Monthly Archives: October 2016

Oct 28

VIDEO—Building the care workforce of the future

Planning for Australia’s rapidly changing community sector workforce presents many challenges and opportunities. With moves towards consumer-directed care, many organisations

Oct 22

Victoria, please help all kids access sport

A coalition of sporting and social groups is calling on the Victorian Government to make sport more affordable for children from

Oct 21

In defence of those ‘awareness weeks’ you think are rubbish

You'll be familiar with the scepticism and scorn that surrounds awareness events. “What happens after Anti-Poverty Week?” the cynic will

Oct 19

Communities taking power

Victoria’s peak social advocacy body is sending every state MP, local council and community leader a blueprint to fight poverty

Oct 17

Victorians slide further into poverty

Victoria has reached a sombre milestone, with a record 726,900 people now living in poverty. New figures released to mark

Oct 12

‘Local solutions’ needed to combat entrenched poverty and disadvantage

Victoria’s peak social advocacy body is sending every state MP, local council and community leader a blueprint to fight

Oct 5

Feedback on the ACNC 2017 Annual Information Statement

This document argues that to deliver on its legislative objectives, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission (ACNC) must produce easily analysed AIS data

Response to the Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Bill 2016

VCOSS commends the Victorian Government for improving advance care planning in Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Bill 2016. We believe