With the current fire situation in NSW, natural disasters can be difficult events for families to navigate, particularly when there are children involved. The Community Trauma Toolkit, from Emerging Minds, contains resources to help and support adults and children before, […]
Resources to support those experiencing energy hardship
Stronger protections are now available to households having trouble paying their energy bills. The Australian Energy Regulator has taken action to assist vulnerable customers experiencing payment difficulties by introducing an enforceable Customer Hardship Policy Guideline. Energy retailers have important responsibilities […]
Child Safe eLearning modules
Child Safe Organisations: eLearning modules released A series of free, online training modules to help organisations increase their knowledge and understanding of child safety was released recently by the National Children’s Commissioner Megan Mitchell, at a national forum in Sydney. […]
Not-for-Profit Governance and Performance Study
Below is an extract of the Introduction and Key Finding of this study. The changing and challenging nature of NFP governance The launch of the 10th edition of the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ NFP Governance and Performance Study is […]
New Aged Care Quality Standards
Along with the new Charter of Aged Care Rights which comes into force on July 1, there will also be new Aged Care Quality Standards. There are eight main areas which are shown in the graphic below. The Aged Care […]
NSW Police Services for the Aged
COTA Australia has collated information on a range of NSW Police Services for the aged. The NSW Police Service is working hard to make things easier for older people and has a number of services that may help in particular […]
Reporting child abuse and neglect resource
The Australian Institute of Family studies has released a new resource sheet which provides information to service providers and practitioners working in the child, family and community welfare sector on how to report suspected child abuse and neglect. It defines […]
Report – Is Australia becoming more unequal?
In a research paper released in August last year, the Productivity Commission brought together the most recent evidence measuring inequality, poverty and disadvantage in Australia. Excessive inequality and entrenched disadvantage can erode social cohesion and hinder growth. But measuring the […]
Free Volunteer Resources
Justice Connect have release two new free interactive volunteer resources online resources to help you make sure you’re complying with your obligations when recruiting and working with your volunteers. Recruiting Volunteers E-Learning Module The new e-learning module includes interactive activities, […]
AICD Launches Revised Governance Guidance for NFPs
The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) has released an updated Not-for- profit Governance Principles (Principles) – a resource providing a benchmark for leaders operating not-for-profits (NFPs) – comes at a time when governance is in the spotlight. The Principles […]