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- NCQ Annual General Meeting 2023
- Hervey Bay Neighbourhood Centre pilots ‘first-of-its-kind’ Social Prescription Initiative in the Wide Bay Region
- Burdekin Neighbourhood Centre supports parents of children with disability with ‘MyTime’ group program
- Bundaberg Neighbourhood Centre steps up and delivers Seniors Lifestyle and Care Expo
- Meet Emma Dederer, Community Connect Worker at Monto Live Better and this month’s Local Community Hero!
- Slowing it down: Nundah Neighbourhood Centre discuss relationship building with First Nations Peoples and local community.
- Queensland Neighbourhood Centres Strategy for Disaster Resilience 2023-2026 officially launched!
- NCQ hosts stall at the Australian and New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference
- Meet James Turner, Volunteer Youth Mentor for over 15 years at Hervey Bay Neighbourhood Centre and this month’s Local Community Hero!
- Building lasting connection with First Nations Community: The relational work of Leichardt One Mile Community Centre
- 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
