Action Plan 2021-2025
- Money Ready Toolkit: Disaster proof your finances
- Our Stories: Beyond the Disaster
- Role of Community & Neighbourhood Centres After Disasters
- Social Impact Analysis: Morewell Neighbourhood House Final Report
- Powerful Communities, Strong Economies: Keep it Local for Economic Resilience
- The Role of Neighbourhood Centres in Supporting New Arrivals to Integrate Into Life in South Australia
- Catalysts for Community Action and Investment: A Social Return on Investment analysis of community development work based on a common outcomes framework
- Mapping Australia’s Neighbourhood Centres
- Understanding Community-Led Approaches to Community Change
- Engaging Men in Moreton Bay: Male Volunteering and Inclusiveness in Community Services
- Social Value of Saleyards: Research Report 2022
- Behind the Line: Poverty and Disadvantage in Australia
- Severe Weather Safety Guide
- Rural Suicide and it’s Prevention: A CRRMH Position Paper
- Queensland – An Age-Friendly Community Toolkit
- Increasing Disaster Resilience in the Deaf Community
- Toolkit for Starting and Sustaining a Neighbourhood House
- Neighbourhood Centres Queensland 2021 Sector Impact Report Summary – A4 Poster
- Preventing intimate partner violence against older women
- No More Business as Usual: The Need for Participatory Indigenous Development Policy and Skilled Practice
- Submission to the Southeast Queensland Flooding and Rainfall Event February-March 2022 Review
- For Supporters: Neighbourhood Centre Week Media Release & Resource Pack
- For Members: Neighbourhood Centre Week 2022 Resource Pack
- COVID-19 Vaccines Multicultural Outreach Information Pack
- Neighbourhood Centres Queensland 2021 Sector Impact Report
- Coping with a Major Personal Crisis
- Cleaning Up After An Emergency: Dealing with wind and water damage
- Not if, But when: Supporting Queensland Communities Plan for the Challenges of Drought
- Enhancing Community Development in Neighbourhood Centres
- Neighbourhood Centre Survey Report 2020
- Queensland Neighbourhood Centres Strategy for Bushfire Resilience 2021-2023
- NCQ Submission to Parliamentary Inquiry into Loneliness & Social Isolation in QLD
- A First Nations Approach to Community Development
- Queensland Neighbourhood Centres Strategy for Drought Resilience
- Queensland Neighbourhood Centres Strategy for Monsoon Resilience
- Homelessness and natural disasters: the role of community service organisations
- Flood Communication Toolkit for Queensland councils and state agencies
- 2019 Queensland Monsoon Trough After the flood: A strategy for long-term recovery
- Community Development In Recovery from Disaster
- CSIA Business Continuity and Disaster Management Planning Template
- CSIA Disaster Management and Recovery Toolkit
- Community Wellbeing: Applications for a disaster context
- Disaster Resilience Indicators: The connectedness of communities
- Adapting the community sector for climate extremes
- Across the divide: How an isolated community stayed connected
- Asset-based Community Recovery Framework
- Can agencies promote bushfire resilience using art-based community engagement?
- The Case for Cultivating Community Resilience
- Fostering community bushfire preparedness through engagement and empowerment
- Resilience in the Face of Disaster: evaluation of a community development and engagement initiative in Queensland
- The Missing Link in Emergency Management: evaluating community engagement
- Theory of Change: Facilitators Source Book
- Operationalising Community Disaster Resilience: The role of place-based community organisations